I Want To Shoot The Whole Day Down
Ugh. Things just do not seem to be going right for Devil.
Things have been going from bad to worse with my photography course. The digital aspects of it were going fine...but the film aspects were getting seriously fucked up. The first time I used the film camera, I got to the end of the film reel and started to wind up the film..only to have the film tear inside the camera. The film got destroyed.
Ok, I thought I'd learn from that mistake and be more gentle and careful with the film the second time around. The next time I hired a film camera from the university...it ended up being faulty and I to wait for an hour and a half while they got me a replacement. Luckily for me I was on campus at the time I realised that the camera was fucked.
So I managed to take some photos with the film camera...and managed to wind up the film properly and there were no problems at all...until I went into the dark room to get the film out of the film reel and into the processing tanks...to find that that film had torn INSIDE THE FUCKING FILM REEL!!
At about this time, the heavens opened up and unleashed a torrential downpour. I kid you not. It was as if me asking the question of "What else can possibly go fucking wrong?" was a challenge...and of course, Murphy's Law dictates that what can go wrong...will go wrong. The lower levels of the university building (which houses both the IT courses and photography dark rooms) got flooded...so there was no chance in hell that I would have been able to salvage anything from the (already) ruined film that I had.
Fan-fucking-tastic. I'm 4 weeks into this photography course...and I still have nothing to show for it...when everyone else has fully processed negative strips and proof sheets. Ugh.
Ok...so it would appear that pretty much everyone I know is having a completely shitty week...that was made shittier by the massive storm and flash flooding that occurred earlier in the week. It was quite amazing and I have to admit, even I was a bit worried about how much water was flowing down the main streets.
There was enough damage caused by rain, hail and flooding that a state of emergency was declared. Which was interesting because I've never actually been part of any natural disaster before. Plenty of regular disasters...most of them have been ones I've been responsible for...but definitely not natural ones...well...this one kinda was I guess.
On the upside though...my photography course has put me in contact with a lot of new people who are and will be big players in the photography industry in the state. It's not a bad thing...but the power of having a massive network is always an advantage.
I also recently went out for a photo-shoot too. I'm not going to go into the details of the photo-shoot due to a previous betrayal incident and a misplacement of trust. Suffice to say that there were some amazing photos taken and I'm happy with several of them. On the downside...my lens is now a bit dirty / gritty and I need to get it professionally cleaned...which is going to cost a fair amount of money.
On the topic of money...the stuff seems to be evaporating before I can even get it out of an ATM. Usually I don't have a problem with paying for things...but in the last week or so it seems like all my major bills and expenses are coming in at once and my finances are taking a severe beating. I can afford to pay for everything (which I'm thankful for)...I'm just not comfortable with the idea of having to part with so much of it in such a short time frame.
So anyway...in summary, I've have a pretty shitty week.
Things have been going from bad to worse with my photography course. The digital aspects of it were going fine...but the film aspects were getting seriously fucked up. The first time I used the film camera, I got to the end of the film reel and started to wind up the film..only to have the film tear inside the camera. The film got destroyed.
Ok, I thought I'd learn from that mistake and be more gentle and careful with the film the second time around. The next time I hired a film camera from the university...it ended up being faulty and I to wait for an hour and a half while they got me a replacement. Luckily for me I was on campus at the time I realised that the camera was fucked.
So I managed to take some photos with the film camera...and managed to wind up the film properly and there were no problems at all...until I went into the dark room to get the film out of the film reel and into the processing tanks...to find that that film had torn INSIDE THE FUCKING FILM REEL!!
At about this time, the heavens opened up and unleashed a torrential downpour. I kid you not. It was as if me asking the question of "What else can possibly go fucking wrong?" was a challenge...and of course, Murphy's Law dictates that what can go wrong...will go wrong. The lower levels of the university building (which houses both the IT courses and photography dark rooms) got flooded...so there was no chance in hell that I would have been able to salvage anything from the (already) ruined film that I had.
Fan-fucking-tastic. I'm 4 weeks into this photography course...and I still have nothing to show for it...when everyone else has fully processed negative strips and proof sheets. Ugh.
Ok...so it would appear that pretty much everyone I know is having a completely shitty week...that was made shittier by the massive storm and flash flooding that occurred earlier in the week. It was quite amazing and I have to admit, even I was a bit worried about how much water was flowing down the main streets.
There was enough damage caused by rain, hail and flooding that a state of emergency was declared. Which was interesting because I've never actually been part of any natural disaster before. Plenty of regular disasters...most of them have been ones I've been responsible for...but definitely not natural ones...well...this one kinda was I guess.
On the upside though...my photography course has put me in contact with a lot of new people who are and will be big players in the photography industry in the state. It's not a bad thing...but the power of having a massive network is always an advantage.
I also recently went out for a photo-shoot too. I'm not going to go into the details of the photo-shoot due to a previous betrayal incident and a misplacement of trust. Suffice to say that there were some amazing photos taken and I'm happy with several of them. On the downside...my lens is now a bit dirty / gritty and I need to get it professionally cleaned...which is going to cost a fair amount of money.
On the topic of money...the stuff seems to be evaporating before I can even get it out of an ATM. Usually I don't have a problem with paying for things...but in the last week or so it seems like all my major bills and expenses are coming in at once and my finances are taking a severe beating. I can afford to pay for everything (which I'm thankful for)...I'm just not comfortable with the idea of having to part with so much of it in such a short time frame.
So anyway...in summary, I've have a pretty shitty week.
Devil's Winamp: Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Devil's Mood: Annoyed / Pissed Off
In other news, the following anonymous [formspring.me] question have been asked since my last blog:
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Q: Do you think you could hit a 10 on ? I think you're really really cute and could get there in like a day...but do you think you could? I'm on there see if you can find me ;)
A: No, I don't think I could hit a 10. Stupid spammer fucktard bot. Sadly though...you were the only one that actually asked me a question.
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Q: Do you think you could hit a 10 on
A: No, I don't think I could hit a 10. Stupid spammer fucktard bot. Sadly though...you were the only one that actually asked me a question.
posted by Devil's Advocate at 24.3.10
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