Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Weeks 16 - 20 Runnin'

It has been 4 weeks since my last post, and I am committed to posting every week.  The impact of my delinquency has been that I made not one student loan payment since the last time I posted.  The whole reason I set up this blog and this game was to give myself a structure so that I would stay in action and achieve my result.  My not posting has cost me valuable time.  The impact on you is that you had no fun content for a month, I didn't let you into my world, and for some of you, I even caused you concern that I was not well!

Please know that you can count on me to at least post a note here every week, even when I don't have time to make a video.  That said - here's the video!



As I got back in action here, I saw that I was $12,586 behind in my game!  Thanks to a tax refund, and my having been frugal while traveling, I am going to make a $3,000 payment this week.  That will being me back under $10,000 behind - this week . . .

I want to give a shot by shot background of what the hell is going on the video, because I know it is not clear.  From the top:

My Mom and Cari standing in the back yard at my parent's house in Westcliffe on the morning we left to go to LA.

A fast-forward account of riding to 450 feet on the free, tethered hot air balloon in Orange County.  Cari's parents took us there when we got to LA.

Huntington Beach, and surfers riding some decent waves below the pier you can see in the background of the beach shot.

A sound stage on the lot of the Jim Henson Company in Los Angeles, where I spent a day filming a series of commercials with my friends at Happy Owl Studio.  During wardrobe changes, the crew (myself included) found some epic angles and played around a bit.

The 'tower' is a random 8ish-story wooden structure rising from the middle of an apartment complex on the shore of the channel connecting Marina Del Ray to the Pacific Ocean.  Kris Cuaresma-Primm took Cari and I up there to talk about changing the world (our favorite topic).

Tanker in the sun was shot from the plane landing at JFK.  I thought it was gorgeous, and this shot is sped up about 5 times.

And finally, the farmer's market is in Union Square, Manhattan, and my tour guide was my good friend, and established NY food writer Jessica Claire (who just got into the Gastronomy program at BU!!)

Seriously, thanks to all of you who read this regularly.  Heather and Natalie, that also for the kick in the butt!