Mar 11, 2017

I got to the Insane Inflatable 5K early and got things set up. I had to rig up pieces of a tripod to hold the studio lights, but I got everything working. The photographers showed up and we walked the course to figure out what obstacles to shoot. There weren't a lot of great options unfortunately. This isn't like the ROC Race. Much smaller and less unique obstacles. We found the best places we could and I went back to start shooting the studio. I got busy in the afternoon, but it was still somewhat slow overall. The day went by pretty quickly and I was happy to be done.

After I got some food from Tropical Smoothie Cafe and uploaded the photos I went to the International Disc Golf Center at Wildwood Park north of Augusta. The Pro Shop was full of disc golf memorabilia and statues, discs, and photos. It was kind of cool to be in a place that had so much stuff related to the sport. The guy at the desk was really great and helpful too.

He suggested I play the Ed "Steady" Headrick course first. It was a great course with elevation changes, water hazards, and all types of shots around trees. I put my disc in the water shoot downhill over a piece of the lake. I thought it was gone for good, but I managed to get it back with a log and walking my hands into the deep mud.

When I got done under an hour he suggested playing the back nine of each of the other courses to get a little taste of everything. I played the back of Warner first, which was a lot of up and down hills, tight shots, and over a deep valley with a stream. I like this course a lot too. The Jackson course wasn't quite as hilly, but several holes threw over a treacherous ravine that I ended up in only once somehow. Some of the shots were on really steep edges. I finished up early, went to get myself a buffalo chik'n wrap and an amazing smoothie for dinner, dropped off my flash drive at the FedEx store and then headed to the tiny Augusta Regional Airport. My flights home weren't bad. We actually landed early, but the luggage took over twenty minutes to arrive and then we waited almost forty for the economy parking shuttle. I wasn't happy by that point, but I was really happy to be home and going to bed.

Feb 15, 2014

When I got up in the morning Alex fed me leftover pizza that her dad brought home from work last night and then sent me on my way to the Big Brew Beer Festival in Morristown. It was cold and icy in the parking lot and the people working there had no idea what they were talking about. They made me walk back and forth to each side of the building several times before I finally got in. I found my place at the Six Point Brewing table, said hi to people from the club and other reps I know, and then got settled and ready to pour some beers.

I really lucked out, as I was directly in between Brittney from Dominion and Caitlin from Oskar Blues so I had friends to talk to all day! That really helped when it got boring or when someone did something stupid. I can usually make friends with people pretty easily, but it helps when you already know them. The first session was good, but we needed to get out of there. Brittney and I inched our way slowly down the slick road in horrible traffic because of the snow to get to the Famished Frog for lunch. We split two sandwiches so we didn't have to decide what to get. It was delicious.

We came back a little late because it took so long to get to the restaurant and back, but we took up our posts and got back to the work. I was pushing Resin and Righteous Ale all day, but I got to drink some other things even though it was frowned upon (shhhh!) Newburgh Brewing's Brown Ale was fantastic, as was the KUKA Devil's Treat Stout by Andean Brewing. I need to go visit both of them when I get up to New York again.

As the day wound down I had poured many, many beers and my pointer finger was hurting from opening so many cans. We hung out while everyone rushed the doors so it would be easier to leave in the snow. I also followed the lead of the other people there and scored quite a nice stash of beer from what was left over on tables. Not a bad little bonus. I drove home down the Parkway to 295, listening to podcasts and genuinely enjoying the ride. I was completely tired by the time I got home.

Dec 8, 2013

Snow. After sleeping in nicely under warm blankets, I got up and went to check the antifreeze level in my car. It was all good, but it was starting to snow at that very moment. I didn't know it was supposed to. After making my late breakfast I met Ryan at the gym for a speed workout jumping rope with exercises in between. It was a good workout despite the time. I'm liking the jump rope addition lately.

After the gym I decided to get down to business so I worked on and finished the first draft of the Thanksgiving video and emailed it. I spent another few hours working on wedding edits that I've been putting off for way too long now. I felt like I was getting a lot done, taking some breaks to watch Oz and taking a quick walk down the river trail to take photos. There wasn't really anything to shoot so that was a short trip. The rest of the night I watched Oz and put off getting to sleep, hoping they would delay the schools' opening tomorrow.

Nov 9, 2013

I was awoken earlier than I wanted to be by conversation on the other side of my wall. By conversation, I mean yelling from one room to another. Despite the annoying wake-up I felt pretty good. I got ready and headed back to the rink in Philly to shoot the U Penn Alumni hockey game. It was even colder in there today somehow. I got some great shots of the families skating together and then the game was on.

There was a lot of scoring, but everyone seemed to be having a great time being back on the ice. It was a little slower than the regular game I shot last night, but that was helpful for shooting action shots. Before the third period I shot the award ceremony and some group shots on the ice. After the game (finishing at 10-13) we got a full team shot on the ice and then some more groups together. It was strange standing on the ice, but once I got used to it I was no long worried about falling.

There was a brief reception where I got some food as I realized I took too many photos to burn to the single DVD I brought with me. I talked to Whit and the sports director for a few moments about the plan and future possible jobs before I headed out to meet Jeff at The Pour House in Westmont. There was a long delay in traffic because of an accident, but we both eventually got there. I started with a session IPA collaboration between Victory and PJ Whelihan's. It was very good on nitro. We had a good time catching up over food and beers. I had a Lancaster Shoo Fly Porter made with molasses which was wonderfully sweet and delicious and a 12 Beers of the Apocalypse before we left.

We were supposed to go to Jeff and Sam's for a fire, but they were tired and things, so Chuck and I went to Kate's for some beers. We had the Fort Collins Brewery variety pack and Chuck brought the Tell Tale Heart IPA. There was a good pale wheat ale and a tasty black IPA in there. We were all pretty tired and called it a night fairly early to head home. I was in bed quickly after getting home.