Voting (and lots of other stuff I don't have time to talk about yet)!
Soooooooooo much has been happening in the last few weeks and I feel like a chicken who's head has popped off and I'm trying to figure out exactly how to get it back on and how I should reposition it if I can get it back on! Good LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDD things have been busy and stressful!! So I don't have much time right now, but later I might do that thing where I write multiple blogs at once and my faithful reader or two will just have to remember to scroll down ;-p!
So, to quickly summarize the craziness, I flew out of state the other weekend timing my arrival on the day of a freaking blizzard!!!!!!! Grrrrrr..........it was only a long weekend to begin with and I hadn't been there in 2 1/2 years, but I just HAD to plan my trip on the worst weather day in 3 years!!!!!!!!!! I got in 6 hours late that night AND my flight home was delayed too =-(. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! Other than that it was a great trip, after having missed connections, being let off one of the planes first so I could start running up ramps hoping I'd make the just gone connection, having tears involuntarily stream down my face as the nice airline guy told me I was screwed....NO FUN!!!!!!!!!
Then, last weekend was the first wedding photography gig me and my partner had. Talk about stressful! Overall things were good.....although the bride and bridesmaids "Didn't have time" for us to shoot them after the wedding, so I seriously have like 60+ shots of the groom and Groomsmen (who we met with beforehand) and 4 (YES FOUR!!!!) freaking shots of the bridesmaids. It was one of those, "You gotta be kidding me" moments, but nothing we could do. My partner did a better job of hiding he was annoyed, because if they don't want the shots well, they don't get them, but he wasn't thinking (until later) about the fact that that was our chance to build up our portfolio and so we got a little screwed over there. That and the father-of-the-bride was doing a bit of photographic-cock-blocking too. Definitely a good learning experience!!!! And it helps give us ideas of the types of things we need to put in a contract in the future. And yes, I know the Groom sometimes reads these shababblings, and you know I think you rock, but ya can't deny what I'm saying here - you know it's true!!!
Anyways - my FAVORITE moment of the day was when the Groom made sure to tell my partner (who thinks you are very cool by the way Mr. Groom ;-)), "You know she's allowed to drink, right?!" HEHE! The advantage of shooting a laid back friend's wedding =-)!!!!!!!!! He came back with, "Hey, what about me?!" Hehe. Well, I also thoroughly enjoyed it when my great-sport of a brother didn't even bat an eyelash when I (unbeknownst to him) put in for him to Karaoke "My Humps" by the Black-Eyed Peas - Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!! The night was fun - especially after the stress of worrying about getting the shots of the wedding was over! I think I prefer portraits - MUCH easier!!!!!
So I said this was going to be short.........ooooops.....I suck at that sort of thing! My job crap is getting crappier as they pull our strings and toss us around like little ping-pong balls being chased by kittens by making us jump through hoops we shouldn't have to jump through for these freaking, supposed "transition" positions. They are making a game of giving us less than 24 hours notice on when we have to interview and telling us what we have to prep for our 20 minute presentation. The whole process is definitely tinged with evil and disrespect, not to mention kicking people while they are down. I hope things workout =-/.
And finally I get to the VOTING! You know what's weird? Whenever I go to the polls here they never check I.D. At all! I even popped mine into my pocket before I walked in just in case, but no one even asked to see it. It was the same thing last time I voted here (was out of state last year). So - if anyone wants to try to sneak in and fake vote like you are me next year you just might get away with it!
But I love getting my "I voted" sticker. Yay voting! And this time they had a new weird card reader thing. BUT, the cool thing about voting is you can do whatever the hell you want. I had some propositions I felt strongly about, but there were certain things that I wasn't too concerned about. After some deep consideration, I realized that instead of writing myself in for Governor (I don't have time for that shit right now ;-p), I would write in my best friend. She could certainly give Arnie a run for his money!! And we'd undoubtedly get a "Fat Tuesday's" in the Capitol building (YAY Fat Tuesday's!!! I will see you next month in Vegas!!!! I love you Fat Tuesday's =-)!!!!!!!). And, just to make sure it was a power team running the place, I wrote in her fiance for Lieutentant Governor!! Woohoo!! And as I told him, if I get my high-powered connections into the Big Building in Sac-Town, that means that if I ever got arrested for doing something like streaking across the Capitol lawn, I should have no problem getting "excused" for my behavior =-). Hehehehe - yay for totally unrealistic connections!!!! And ya......not the streaking type right now!!!!!
Anyways....how's that for "short"?! I seriously don't know what makes me think, with my serious history of endless babbling, that I have will ever have it in my skill-set to be succinct!!!! Not so much!!!! Back to the stupid job-searching/interview BS!!!! Oh....and about that......if anyone has a company looking for a well-paid "mascot" I totally have costumes =-).
