Hello all! Davis Emmert here. As
you may know, I have been given the privilege and honor to be named Wendie’s
Wish official videographer/photographer. It’s hard to believe how much time has
passed since I first talked to Laine about joining him and Evan on this trip,
and how close we are to seeing all of our planning and hard work come to life!
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| Shooting a promo video with Laine Melikian |
A little about me: I’m a
21-year-old Advertising student at Texas Tech University. I grew up with Laine
and have been on board with this trip ever since fall as the
videographer/photographer. The vision for my purpose on this trip is to film
every aspect of us on this journey, whether it is setting up camp, driving 24
hours to Virginia Beach, the guys biking, how we entertain ourselves when not
doing any of those things listed, etc. You will get to see all of our point of
views during this trip through weekly, possibly even bi-weekly video blogs,
(depending on internet available), that will feature exactly what we are going
through to keep you folks at home with electricity updated. We are SO excited
that we will have a GoPro camera for the riders to do a little filming of their
own without my supervision (you’ve been warned).
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| Davis Emmert and his tool of the trade |
I remember the first time I talked to Laine
about this trip and how I was interested in tagging along side him and Evan
with a camera to help spread the word of what Wendie’s Wish wants to do. He was
so excited, and his enthusiasm made me excited. With this excitement, as the
countdown approaches the end, there has come nervousness. A couple weeks ago I
was driving from Georgetown back to Lubbock, and on that 5 ½ hour drive I
started to think. I then realized “Uh oh, we leave for the trip in 2 months.
I’m in no way prepared to camp out for 30 days. I can’t even force myself to
drink water from the sink, how will I last camping out for that long?” and
other related concerns. I immediately text Laine and told him a time to meet me
on Skype so we could talk about the trip and he could fill me in on what’s
happening. Shortly after talking to him I was relieved and the excitement
kicked back in.
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| Aggies support Wendie's Wish--shot by Davis Emmert |
As we approach June 10, 2013 I cannot help but get more
excited about this trip. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for the
rest of the guys and I. Being in college and having little responsibility
during the summers, what better way to spend a summer than traveling the
country to gain attention for Wendie’s Wish with 4 great guys! We’ve been in
contact nearly every day on our Facebook page and I’m sure I can speak for the
rest of them when I say, this is going to be the trip of a lifetime and we’re
all excited for what the future has for us, and most importantly Wendie’s Wish!
Shameless advertising: Here’s our promo for Ride For The
Wish! Let’s break 1,000 views!
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