Yanow, that never happens…

I’ve been thinking about the year in review video for quite some time now, and after finishing all important projects for the day last night (school), I manufactured an excuse to make it early. A 10 month (and change) review of the magic blue camera.

A lot of that magic, now that I think about it, has been in it’s being cheap. So what if it gets dropped in the snow, or stuffed inside a moist drysuit, or carried in one hand while glissading? I do think about a “better” camera, but I’d be much more worried about a 300 buck camera than an 80 buck one.

Anyway, here’s 2009 thus far:

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7281484&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1

My goals were to:
-show the year in all it’s glory and variety
-accurately represent the transitions between seasons and sports throughout the year
-post some hidden gems that hadn’t seen the light of day
-try out a more neutral, less instrumental presentation of photos (ie no Ken Burnsing)
-give a good accounting of the camera’s abilities.

I’m happy, in no small part because I unearthened my old Pizzicato Five CD. A surefire winner for annoying others on high school climbing road trips.

Speaking of which, it is climbing season. I can do that because I have no goals to address or train for other than to not get too fat before January. After bouldering for 90 minutes yesterday morning, my torso and shoulders feel like were in a boxing match. (Ok, climbing does fit into the core building part of the plan. We don’t believe in coincidences here.) Good stuff.