hair affair!
I shot the hair affair show at the MMoCA with the oh so famous Nick Berard! It was very fancy with horsdoevres and the pretty people of the world! It was a fun to be back stage & overall a great event to shoot! I even (sorta) won something at the silent auction. I will pick that up today.
Indestructible Tour-St. Louis!
Ok, so we were really in St. Charles. I think it’s close to St. Louis. St. Charles has the most friendly RV roads ever. They are nice new road where no one is driving. & big empty parking lots for turning around once we’ve made a wrong turn. This happens every once in awhile. Eric got us the hook up in St. Charles. It was a hit! We visited 2 fire stations in the area. The first place let Eric go up 100 feet on the ladder where he dropped the flashlight to see if it would still work. yes, mostly it did still work. mostly.
Then we went to another location where a firefighter went through a firefighter obstacle course that was fogged! it was all halloween like. or if you were a firefighter at halloween you would say it’s just like the obstacle course. You get the idea.
We, with the RV, stayed in front Eric’s Aunt Linda’s house. It was lovely. We took showers there. I moved half of their furniture outside to take photos while they were at work. Thanks Aunt Linda & Uncle Chad. I don’t really think his name was chad. She was for sure linda though.
we sorta found this orange cone in Memphis and started putting it out by the bikes every time we parked. we would maybe even put it out if we were getting gas. that cone cracked me up.
This is John Yi, a 10 year veteran of the Warrenton fire department and rescue crew. I liked him. I think we could be friends. Like if i was getting a donut & coffee in the morning & maybe he was doing the same thing…..we might sit and eat our donuts together kind of friends. 
They had a house they used for the smoke fog obstacle course. The photo on the right is the upstairs dining room. It’s kinda funny. 
see-check out the cone! i loved having people pose in front of the RV. I wish i would win one in a raffle. 
Eric went up 100 feet to throw the flashlight off! i was jealous.
gas station portrait. it’s beautiful.
It’s nick at the gas station. I think it cost a lot of money to fill the RV. I was always busy buying watchamacallits & cool ranch chips.
This is a weird photo, where did that shovel even come from? i don’t ever remembering seeing that on this trip. weird. ox
Indestructible Tour-Memphis
Memphis! One city left after this. I drove the RV from Charlotte to Nashville. I think i screamed sometimes & maybe had a panic attack. Did i already write about this? probably. Memphis was ok. I really wanted to like Memphis. Graceland was cool….memphis really was just ok. I was getting a little worn out with the photos & the camera & the whatnots. I shot all of Graceland with my iphone!
I think i’ll do a whole blog post with my hipstomatics from the trip! I’m worried i’m over doing with the photos & this trip & the blog. It is a photo trip….i am a photographer. so there’s that.
Tennessee. Yes, we’re here.
ok, so the movie that goes along with the fireworks photo is really great. you might even laugh out loud. i promise.
the table broke. computers were everywhere. so was nick. we didn’t die. eric fixes things. i take the photos. 
we met this guy in Memphis. You know I really wish i could remember all the details about his life but I was preoccupied. I think Eric knows all about him, he was doing the audio. 
while i was driving the oil light came on. we pulled over. I only made nick throw the flashlights in the air like 3 times. Then we ran back to the rv and drove drove drove. oh, the oil business was fine. at least while we were on the road.
This is Buddy! He has worked in the airline repair business for years, a lot of them. maybe 20. 
more bar/flashlight fun times. oh, we ate at the BB Kings restaurant & it was pretty delicious. ribs & coleslaw! no photos, very sad. 
Indestructible Tour-Charlotte-Part 2
It’s always weird on blogs when the part 2 comes before the part 1. well, here is my part 2. We also did some screen printing in Tina’s back yard. Nick is like a renissance man. He got the whole dinner ready to be made & then got the screen printing started and i’m sure the whole time i was working on a blog or something that was taking me too too long. I think this trip is making me a faster worker. I have to get the photos done & uploaded to the Rayovac people in a timely manner. & the longer i take on the computer the more time i’m missing out on the fun things I could be doing in the new cities.
Ok, so i’m back in Madison now. I’ve been back for about 2 weeks! It was weird getting home, I thought i was going to be so happy to be back into my regular life. Cause you know i’m having a good time in my regular life. But I was a little depressed. I’m sure my experience is similar to those people who go to summer camp every year and have all that summer camp nostalgia. I know about this summer camp-nostalgia from my favoritest podcase This American Life.
I miss the flashlight trip.
Nick had his friend Josh make us a screen. We made shirts in Tina’s back yard. The weather was dreamy. Perfect afternoon.
we went out on the town! I brought the flashlight. We were hanging out with Tina’s work friends. & Then sometimes Tina & I would ditch the group to take flashlight photos. Sometimes just sitting at the bar is not enough for me. I might start bringing this flashlight to the bar in Madison. maybe. 
flashlight bar time. It was so bright we felt like we were disturbing the dark bar atmosphere. mostly i guess we didn’t care. 
nick drinks giant PBR’s. He really likes them. 
we all wore our screen printed rayovac shirts to the bar. I think nick thinks he’s too cool to match with the crowd. he wanted to change when he saw we were all wearing ours. it’s like a team shirt! nick wore his. he’s like the lead singer. i’m the drummer. that’s how i see it.
how cute is tina?? very. the answer is very. 
I tried so so hard to make this into a animation type thing. i sorta figured it out I just don’t know how to put it on my blog. I bet someone knows. You could help me please. ox
