Shift
I had a great meeting recently! How many times have you been able to say that!?
I met with my three bosses. Sounds like a sitcom- I know! But I digress. Paul Hatfield, Gary Osnower, Bren Angelos and myself sat down to discuss my job, or, rather one of my jobs.
I’ve been in the position of Operations Director since coming on in December- sort of a catch all for a lot of things; with major areas of oversight in facilities and, obviously operations. Over the last nine months I’ve been slowly gathering more responsibilities in other areas- namely media.
So, drum roll please: As of next month sometime I will no longer be the Operations Director at The Pursuit. I will, instead, be the Media Director.
I will continue to oversee facilities AND media as applicants are interviewed, as well as assist in the eventual transition with the new hire.
I’m stoked to be working for such an amazing organization like The Pursuit and look forward to this next chapter!
~NickShoe
I secretly wish…
I secretly wish that my car was a real Autobot.
Heck, I’d settle for a Decepticon.
What about you?
What do you secretly wish for?
~NickShoe
Meet: Stevie Merverd
For more on Stevie, visit bigbirdsburgers.com
Some of the most fun I’ve had…
This was seriously some of the most fun I’ve had doing the VA’s for The Pursuit! Thanks to an amazing site- InternetArchive.org I was able to get real and authentic period footage. Good times for sure!
~NjS
Top 20 on Google search!
This is crazy! Some time ago I had a post that included a Decepticons Logo. That one, solitary post has put me in the top 20 for Google image searches!
Don’t believe me- check for yourself! Just Google: “decepticons logo” in Google images, and there I am- usually third row, third from the left (this may vary due to your screen size).
At any rate; thanks for reading or following or just plain amusing me. Cheers!
~NickShoe
VA’s: May 31st, 2009
This was a fun shoot- in spite of the very early morning! I got up at 4AM to get up the trail ahead of Josh and Dewey- only to get up to the cliffs and find out I was in the wrong spot! So we ended up getting to the actual spot about the same time. I shot some footy of them prepping their gear- but decided to wait for better light, so I took a nap while the guys climbed.
As with most of the VA’s- the actual or total footage is about 20 times longer than what gets used.
I packed the camera and tripod up in my pack, and decided to leave my gear in the car- really wish I would have brought it up to tackle a couple routes. Next time!
~NickShoe
Fear-Mongers
A student I know wrote me today,
“Your not going to beleive this but my teacher told us to wear hospital mast (mask) to keep from getting swine flu! He freaked alot of people out!!”
I ask one question:
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?
A very good friend and mentor of mine said that 2,500 people had died from Swine Flu.
WRONG!
Swine Flu death toll: 7*
Really? We have got to put a stop to this fear-mongering! Teachers telling students to go out and get hospital masks!?
Here are some facts for you to chew on:
There has been one death in the United States- a Mexican boy that was visiting the country.
As of 11 AM ET today, April 29, 2009, the CDC has reported only 91 laboratory confirmed cases of Swine Flu in the U.S.
Remember Bird Flu? In 2003-2004 the world went nuts and the sky was falling because thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people were going to die from Avian Influenza A (H5N1).
Here’s your WORLD totals to date:
Cases: 421
Deaths: 257^
Am I saying we shouldn’t be cautious? No. But this fear-mongering has to STOP!
What you can do:
-Write your local news station or newspaper and tell them to stop reporting hype, and just the facts. Or just kill your TV.
-Spread the truth. Tell everyone you know about the truth behind the hype. Talk with your family and friends especially.
-Laugh!
~NjS
* http://www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-flu-deaths-not-152-says-who-20090429-aml1.html
^ http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2009_04_23/en/index.html
