So tonight was the big class night shoot for my cinematography class. It's slightly odd being the TA because I wanted to just jump in and do things and had to hold back so that the current kids get the chance to do things. It went very well for them, but the sound is going to be awful. There were endless helicopters. It seems like every media outlet has brought their own to cover the game, or maybe the anticipated craziness after. Some of the kids were talking about wanting to go out after the game to join the action. And one kid had checked out a camera and was "getting ready for the riots." It's the downside of being in a media program. They all want to get the story and I worry that they might get themselves hurt.
The shoot.
Then I walked home. At the end of our quiet pedestrian street the state troopers were staging the bicycle cops. And in the less than mile walk home I think I passed at least 50 police. There was one block where they had parked all the motorcycles and it was literally the entire length of the block lined up.
But the city is certainly supporting the team.
This last one is looking down a street that is 2 blocks from mine. It's the start of the no parking zone. I got very lucky with where I was able to park last time I came home.
We're in the bottom of the 8th inning, ahead 6-1 and the neighborhood is noisy: helicopters, car horns, drunk people, cop sirens. Every time I hear a cheer I refresh my google page to see what the score is. Mostly what I'm hearing are the people at the bars a block or two away. But just when we must have gotten the 3rd out at the top of the 8th I'm sure I heard the actual stadium cheers. It's going to get really loud very soon. I'm glad I can sleep in tomorrow.
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