Thursday, November 29, 2007

Oh what fun

I just finished watching Tape 18 and began watching Tape 19. Tape 19 begins on the night of May 20, 2007, with the Everglades on fire.

In case you may have wondered: Yes, most of this video footage is boring as hell. And it's hard to tell when any particular moment of footage may be interesting because watching and listening to videotapes kind of numbs your brain. I'm just trying to take note of the remotely interesting moments and write down each interesting moment's time code.

This is not the slightest bit fun. I hope you--both of you--appreciate how much unfun work goes into the making of something like Aimless.

Update (3:01 PM): The second Collier County Sheriff encounter on the Naples, Florida on-ramp is pretty interesting. You may remember, my first encounter there was when some asshole deputy pulled up and harassed me, saying through his loudspeaker, "What're you doin' on my Interstate, boy?" Unfortunately I did not catch it on tape. But only 15 or 20 minutes later, when another cruiser pulled up, I had the camera running. It's over 15 minutes of pretty good stuff. These guys were cool, even though they stopped because I fit the description of a perp. I may upload most of it unedited.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

HOORAY, He's back at it again! Take your time Ryan. I usually rush things just to get them done and they never turn out as i envision them.

Good Luck!

revolution said...

i think you may have about 35 seconds of footage containing yours truly.

Ryan M. Powell said...

I thought I got a lot more than 35 seconds. Like several minutes, at the very least. Yeah, because the Everglades were ablaze. (Well, they were still smokin', anyway.) Man, I wish I'd been able to see the flames you saw on your way out to the gulf coast.

The part with you is coming up next. Last night I stopped watching when I got to the part with Tim Killeally, the Irishman who dirtbiked from Miami to California and back. That was just a couple hours before I met you, at one of the gas stations near the on-ramp where you picked me up.

Did you know there are 3 separate Subway stores at the intersection near that exit?

revolution said...

subway isn't even on my radar. if i want a sub, i either go to jimmy johns or publix.