Back in October, I obliged to be set up to a blind date (with the help of 0-60 Magazine). I had no expectations but I did have an idea of who I have been set up with. The door bell rang in the early morning the day of our date. I open the door to find a lady in a very sexy red dress. The first things that came into mind was that her looks wasn’t anything to write home to mom about, but she did have a mature yet playful look going about her.

As we proceeded with our day together, we grew to know each other more and more. We spent a crisp and cold day in the mountains and she showed me how she danced –and oh, how she did dance!

They always say that appearances are always skin deep. And as you get to know someone more and more; they either become uglier, or they become stunningly beautiful. That was what transpired that day on crisp and cold in those mountains. This girl showed me that her beauty is not from her looks, but how she danced with true seductive confidence.

I never got that second date.

These days, a lot of my work is purely digital. So when I was given this box from the people at NOS which has two of my photos printed on it, the a great warm feeling wafted over me. This box is one of those “special edition” things which are made in limited quantity. It includes; a comemorative 2009 Formula D Champion box, a Chris Forsberg 2009 FD champion t-shirt, a bottle of NOS energy drink, and a NOS Energy drink 1 gigabite USB drive which includes the Speedhunters.com film Portrait of a Champion directed by Will Roegge!

You can see the original Speedhunters article which featured my two shots here. And you can also watch the Will Roegge/Speedhunters film, Portrait of a Champion, here.

There’s definitely something about drifting that just cannot be ignored. This photo definitely reminds me of why I love the sport. The pure badassery that is exuded from each driver is just on a whole different –even at the amateur level at the Pro Am Nationals a few weekends ago.

I’m going to miss cleaning out tire chunks from my hair and ears during the off season. April seems so far away…

Will Roegge and I started a new project which we shoot and post one photo a day for a year. By the time Novemeber 10th, 2010 rolls around our creative default will be expanded! The actual site is still very much a work in progress. We have a lot of ideas which we will be implementing to Artpants in the coming months. So turn on your RSS readers to www.ArtPants.com or www.RodChongsPants.com!