Tuesday April 13 Day 42

Tuesday April 13 Day 42

Last night was a red letter night. I went to bed without my long johns on and had only one layer on the pajama top. My from is is fiercely warm 61 degrees this morning. That is the high for the year. The temperature yesterday during the afternoon was supposed to be 95 degrees (on the warm side of the hill). I have talked with a couple of other people on the hillside and they agree with me that the temperature was not 95 degrees. In the high 80’s but that is about all.

This afternoon I went down and shot the zig-zag trail just above Woodstock. It was rather hard getting the twists and turns of the trail and I hope it works out. I also had and appointment with the Development Director, Steve Alter, concerning my access to the interiors of the various buildings on campus to tape the interiors. There will be no problem and he is going to give me a letter to the effect that I am welcome to video tape the buildings inside and out. This is the first step in setting up shooting schedules with the various facility managers. I do not have the lighting I need with me now and plan on doing this during October. I was concerned about this permission because there have been terrorist threats recently and producing a DVD with all the interiors might be a problem. I guess they figure that I am not much of a terrorist threat.

A major disaster was barely averted this afternoon. While shooting near the Woodstock buildings I was asked by a security person for my name. I reached into my pocket and dragged out my Visitors Pass. I have a couple extra ones that I have failed to turn in earlier so I always have one with me. As I got it out of my pocket my AMEX card came out at the same time and landed on the ground. The young man stopped me as I stepped away and returned the card. I need this particular card when I get on my flight back to the US. This is the card that was used to buy my ticket and I must present it to the ticket agent before I can get on the plane.