So, to quickly summarize the craziness, I flew out of state the other weekend timing my arrival on the day of a freaking blizzard!!!!!!! Grrrrrr..........it was only a long weekend to begin with and I hadn't been there in 2 1/2 years, but I just HAD to plan my trip on the worst weather day in 3 years!!!!!!!!!! I got in 6 hours late that night AND my flight home was delayed too =-(. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! Other than that it was a great trip, after having missed connections, being let off one of the planes first so I could start running up ramps hoping I'd make the just gone connection, having tears involuntarily stream down my face as the nice airline guy told me I was screwed....NO FUN!!!!!!!!!
Then, last weekend was the first wedding photography gig me and my partner had. Talk about stressful! Overall things were good.....although the bride and bridesmaids "Didn't have time" for us to shoot them after the wedding, so I seriously have like 60+ shots of the groom and Groomsmen (who we met with beforehand) and 4 (YES FOUR!!!!) freaking shots of the bridesmaids. It was one of those, "You gotta be kidding me" moments, but nothing we could do. My partner did a better job of hiding he was annoyed, because if they don't want the shots well, they don't get them, but he wasn't thinking (until later) about the fact that that was our chance to build up our portfolio and so we got a little screwed over there. That and the father-of-the-bride was doing a bit of photographic-cock-blocking too. Definitely a good learning experience!!!! And it helps give us ideas of the types of things we need to put in a contract in the future. And yes, I know the Groom sometimes reads these shababblings, and you know I think you rock, but ya can't deny what I'm saying here - you know it's true!!!
Anyways - my FAVORITE moment of the day was when the Groom made sure to tell my partner (who thinks you are very cool by the way Mr. Groom ;-)), "You know she's allowed to drink, right?!" HEHE! The advantage of shooting a laid back friend's wedding =-)!!!!!!!!! He came back with, "Hey, what about me?!" Hehe. Well, I also thoroughly enjoyed it when my great-sport of a brother didn't even bat an eyelash when I (unbeknownst to him) put in for him to Karaoke "My Humps" by the Black-Eyed Peas - Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!! The night was fun - especially after the stress of worrying about getting the shots of the wedding was over! I think I prefer portraits - MUCH easier!!!!!
So I said this was going to be short.........ooooops.....I suck at that sort of thing! My job crap is getting crappier as they pull our strings and toss us around like little ping-pong balls being chased by kittens by making us jump through hoops we shouldn't have to jump through for these freaking, supposed "transition" positions. They are making a game of giving us less than 24 hours notice on when we have to interview and telling us what we have to prep for our 20 minute presentation. The whole process is definitely tinged with evil and disrespect, not to mention kicking people while they are down. I hope things workout =-/.
And finally I get to the VOTING! You know what's weird? Whenever I go to the polls here they never check I.D. At all! I even popped mine into my pocket before I walked in just in case, but no one even asked to see it. It was the same thing last time I voted here (was out of state last year). So - if anyone wants to try to sneak in and fake vote like you are me next year you just might get away with it!
But I love getting my "I voted" sticker. Yay voting! And this time they had a new weird card reader thing. BUT, the cool thing about voting is you can do whatever the hell you want. I had some propositions I felt strongly about, but there were certain things that I wasn't too concerned about. After some deep consideration, I realized that instead of writing myself in for Governor (I don't have time for that shit right now ;-p), I would write in my best friend. She could certainly give Arnie a run for his money!! And we'd undoubtedly get a "Fat Tuesday's" in the Capitol building (YAY Fat Tuesday's!!! I will see you next month in Vegas!!!! I love you Fat Tuesday's =-)!!!!!!!). And, just to make sure it was a power team running the place, I wrote in her fiance for Lieutentant Governor!! Woohoo!! And as I told him, if I get my high-powered connections into the Big Building in Sac-Town, that means that if I ever got arrested for doing something like streaking across the Capitol lawn, I should have no problem getting "excused" for my behavior =-). Hehehehe - yay for totally unrealistic connections!!!! And ya......not the streaking type right now!!!!!
Anyways....how's that for "short"?! I seriously don't know what makes me think, with my serious history of endless babbling, that I have will ever have it in my skill-set to be succinct!!!! Not so much!!!! Back to the stupid job-searching/interview BS!!!! Oh....and about that......if anyone has a company looking for a well-paid "mascot" I totally have costumes =-).
posted by The Shababbler at 4:04 PM
4 Comments:
Hell Yeah! Fat Tuesday's for President!!!! 4-2-O-Z-baby! WOOHOOO! By the way, I put in you as a WRITE-IN for Insurance Commisioner cuz I knew you would do a good job! ;)
Hehehehe....Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Yay for Insurance Commissioner =-)!
Hey T, I love me some Fat Tuesdays over here in France. Maybe one right under the Eiffel Tower. Yeah and hey if you get those "connections" in SAC you and I can't get kicked out for taking drink off of trays and slapping hot politicians' butts.
HEHEHEHE - Love It =-)! Unfortunately, Ms. A did not win her bid for Governor, nor did her man win his bid for the Lieutenant Gov =-/. And, I didn't win for Insurance Commissioner! What's wrong w/the people in this state?!?!?! So the "connections" didn't come through, which means we'll have to keep our booty pinching at a reasonable level - nothing too excessive ;-p!
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