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