My readers won’t notice, but I certainly do – as mentioned, I (Jennette) switched webhosts. As a result my site is running so much better it’s like night and day. It will once again be a joy to work in the user interface, since the primary reason for my reluctance to post very often has been removed. I mean, would YOU want to have to try a dozen times each time you want to add an image? Considering how image-heavy my posts are? Um, NO.
We’re headed to Indianapolis tomorrow morning, once again meeting Taoist Biker and indulging in some moto-squee. (He’ll protest, but YES HE DOES SQUEE. I’ve seen it.) I’m bringing my laptop, cell, and various accouterments, so I’ll be in pretty much constant contact. If you don’t follow me on Twitter you might want to fix that. ESPECIALLY if you’re a fan of motorcycles, because I’ll be taking a TON of pictures. As I do.
OH! I forgot to tell you guys this though you may have seen it in my Flickr pics. When we attended last year’s MotoGP race, they had a rider Q&A session on Friday morning (Fridays are for practice, Saturdays are qual’s, and Sundays are the actual race). TB, Dys, Bill and I were in the crowd, taking pictures and vying for autographs. A film crew from SPEED was there with their massive HD TV cameras, filming the event for folks watching at home.
Fast forward to a couple of weekends ago. Bill and I were watching the Czech Republic MotoGP race on TV. An ad for this weekend’s GP race in Indy came on during a commercial break, and included footage from last year’s Q&A session. We watched, went “Hey, we’re gonna be there!” and waited through the rest of the commercials. Then Bill says, “Hey, wait a minute. Hang on…” I asked, “What’s up?” He said, “Actually, we WERE there…” He backed up to the commercial again, and hit pause when the Q&A footage came up. Then he got close to the screen and scrutinized the crowd. A few seconds later he exclaimed, “OH MY GOD, THERE WE ARE!”
Click to embiggen.
There, indeed, we were. Bill and I are circled, as is Dys. TB was off to the bottom right getting autographs and so didn’t make it in the shot. But, DUDE. There we are!
Closer shot:
Click to embiggen.
What cracks me up is that Dys and I had our cameras stuck in front of our faces, simultaneously in different parts of the crowd. I know, SHOCKER.
Anyway! The whole point of this post was, well, WOOT!
