And now, the main event:
Unfortunately by this point I was running low on space on my memory card, since I couldn’t get the video off of the camera without special software I didn’t have on me and that Canon wouldn’t let me download, so I didn’t get as many post-race shots as I wanted.
…the peelination has begun. And I’ve discovered that on at least one day my shirt was porous enough for my unprotected back to get some exposure. I hate sunburns.
See, that’s what happens when you force geeks to go outside! The fiery ball, it burnses us!
Just got back from the race, and it was nuts. Alonso’s failed first-corner stunt and subsequent off-track excursions, Kubica’s horrible crash (thankfully he’s okay), Trulli crashing during a safety car period (before fully making it out of pit lane, even), Trulli and Rosberg spinning simultaneously without even touching, Wurz holding on for third despite a broken rear wing most of the race, a groundhog on the track, more safety cars than you can shake a stick at, Sato passing both Raikkonen and Alonso…
People had been complaining that the races so far this year had been too boring, but I think this one was trying to make up for all of those others.
I have tons of photos, including the support races and other sessions, but it’ll probably take *days* to sort and postprocess them all… (Update: Photos from all three days are now available here.)
Thuderstorm season is upon us here, and we just had a slight bit of flooding. This was the worst storm I’ve ever seen here. No hail for a change, but there was seemingly non-stop thunder and lightning for quite a while, and the rain fell furiously.
This was the first time that the water reached right up to the edge of the building and I was genuinely afraid that the water might actually seep into my apartment, so I spent a lot of time just running around, checking the edges of the walls and carpet for dampness. Luckily I escaped unscathed, but the condos across the street from me were not so lucky — their basement suites and underground parkade got flooded badly.
And worst of all, the lightning caused a power glitch that reset my 360 while I was in the middle of an endurance race!
(I’ll have some video too, once I get around to editing it together.)
