[Mad Mike]

I was working as a Precision driver in a movie over the last few weekends. Looking forward to posting a few pictures of what was happening around me. It is fascinatingly interesting to see how a movie is really made.

However; today we got word that a propmaster Nick Papac died yesterday 8/12 due to a freak accident. Which I was 2 minutes behind, and saw the attempts to save his life, life flight, etc.

We had carte blanc on a closed section of 3 mile of freeway.

As we were huddled in the catering tent this morning, and listening to the director speak...very emotional moment. "We are encompassed in a surreal atmosphere, the Police are protecting us from the outside. We lose a bit of reality, and think we are all invincible".

It is so true, as I could hit 110 mph on a closed set, and the Police are watching me do it. It was surreal. When I would leave the set, I was driving like a total idiot...like I was all day on set (because that is what we were doing for 12 hours, but coordinated). I did a crazy move into a parking spot at Safeway, what I was doing all day long, didn't even think about it. Then realized the person I cut off, isn't on the same page nor has a radio telling me what to do. It really is a total mind game, you lose your sense of reality.


Best advise is to only hurriedly run to hug your family, take it easy the rest of the time.

Mike