
{"id":330,"date":"2004-05-26T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-26T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/word_press\/?p=330"},"modified":"2004-05-26T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2004-05-26T20:03:00","slug":"national-geographic-here-i-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasethelight.com\/blog\/national-geographic-here-i-come\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic Here I Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/052504a.jpg\" class=alignleft WIDTH=700 border=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chasethelight.com\/images\/052504b.jpg\" class=alignright WIDTH=100 border=\"1\"\/>Last year friend Eric [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.visuraimaging.com')\">LINK<\/a>] called me up and asked if he could use a photo for a book he was writing. It&#8217;s about Maya and is part of the &#8220;Killer Tips&#8221; series of books. Of course I said yes and had forgotten about it but here it is about a year later. Here&#8217;s the original photo from a trip to Bora Bora [<a href=\"javascript:fotopopup('images\/tahiti\/images\/bor22.jpg',754,164)\">LINK<\/a>]. I&#8217;m oddly proud that it&#8217;s been imortalized in an icon shelf.<\/p>\n<p>And from the acknowledgements&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8230;their have been numerous enjoyable fellow travelers along the way, such as <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0499007')\">Mark Lefitz<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1481940')\">Alex Nijmeh<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1436759')\">Chris Nichols<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0004075')\">Travis Price<\/a>, Ben Procter, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1004197')\">Chris Cunningham<\/a>, <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0329128')\">John Goodman<\/a>, Allen Yamashita, and Eric Beggs, where it all started. Much has been learned (and laughed) from all.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Cool, my name&#8217;s in a book. That&#8217;s a first. Available on Amazon too&#8230; [<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0735713731\/002-7017940-1866407')\">LINK<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year friend Eric [LINK] called me up and asked if he could use a photo for a book he was writing. It&#8217;s about Maya and is part of the &#8220;Killer Tips&#8221; series of books. Of course I said yes and had forgotten about it but here it is about a year later. 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