Filming in America…
So, here I am sitting in Starbucks in Big D listening to an instrumental version of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Die” over the SBUX speakers. I came here to unwind after a weird experience which I will share with you:
I went downtown to film some shots of typical American life and continue warming up my chops on the Canon 550D. Well, it turns out you can’t film in America anymore. I was filming in the Plaza of Americas and was promptly kicked out and made to delete all the shots I had taken inside of there. So I moved outside which I figured was a “free” place and then a different security guard showed up and said people were asking if I was a terrorist filming buildings. He said he was surprised the police hadn’t stopped me yet because of 9/11. So I packed up and came to Starbucks.
8 years ago when I first went to China I had incidents happen there like this. Now it seems I can film more freely in China than America. Interesting…
On a side note, I can’t believe it’s taken Starbucks this long to appear on the new blog.
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Hi, I'm Roger. I'm a Husband, Father and a believer in something a heck of alot bigger than myself. Love coffee, making movies, watching movies and hanging with my fam. You can check out the amazing city where I live in China here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunming --- Thanks for stopping by...
Bizarre. Pathetic. Sad. Ridiculous. All of the above? Wow, what has happened to America since we’ve been gone?
But don’t you feel SAFER??!! Good grief. On the other hand…maybe I’ll employ this method when friends or family members break out their video cameras. I’ll sic security guards on them by suggesting they might be terrorists.