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| #1  12-Dec-2006, 01:59 | ||||
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| When we got back to San Diego, we went to the SD Animal Park. It was pretty good. I don't really like Zoo's much, but this had free roaming areas on a scale that blew your mind. In fact, there were some areas, that with the benefit of the San Diego mountain backdrop, looked like their real habitat. It was only the fencing that occasionally gave it away in a photo.       |
| #2 12-Dec-2006, 02:14 | ||||
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| The next day we jut chilled out and did a few bits and pieces that needed sorting. On Sunday though, we went off to see something I've wanted to see since I was a kid. when I watched the E.T film years ago, and I really liked the look of the neighborhood that they used in the film. As it turns out, It's as nice as it looks. We rolled up in the truck, BMX strapped in the back for some pics and had a look. As I was going towards the drive, the owner came down and I introduced myself.He was a realy lovely bloke, and spared quite a bit of time telling us about the history of the place.  He hadn't been the owner when Steven Spielberg made the movie, but he said that Spielberg had been flying around in a helicopter, looking for the area that he had in his mind for the shot. When they turned up at the door of the house, the owner wasn't a big film buff, didn't know who he was and wasn't too keen to go along with it. Then of course, dollars were offered and it was a done deal.  The present owner, Tony, had been in residence when the directors of Charlies Angels wanted to use the house again though, and Drew barrymore made a return to the house, only this time she was naked. Awesome! He gave us an insight into just what goes into making a film. He said that the crew were there for a week, filmed just one day, and that it was for about 6 seconds of footage at the beginning of the film. cameron Diaz had been rollerblading up and down the street and playing with the local kids. They'd had so many support vehicles that it was ridiculous. Even a gardener that had different plants on hand if they decided they wanted them. Unreal. So I had a ride around on my BMX, made a few people in cars smile and we drove off with me having satisfied a long standing and very odd ambition. I can't help it I'm afraid.  I needed Hawkman's red hoodie though!  |
| #3 12-Dec-2006, 02:25 | ||||
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| The same day as the E.T house, we decided to take a stroll around Hollywood. If you ever get the chance to go, don't bother, it's an utter s h i t hole. It reminded me of skegness, what with all of the tacky stores and tattoo parlours etc.  There were a couple of cool things to see, but nothing that really warranted the drive, despite it not being that far.  I noticed something on this pic that had us in tears when we downloaded it..can you spot it? One thing that was worth the effort, was the fact that we got to watcha couple of really good breakdancing crews. I could watch that stuff all day long. i've been a hip hop and b' boying fan since I was about 14, and was pretty handy in thebreakdancing stakes when i was a youth. These guys were incredible though.    |
| #4 12-Dec-2006, 02:33 | ||||
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| We rolled past Manns Cinese theatre, and quite how they make the whole thing look as glitzy on T.V as they do, is totally beyond me. Don'tget me wrong, the Theatre itself is very impressive,I just can't understand how they can make the turgid surroundings sem glamorous at all. There was plenty of weirdness to be had though, and one guy dressed as Michael jackson stood rock still until you gave him some dough. Then he broke into some superfly MJ moves. This could be a good vocation for someone I used to work with, called Rob Wilkinson.   Shammmoooon!  Hollyweird  Only Dom will get this one! |
| #5 14-Dec-2006, 02:39 | ||||
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| You remember the first day I was here I told you all about that crazy dude that was going to ride his bike of a cliff. Well it turns out that he did it. Not only did he ride it of a cliff...he rode it of THE cliff to beat all cliffs. The Grand Canyon! Turns out that he's a very experienced skydiver who designs his own high performance canopies (I think that means something to do with parachuting, not a go faster sun shade for the garden!). It was only going to be his 7th ever base jump though, so he needed to get it right. Things went well to start with, but what he hadn't reckoned on was the effect of the bike pulling him down as he tried to make enough space between it and himself to safely open his parachute. He fell 1200 feet before the bike went on its side, started to float from side to side like a feather and he made enough distance on it to deploy his big handkerchief! Below are the pics of the wreckage that's in the local bike shop I was in when the crazy Hispanic dude was planning his stunt. There is literally nothing salvagable from it...not a single useful item.    If you look carefully, you can just see the remains of his ear sticking out of the mush...  |
| #6 14-Dec-2006, 02:50 | ||||
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| Spent today mainly prepping the bikes for this weekend at Willow Springs. It'll be my 36th birthday on the First practice day, which is the Friday 15th. Happy boithdaaaay tooo meeeeeee! I'm such a good lad, I even brought a pack of sponsors stickers with me to put on the bike, which is, incidentally, a 2003 R6 with 50,000 miles on it!. Uprated front forks, and an Ohlins rear shock. Braided lines and that's about it. It has a full arrow system, but isn't fitted with a power commander, so i don't know how much difference that'll make.      |
| #7 14-Dec-2006, 21:21 | ||||
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dude, i could have told you that meself! spent an entire day shooting (although mostly it was sitting around being brought food and drink...) to shoot what equated to around 20 seconds worth of on screen. AHA!!! its your birthday tomorrow! er, our time... happy birthday Timbo! |
| #8 18-Dec-2006, 04:51 | ||||
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| Holy Shizzle! Just got back from Willow Springs, and when they say it's the fastest road in the west, they really aren't kidding! It is totally unlike any circuit in the Uk. I'll knock up a report over the next day or so, and I have plenty of pics to go with it. Met some very, very cool people, and yanks can most certainly ride motorcycles in circles, not just straight lines. Nicky Hayden isn't a fluke and neither are the others. Today I raced against top AMA supersport 600 riders Jason perez, Jeff tigert, Jeremy Toye (Just back from macau GP) etc and finished in some half decent spots. Woot for the UK!  More later. Otei |
| #10 18-Dec-2006, 21:09 | ||||
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| Got some interesting pics from the weekend, but thought that you peeps might like to see this. It's a 900 Monster, named "frankenstein". It's ridden by a nice Argentinian lad called Mauro, who incidentally, had heard of the Ducati sporting Club, and the desmodue series. He said that he bought the engine from a guy called Domsk...oh no, wait...he he! He's not been racing long, but seems to be going pretty quickly already, and was telling me all about the intricacies of riding a 160 MPH Ducati monster. Sounded like fun. I'm not too sure of any of the finer details about the bike as I was always running around somewhere or other, but took a few snaps anyway.    |
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