Religion Major vs. Electricity

What does a religion major and enough electricity to run a small town have in common? Not much, but one day in early March I became an electrician. What started as helping NuMynd Studios move into their new building, quickly became a part time job, which would eventually lead to a full time job over the summer.

This particular day, however, I was asked to help assist Josh (who happens to a close friend) with some electrical work in Studio A. Well, as time became of the essence, I was then asked to help wire some of the buss bars up on the ceiling. Then, with the day quickly coming to an end, and a first time client coming to visit at 8:00 in the morning, it became imperative to finish wiring the entire studio. My boss then said that if we finished the job before the morning we could have a $50 bonus. Being a poor college kids a $50 bonus on top of hourly pay seemed like a heck of deal, so we agreed.

By 7pm we were still not finished, so Josh and I ran to get some dinner. After a quick dinner at Baja Burrito, we got back to the studio and continued to work. By 11pm we were still not finished. Josh hadn't seen his fiance all day and I had an intramural basketball game, so we split up and decided to meet back at 12:30am to finish the job.

After our breaks we got back to work wiring ridiculous amount of electricity in the middle of the night. For those of you unfamiliar with a film studio, I was wiring electrical power equivalent to about 60,000 watts. (A typical lightbulb is 60 watts.) After Josh got shocked around 2:30am we questioned whether we should finish. Then we realized there was not only $50 on the line, but our pride as well, as our boss had challenged us to finish. Finally at 3:30am we finished the job! Everything surprising worked and to this day the studio hasn't burnt down... knock on wood.

Below is a a picture of the studio and a few of who work there being extra's for a medical shoot this fall.