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5-29-07

5-29-07

Day 291 of 365 days.

Splash!

So to all appearances my life is maybe not so bad. I’ve said before, I get to spend most of my days doing photography, which is a hell of a lot better than whatever most people do for a living. On top of that, most of my photography consists of shooting pictures of hot chicks, and that’s not exactly anything to complain about. On the other hand, it’d be nice to be able to get paid for it. My unemployment is quickly running out.

That said, the Karma Tornado is in full effect. The Tarot Deck is going really well, I’m going to West Virginia tomorrow to shoot pics of mountains. I have a shoot on Thursday. I have a job interview on Friday. I have a swimming pool! (which I can use pretty much at any time, seeing as how I am a bum and have pretty much nothing to do all day)

Something interesting did happen today. You know how when you’re at the mall, they sometimes have those cars and trucks parked in the middle of the walkway and you can submit a ballot to win one? Well, I did that a couple weeks ago, and today I got a call that I am a "finalist" to win one. A brand new Blazer, Cruiser or $25,000. All Steph and I have to do is show up at this resort in a couple weeks and take a tour. Then we get to try our random key they’re going to mail us in the cars, and if it works we get to keep it. If not, we get a couple of snazzy parting gifts (two randomly chosen from a camera, a camcorder, a trip to vegas or florida, a 27" TV, and $500).

My mom says "its a scam. They probably call everyone!"

Of course, its a scam. They really just want us to show up so they can try to sell us a timeshare or vacation or something, but that’s the beauty part really. See, I’m broke, so that pretty much means that no matter how hard they try to sell me anything, I can’t really buy it. Actually, that’s not true. If they have a vacation plan for under $10, I’m totally snagging it. But I’m not holding my breath. But really, I don’t have anything better to do than drive up, see their little dog and pony show and get my prize. Worse case scenario I walk out with a crappy camera. You can never have too many crappy cameras, right? Best case scenario, well, even if it is a scam, someone has to win the car, right? Might as well be me. Of course, I’ll be taking the cash, but you get my drift.

Anyway, after my phone calls setting up job interviews, talking to models and talking to contest personnel, I decided today would be a good day to take a first dip in the pool. Really, I prefer having company when I go swimming, but oh well. It was originally my intent to take a shot of myself floating in my floaty chair and drinking beer. I did get that shot, but then I thought it’d be more fun, if I could get it, to get a shot of me jumping in and splashing. It took about 20 shots to get it right with the timer, but I had loads of fun doing it. Maybe someday I’ll actually have people to play with.

365 days

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23 comments for “5-29-07

  1. May 29, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    wow.
    perfect shot!!!!!

  2. May 29, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    @A_Kules: thanx. It took a while to get it, but I was pretty happy when I did.

  3. May 29, 2007 at 8:54 pm

    Awesome splash!

  4. May 29, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    @ambrosialove: thanks.

  5. May 29, 2007 at 9:25 pm

    Nice one! 20 shots is not bad for this kind of shot.

  6. May 29, 2007 at 9:28 pm

    Hah, we did that once… Silver Saddle in California City. Got a nice hotel stay, dinner and a tour of the desert on them. And our "consolation prize" was a couple of obviously knock off watches. I think we still have them. Regardless, it was fun. Great shot. : )


    Seen in my contacts’ photos. (?)

  7. May 29, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    @phlewght: yeah… I’ve gotten pretty good at keeping pace with the timer. But it was tiring running and jumping in the pool over and over again. Anyway, I’m pleased with it.

    @adayinthelife: well, we’re not staying overnight. But what the hell, like I said. Free stuff is free stuff. So long as we beat the price of gas. And it’ll be a nice trip in any case.

  8. May 29, 2007 at 9:59 pm

    photo is great.

    total scam…but like you said, you’ve got nothing to lose and lots of time on your hands…and yes, you can never have too many cameras, crappy or great! have a great time…and definitely, definitely…take the cash!

    btw, let me know if they’ve got any of those $10 vacations left…I’d like to sign up ;-P

  9. May 29, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Great splashiness! I did one of those vacation rental scam things once, years ago. I wound up sitting in a conference room with a hundred other people listening to their presentation and walked out with some crappy parting gift. But, it could’ve been me to win the big cool prize. Just not that day.


    Seen on your photo stream. (?)

  10. May 29, 2007 at 10:16 pm

    @pi c’s: I’ll let you know. And hey, its an obvious 365 pic to take of being at the dog and pony show too, right?

    @Travelinjim: heh, if I have 1 in 100 odds that’s better than I’m expecting. I’ll take it.

    Glad you both like the shot.

  11. May 29, 2007 at 10:55 pm

    Hey, I’ve got $10 right now! Not much more than that, but maybe I should save it for one of those packages! Tell you what, see if they’ll let you put it on lay-a-way! We can get a couple & tell them we’ll send them $1 per week for 20 weeks!

    Oh yeah! And I like this pic. Really cool shot. Maybe I’ll get me a pool for my back yard too. I get way more summer weather than you do – I need a pool!

  12. May 29, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    @lrayholly: do you think you can find one for under $10?

  13. May 29, 2007 at 10:58 pm

    Hell yeah, I may have to blow it up – but I am so at Big Lots tomorrow!

  14. May 30, 2007 at 1:43 am

    @lrayholly: can’t wait to see the shot. 🙂

  15. May 30, 2007 at 12:20 pm

    If they offer you a choice between a boat and a mystery box, take the boat.

  16. May 30, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    😀

  17. May 30, 2007 at 11:37 pm

    @wooble and @ambrosialove: I don’t get the reference.

  18. May 31, 2007 at 11:27 am

    @ambrosialove: ah… ok… got it. I haven’t really watched the Family Guy regularly in years.

  19. May 31, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    listen to mom… she knows best!

  20. June 1, 2007 at 12:05 am

    @jwill9311: about what?

  21. June 1, 2007 at 12:56 am

    Duh! About EVERYTHING of course!

  22. June 1, 2007 at 8:06 am

    @lrayholly: yeah, sure…. 🙂

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