BERKELEY, CA. i spent last night making cookies and videotaping conversations with the four workers at Pedal Express in berkeley, california. we had a list of twelve questions printed out, but only a few were asked directly; the rest of the questions were answered indirectly through our discussions on buisness structures, class issues, salary, health care, politics, and even urban gardening. it was the most informal, unscripted video interview i’ve done, and because of this, it felt the most real and open. most of the footage may be difficult to fit into a short documentary on bike collectives and co-ops, but it is nevertheless invaluable for future projects. while shooting last night, i thought about a potential project documenting conversations on alternative life choices and cultures–a cross-section of thoughts and opinions on work, class, human environment, peak oil, etc, from people of my generation, the current young workforce and future shape of the western world to come. maybe it’s a day dream project all idealistic documentarians get, but it seems pretty simple and gathering footage can be done anywhere, anytime. leave a comment if you have a thought on this…

so anyway, i also taped a bicycle cargo delivery by PedEx: cynthia, a courier from pedex, hauled a big metal desk with a Hauler, a trailer built by Human Powered Machines in eugene, oregon. i rode in a Blue Sky trailer pulled by foresta, the ever-so-kind messenger from pedex who has been incredibly helpful. the footage should soon be up on this site once i download it from tape.