Fell out of the practice

So, keeping up with the media fast and blogging every day collided. I wasn't able to really do both right, so I did both half assed. The exercise was a success, I did fast from the media for 5 days and came out of it hearing about an earth shattering earthquake in china. Still though, my not knowing the news did not severely affect my life. Ram in the brain has been freed up for other things, like video codecs. 

Here's what I have been up to: 

1. I got a new camera, a flip video Ultra. It's awesome, cheap and cute. It stores 60 minutes of video, works on two aa batteries and plugs directly into my computer. Now, if I can just get the flip video avi files to work in imovie 08. I know it is possible. 

2. I saw Speed Racer today. It was so much better than I expected. When I was really young, my mom tells me,  i used to watch this show all the time. Probably long before I had true understanding of it. Man, they did it right. It felt like an anime!   They stayed true to the story and kept it real. It is being considered a flop, because it only made $20m it's first weekend. It was up against Iron Man after all. It is so worth seeing.  Love the bright shiny colors, love the sweet stylized acting, love the physics defiant cars.

 

3. Lightning In A Bottle is coming. I am so excited for this! I have been going to this event for years, and I have  had the privilege of being a part of it for five or six of those. This year, I am going to be there for just about the whole dang time.  I head up next Monday and will be working through the 28th. It's going to be incredible.  But, there is much to prepare. Tents and sleeping bags and bug repellent. I will be blogging with video from LIB this year.  That is, if I figure out this Flip-imovie thing. 

4. I really love my mom. I had a great time yesterday. I am constantly reminded how lucky I am to have a great family that lives so close. They rock.