When I used to think about being famous

I have an active imagination, there’s no doubt about that. I let it run wild and rampant from time to time as well (read: often).

I can remember as a little kid thinking, one day I’ll be famous. What I was famous far ranged far and wide (remember, active imagination).

Now, I’m like, I don’t have to be famous, I just want to leave a legacy. And then I think to myself, to leave a legacy do I have to be famous? I want there to be something that I’ve done that long after I’m gone, people can say, “there was this one girl, Courtney, that was her name, she did that” or something like that you know. Maybe it can be more extravagant when the story is being told.

I used to think about all the cameras and the paparazzi that would follow me when I became famous. Now, I don’t even need a paparazzi, I just want one person (maybe two) with a camera to follow me around. But I don’t want them around all the time, I only want them around when I’m cycling. And now, it’s not about having a camera man because I’m famous, but having one for documentary purposes.

It’s very difficult for me to get action shots of myself or to have a lot of footage of the ride. I mean, I’m riding, I can’t stop and take pictures every 5 feet. I’m not at the zoo, going “ooooh look at the cute snow fox”. I’m cycling on the road at 12-15 mph getting passed by people with cool looking jerseys or names on their back of people they’re riding for and they have a story to tell. There’s no little “here’s why this person is riding” board that I can stop and read, I can’t quickly snap a picture as they fly past me. Words might be exchanged as they occasionally are, and I’d like to better be able to remember who I talk to.

I have a story, and I try to blog it as much as I can remember, but there’s something special happening out there on the road that I want captured, that I currently can’t capture. I’m working on a method to take care of what I want. But I saw this commercial, and said, that would be cool:

I can’t get my family/friends to ride with me, and we’re not supposed to have our own SaG (support and gear) vehicles; but if just one time they could follow me on a ride, like this family does that cyclist, that’d be really cool. I want them to see what I do, not just see me when I leave the start and when I return. That’s what that commercial made me think of.

You know, I’m all over the place with this post, and I know it, and I’m not going to edit it and make it fluid. This has been “Raw Thoughts” with Courtney. Please tune in next time when she’ll talk about…(who know’s what she’ll talk about)