On an August morning in 1976, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
No dialogue, just the squeal of tires and the roar of the engine. Breathtakingly insane
Directed by Claude Lelouch, France, 1976
Cinematography by Jacques Lefrançois
11.05.2009
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10.16.2009
June, 2010 - Not that far?
I remember a year ago, when I was just starting to wade into the depths of the MBA program and thinking that August 2010 sounded like a distance in time that should be used to describe celestial travel, not my final (hopefully?) journey in schooling.
Well, one year later and due to persistence (and possibly some crazy hard work over the next 6 months), June (not August) 2010 is sounding very reasonable. Okay, I'm lying; it still sounds burdensome, but manageable. June is now the month I get my weekends back; when Anne and I finally get to see what unadulterated free time feels like again.
It hasn't all been arduous, we have managed to sneak in some fun here and there - and I finally have a computer back where I can unload my photos. So, here's a couple of the highlights from May until September. I couldn't believe it when I saw I hadn't unloaded my camera since May. Ridiculous.
Ava - showing off her tree climbing skills:
Jack, absolutely loving some baseball. This little man is by far tops on my list for "where is all that free time going to go?":
From Amanda's wedding in Lodi:
Okay, I'm lazy - slide show for the rest:
Well, one year later and due to persistence (and possibly some crazy hard work over the next 6 months), June (not August) 2010 is sounding very reasonable. Okay, I'm lying; it still sounds burdensome, but manageable. June is now the month I get my weekends back; when Anne and I finally get to see what unadulterated free time feels like again.
It hasn't all been arduous, we have managed to sneak in some fun here and there - and I finally have a computer back where I can unload my photos. So, here's a couple of the highlights from May until September. I couldn't believe it when I saw I hadn't unloaded my camera since May. Ridiculous.
Ava - showing off her tree climbing skills:
Jack, absolutely loving some baseball. This little man is by far tops on my list for "where is all that free time going to go?":
From Amanda's wedding in Lodi:
Okay, I'm lazy - slide show for the rest:
9.15.2009
More Ken Block
Don't miss the guest blog by Anne below this post
Ken just has too much fun. First - him play around with Chris Atkinson (Subaru 2007 driver) in a 1970's Ford... that's a touch modified:
Ken helping launch a new Xbox360 game in the UK - by giving people rides in his car. Priceless reactions follow. My favorite, "When I crash, my co-driver - she doesn't scream."
Ken just has too much fun. First - him play around with Chris Atkinson (Subaru 2007 driver) in a 1970's Ford... that's a touch modified:
Ken helping launch a new Xbox360 game in the UK - by giving people rides in his car. Priceless reactions follow. My favorite, "When I crash, my co-driver - she doesn't scream."
9.13.2009
The Unlikely Blogger – A Guest Blog
Let me begin by offering my thanks to Bryce for the opportunity to write this week’s entry on his blog. From the time we started dating, I have asked him occasional questions about why people blog, where they find material, and who reads it. During this time, I have also become quite addicted to reading his blog. After asking him multiple times lately when he is going to update it, he threw back, “Why don’t you write a guest blog?” So here we are.
For those of you that I haven’t met, I am not what you would call the most technological person. I’m not a technophobe by any means, but compared to Bryce I certainly look like one. A classic example of this was a conversation from the first time I met his friend Tow. It went as follows:
Tow: So do you play games?
Anne: You mean like Scrabble? Yeah, I love board games!
Tow: No, like video games.
Anne: Oh, I do the Wii Fit.
Tow: The Wii Fit doesn’t count.
Anne: Sometimes I play Wii Bowling…
Tow: Nothing on the Wii counts.
Clearly I am not the best choice to be writing a guest blog! Luckily Bryce sees past my inability to know which server is running as well as my affinity for radios. In case you’re wondering, the only one in his house was a clock radio until his friend Jeremiah told me how to use the mixer to find channels.
We have been busy the past month or so. We finally had a break from school and filled it travel (some work and some fun) plus several house-type projects. Most recently, we spent a long weekend in Northern California visiting my sister and attending a wedding. I’m sure Bryce will be posting pictures soon – he took some really good ones.
In other exciting news, we are officially halfway through the MBA program! While it has been a great experience and I think we’re both very glad we’re doing it, we will also be glad to have our nights and weekends back to ourselves in a year.
Speaking of weekends, I can only assume that everyone is as excited about the return of the NFL as we are. Bryce may edit this out, but I have to at least try to sneak it in. “GO BEARS!!!”
I believe that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Bryce always has really interesting or informative video clips, but I’m just going to end with one of my favorite videos, the kind you can watch over and over and still find hysterical.
Thanks for reading!
The Guest Blogger (aka Anne)
For those of you that I haven’t met, I am not what you would call the most technological person. I’m not a technophobe by any means, but compared to Bryce I certainly look like one. A classic example of this was a conversation from the first time I met his friend Tow. It went as follows:
Tow: So do you play games?
Anne: You mean like Scrabble? Yeah, I love board games!
Tow: No, like video games.
Anne: Oh, I do the Wii Fit.
Tow: The Wii Fit doesn’t count.
Anne: Sometimes I play Wii Bowling…
Tow: Nothing on the Wii counts.
Clearly I am not the best choice to be writing a guest blog! Luckily Bryce sees past my inability to know which server is running as well as my affinity for radios. In case you’re wondering, the only one in his house was a clock radio until his friend Jeremiah told me how to use the mixer to find channels.
We have been busy the past month or so. We finally had a break from school and filled it travel (some work and some fun) plus several house-type projects. Most recently, we spent a long weekend in Northern California visiting my sister and attending a wedding. I’m sure Bryce will be posting pictures soon – he took some really good ones.
In other exciting news, we are officially halfway through the MBA program! While it has been a great experience and I think we’re both very glad we’re doing it, we will also be glad to have our nights and weekends back to ourselves in a year.
Speaking of weekends, I can only assume that everyone is as excited about the return of the NFL as we are. Bryce may edit this out, but I have to at least try to sneak it in. “GO BEARS!!!”
I believe that’s all the news that’s fit to print. Bryce always has really interesting or informative video clips, but I’m just going to end with one of my favorite videos, the kind you can watch over and over and still find hysterical.
Thanks for reading!
The Guest Blogger (aka Anne)
8.12.2009
Amusing Ourselves to Death
I've been a huge fan of Prof Wesch's (University of Kansas) work on what can only be described as Digital Ethnography. In one of his latest videos, he tries to answer some very interesting questions about blogging, social media sites, and what it all means to the generation growing up with and through it.
Ever wonder why people blog, or post "personal confessions" to youtube? Watch and listen:
Ever wonder why people blog, or post "personal confessions" to youtube? Watch and listen:
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