sure enough…

here’s a quick rundown of my day:

work till 4:30

drive to the Bushnell

meet everyone from Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

Photograph the live show (before and after) until about 10:30

go back to Mel’s hotel and chat with Carl Kasell for an hour.  Hug him six (count ‘em) times through out the night.  

I am amazed and dazed

and SO TIRED, but i have to leave the house in an hour (at 2:45am) to drive to ma & guy’s so they can drive me to the airport to get on a plane for a 5:30 flight to denver (eventually).  

Praying for deep sleep on the plane.  Praying to myself.

Wow.  

T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom in Germany.  DT wants to put together an all-star soccer tournament of T-Mobile employees.  You know, T-Mobile USA versus T-Mobile UK, Germany, Croatia, etc… 

They put out a call to all employees to apply to be flown to Denver to qualify for the T-Mobile USA Soccer Team, and here’s the email i got this evening:

Congratulations! You have been selected to go to Denver for the World Cup United 2008 tournament. There was an overwhelming response, with more than 900 applications.

The 36 players who were selected will be divided up into four teams to compete in Denver over the weekend of April 18-20^th.  The winner of the tournament will receive a trophy and bragging rights.  Then all participants will vote on an all-star team to represent T-Mobile USA in Germany June 4-9^th. 

Please fill out your travel profile by end of day Monday, April 7^th so we can start to book travel. We will book travel for you and respond with your personalized travel plans.

Below is an outline of the schedule in Denver.  As the date approaches, we will have a more detailed schedule of events for you. 

Friday April 18

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  • Morning: Arrive in Denver
  • Afternoon: Soccer clinic and practice time with your team
  • Evening: Dinner and reception

Saturday, April 19

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  • Morning: Round robin tournament play begins
  • Noon: Lunch provided on site
  • Afternoon: Finish play as necessary, players receive all-star ballots
  • Evening:  Colorado Rapids game

Sunday, April 20

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  • Morning:  Awards and brunch, all-star team announced
  • Travel to airport

In the event you can no longer attend the tournament, please notify us as soon as possible so we can select an alternate to go in your place.

-World Cup United 2008 selection committee

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 So this is lovely.

I’m in Vermont, photographing my very first wedding, which happens to be the wedding of my ex, Joanna, to her girlfriend, Tiffany.

Funny, she took years and years to get over, and now i’m SO honored and excited to be photographing them, stalking them a little to get that photo that no one else would have gotten… I also brought up some recording equipment to record the ceremony, and last night i interviewed them separately about each other, which was cute… i’d love to learn how to make a slideshow with audio.

Anyway. it’s just really nice to see proof of evolution, on so many levels. on mine, hers, theirs… And i’ve got a few hours to myself right now while they go get manicures and massages – which are not my “bag” so i’m staying in to write and read and relax in this beautiful Vermont. The drive up was initially all highway, and then my GPS got me onto a scenic route that just blew my mind. The scenery was so so so beautiful. And i’ve forced myself to NOT photograph every damn thing. I realize that i’m at the point where i’ll miss out on the views and experiences because i’m photographing them. i’ve gotta be able to train myself to know the difference in appropriate timing for myself while my experience is still relatively young. Not a habit i want to try to change after 20 years of missing out on being really present at important (or unimportant) moments.

Anyway. time to read, hoping the rain holds off for a nice outdoor wedding…