Entry 03: Long day, short blog

October 15, 2007

Entry 03 - Homestay, Salt Lake City, UT

Well today was jam-packed with shooting footage, meeting people, learning things, and operating on almost no sleep for two days (and three of us recovering from being sick from flying).

Within the first two and a half hours we had shot two hours of footage (using two cameras) and decided to take it a bit slower for the rest of the day, lest we be completely overwhelmed with footage.

Once again, today's highlight didn't have anything to do with outer space. During lunch in the big building on the fairgrounds campus, we passed by a 40-something year old lady seriously strapped into a gurnee with a neck brace on. She was wearing some sort of a blue jump suit and had apparently been involved in an accident with one of the 8-year-old biker's we mentioned yesterday -- clearly this woman suffered far worse trauma than the 8-year-old or his bike, however. When we walked in she was being consoled by a very unofficial-looking lady, which didn't seem to make her feel any better. A good 10 minutes later a single paramedic strolled in and eventually wheeled her away. In the background, the hoots and hollers of spectators could be heard as the "Eight Year Old Intermediate" race picked up speed ... no doubt heading toward another 40-something year old woman in a different coloured jump suit.

More would be written now but it's late and we have another early day tomorrow. Suffice it to say that we have met a lot of people and have started warm up to them, making them laugh. We've even been invited by the U. of Saskatchewhan team to play Ultimate Frisbee with them tomorrow. That'll be fun, though someone from our crew (Nic) is bound to get hurt. That's just how it goes. : P

Hopefully, however, we will have internet access in the main staging hanger and will be ablt to write here at times other than the middle of the night.

That's it for now! More when more is available!