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About Me Member Experimental Photographer Trynottobreathe22/Male/United Kingdom Recent Activity Deviant for 3 Years
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Fri Feb 27, 2009, 9:51 AM
  • Listening to: Beirut
  • Watching: The Joy Of Sex Education
  • Playing: The race card
[Edit: I had planned this to be an update to say that now I have a 3D camera, I can finally take some interesting photos, but it quickly turned into a nonsensical rant, so stop reading now unless you want to hear all about my life's resemblance to something with all the charm and joy of a rancid throbbing dog tumor.]

I now work for a company that takes 3D photos of kids and puts them in crystals, to sell to parents, who will buy any old shit, no matter how tacky.
Since the photos are 3D, I have to carry round a massive 25kg box with the 'camera' in it, and then get each child (or baby, since they're all under 5 years old) to sit still for exactly 1.3 seconds while the picture takes, which can take hours, after which I still have to edit the photos, which takes just as long.

So right, having just edited photos of children so monumentally ugly I genuinely wondered what was stopping them from having the kids put down, for 18 straight hours at my boss' request, I start at a new nursery, during the hour long shoot, my car is towed from outside, so I must carry my massive box to the nearest bus stop.
Later, I went to pick up my car from the arse-end of nowhere, where I had to convince them it was mine by threatening them with the car keys and suggesting they do a semen swab of the car and compare it to my dna, before they finally said I could have it after paying the £260 fine, which I paid, before telling the man I hoped he died in his sleep (not the best curse, but I was tired).

So yes, I'm working 50-70 hours a week, but only being paid for about half of that.

I'm close to snapping and giving the toaster a bath, in which case I'll get someone to photograph it, which at least will mean I'll have a good picture to my name for the first time in ages.

Gah.

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Jersey/London
  • Interests: Rooftops. Girls with Short Hair. Besticide. Grumpy Old Men. Salivating. Red Biros.
  • Favourite movie: Eraserhead, Naked, 24 Hour Party People
  • Favourite band or musician: Modest Mouse, British Sea Power, Radiohead, Pixies.
  • Favourite artist: Michel Gondry, David Shrigley, Banksy, Simon Patterson
  • Favourite poet or writer: Charlie Brooker, Irvine Welsh, Tom Stoppard, Armando Ianucci
  • Favourite game: Chicken.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Mr Garrison or Clive from Monkey Dust
  • Tools of the Trade: Duct tape, some butter and a tennis ball.

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Comments


:iconbornirritating:
...I mean both the favs :P

I've been pretty absent minded all day. Must be the heat!

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succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake!
:iconbornirritating:
Thanks for all the favs :D

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succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake!
:iconkrell:
Thank ya. Nice gallery. :)
:iconbornirritating:
Hah! I could do that... I kinda have a story in mind, anyway. But it'll be short, though.

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succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake!
:iconbornirritating:
Heh. Then I shall do the same :)

(and thanks for the praise. much appreciated!)

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succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake!
:iconbornirritating:
I saw you've added me as a friend. I'd add you, too... if it weren't for the fact that I'm, er, completely handicapped when it comes to DA.com and don't know how to add people to my friends list.

...Sigh. Pout. This high-tech stuff is HARD :P

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succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake!
:icongodsmorphine:
merci ^^ :hug:

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mais c'est sale
:iconmartuskaa:
thanks for the fav
:iconeurekastreet:
tx for the star

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I am so full of Vincent Gallo quotes

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