I thought I'd put up a few pictures from my weekend as it's played out so far. That's me (above) on Saturday, taking a selfie in my medicine cabinet mirror.
Here's (above) a color xerox I unearthed this morning, showing my kid on the occasion of his second month's birthday. It was drawn by John K.
On Friday night I went with John to an RFA fight (Ressurection Fighting Alliance/a UFC-type organization) at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Culver City. The event was wonderful and John's friend Tom arranged for us to have ringside seats.
That's (above) a real UFC Octagon, by the way. I always wondered what it was like to be on the audience side of that and now I know. That's the judge's area on the right. Left of center we see a hidden sound man with a directional mic on a monopod (a single-legged tripod).
BTW: the auditorium looks empty in this photo but that's because I didn't compose the shot right. Actually the place was packed to the gills.
I'd never been to a professional Mixed Martial Arts fight before so I ended up missing a gazillion fight shot opportunities in favor of what the technical crew was doing all around me, which I found fascinating. Here's (above) the camera crane which is an indispensable tool at events like this.
Here's one of the only shots I got of the card girls, and you can hardly see them. I know, I know...I should be horse-whipped.
