September 12th: submission of abstract

So, a couple of weeks ago a friend Rob sent me a few takes of the video voice over. He did a few different styles and asked me to pick one for him to research and perfect. The styles were: old style BBC voice, hard man voice, Jeremy Clarkson imitation, and Hollywood action movie trailer voice (and an antipodean voice-over full of cussing).
Anyway, I went with hard man and used the first take, adding some images. The video isn't exactly going to win awards but Rob did a great job on the voice.

I then submitted the project to Kickstarter and waited. Next day, it was approved and I launched it! I then cooked dinner, ate dinner, bathed 2.5 year old and put him to bed. My phone was on silent, so I had no idea that there were several "new backer" emails awaiting me! All from people that I've never met and will probably never meet. I've backed projects on Kickstarter from people that I'll never meet, but it's quite a different experience being the backee. In a really good way.

August 24th: Game Theory & Displacement Vectors

Last weekend I competed in the British Transplant Games, held in Sheffield. Not many people know about these games (I didn't until I'd had a kidney transplant); they are held each year at a different UK venue and include track & field, team sports and individual sports. I entered the tennis (silver medal!), 5 a side soccer/football (gold medal!), 100m (last!), and 200m (not last!).

Anyway the whole point of the games is to raise awareness of both the benefits of transplants and the need for more donors. Several people die each day while waiting for a transplant. I was fortunate enough to have family who were willing and able to give me a kidney, but not everyone is so lucky.

I met a lot of people with a lot of different stories, some who are still going strong decades after transplants and others whose transplanted organs are beginning to fail or are having other health problems.

I enjoy the community aspect of the games, but for me the transplant has enabled me to get back to normality, though I have twice-daily anti-rejection medication to serve as a reminder.

Where was I? Oh yes, Vehicle Vendetta will be live soon! Right now I'm in Liverpool. Back to London on Monday.