Sad

IMG_9523
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

This is not my ranchero, but it is a photo I took. It makes me think of my poor ranchero rotting in the driveway. I really dont want to sell it, but I cant afford to fix it up either. The catch is, to get what I should for it, I have to fix it up some. But then when I get it back on the road, I will not be able to let it go, it is kind of a catch 22

This is something that is going around myspace, I do not know who wrote it to give them credit, but if I find out I will add that information


It's the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It's the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It's the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to demonstrate. It's the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trail. And it's the Soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag, whose coffin is draped in the flag, that allows the protester to burn the flag"


And say thanks to someone who served.

Breakwater Lighthouse

Breakwater Lighthouse
Originally uploaded by Crismateski.

I have posted some photos from the cruise on flickr

you can find them here - - - - - > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmateski/sets/72157594308636594/

I will be adding more over the coming days, I had almost 2000 photos over the 4 night trip, so it is taking me a while to sort through everything. Most of what is there has not even been touched up yet either, so some of them may disapear, or change as I continue to sort and edit.

C

Well, it is official, as of Tuesday Sept 26 at about 10:30pm I am Engaged. More photos to come

 

So I am back from havasu, and back to work at NBC. Havasu was great, way to hot at night, but we only suffered the first night. It was holding at about 95 degrees overnight, so it was impossible to sleep in the tent, luckily there was a camper in the group so we were able to crash on there floor. Othere then that the weather was great. There was a thunderstorm each evening lasting only about an hour and a half, but brought some rain and 60+ mph winds. the one night it caught most people off gaurd so once we had all of our stuff secured, I went down and helped hold the boats off of the rocks, and even drove some ladys boat over the the slips at the marina since she did not know how to drive it. The great thing is that she was trying to save the boat by herself, and when we got back to camp, there were about 12 people there and atleast 5 of them were guys sitting around the bar bq drinking. Had a great time though, paiges family had there boat out there and 2 stand up jetskis. I just wish that I had the boat out there.

As far as NBC goes, I have been given a badge (I may have already mentioned that) and I am working up until I leave for Comic con on the 19th. CBS wants me next week but I am already booked. The Head at NBC is a certified tech for ETC so he is going to start training me on the troubleshooting and repair of the lighting consules and dimmers. Well, that is it for now.

C.

So this is my second post in one week, it has been a long time since I have done that. I am officially laid off from NBC, yesterday was my last day, but I go back next wednesday and will have a week and a half of work. They also are planning on using me enough that they got me an NBC badge yesterday, which is a very good thing. I would prefer to be working in the Electric Shop at CBS, but I like it at NBC, the guys are easy to work with, and they give me a lot of free space. I am probably going to havasu for the weekend with Paige and some of her family. They have a campsite on the California side near the casino. It should be alot of fun, I am just not to sure about camping when it is going to be in the mid 80's over night. They have there boat out there, unfourtunately my boat is not ready yet, but I will be towing there new jetski out there for them.

C.

UPDATE

OK, so we are going to havasu landing, be there until sunday if anyone is in the area

Ok, this has been a long time, and somebody who will remain nameless was complaining because I had not updated it and they had nothing to read at work. So, here is an update. This update by the way is the first update that will be done via my new Toshiba laptop that I got last Tuesday.

Well, the Union thing is taking off for me. I Still don't have a permanent spot anywhere yet, but it is looking better. I have gotten in really well with the Electric shops at both CBS and NBC as well as the special effects shop at CBS. In fact in the last 3 weeks I spent the first 2 in the elec shop at CBS and the last at NBC. While in the NBC shop I got to pretty much run the installation of 2500 sockets and lamps going into the set for the BET Awards. So if you watch them, all of the lights in the arches and band fronts are my wiring, unless it burns down, then I know nothing about it. I am back at NBC for a couple of days this week, but it will probably only last until Tuesday or Wednesday, then I am back on the bounce.

Even though there were some problems, I am back shooting video for Inland News, I still have plans to shoot for myself, but this is helping me to get back into it and get some practice. Besides, Shaun is very good at what he does, and still shares a lot of knowledge. In the last 2 weeks, I have sold 3 stories. Selling the stories is great, but I also realized just how much I missed going out to a scene. Not only are the stories fun and interesting on there own, but it is also a kind of social gathering with the fire, police, and other media guys.

The first story was of a guy in Montclair who was digging for gold in his front yard. Nothing really to strange about that other then the fact that the hole was 36" in diameter, and 58' deep. (no that is not a typo) He said that he just got carried away. I would say that hiring 3 day labors to take turns being lowered into the whole by rope, and breathing through a garden hose in a 58' deep hole in your front yard is more then just a bit carried away.

Story number 2 was just a standard brush fire on Kellogg hill. I got some good shots and was hiking in with the camp crews that were hand cutting the fire lines. It was a somewhat small fire at about 12-15 acres, but I really enjoy the brush fires. It always amazes me just how fast a fire moves, and how hard the fire crews have it.

The last story was just last night, and it was a bit odd. Just yesterday afternoon my mom and I were talking about the plane crash that I had gone out on about 2 years ago in Claremont, and we went by the house that the plane hit, then just last night, a plane went down in Upland about 2 miles from the other crash site. It was a Cessna jet that was very similar to a Leer jet. I had video of the fire, firecrews, and a female firefighter being brought out on a stretcher after falling in a ravine trying to get to the wreckage. Last I heard all 3 passengers on board survived, although the mother was pretty messed up with third degree burns on her face and torso. She was air lifted to county USC. The father (pilot) had some cuts, and the daughter had some cuts and third degree burns to her arm, but for the condition of the wreckage, they were lucky to be alive at all. They were also lucky that there was a local resident and a CHP officer that saw the crash and pulled them from the wreckage.

Well, I guess that is enough for now

C

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My first DIGG.com frontpage "The Axial Vector Engine"

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To read the story, you can go here http://digg.com/science/The_Axial_Vector_Engine
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