Are you pissed off? I'm pissed off. Vent Thread.

[rynne]

Can I just tell you how pissed off I am that Trent hasn't even bothered to wash my car and maybe change the oil and rotate the tires while he's at it?  I mean, what kind of gratitude is that?  Here I am, having spent upwards of $200 buying the majority of his albums, and what have I gotten out of it?

The way I see it Trent owes me for my years of undying and loyal support (specifically, 1993-1999 and 2005-2008).  It'd say that's worth, like, 5 hours of chores.  Minimum.  I don't think that's unreasonable.  Hell, he doesn't have to do it all at once.  Make me a coupon book for "one floor mopping" or "one house dusting" or something.  Just don't put any of those "one free hug" coupons in there.  Everyone knows that's a bullshit lazy-ass coupon, and it ain't gonna fly, Trent.

[rokken like dokken]

Dude seriously, my deck needs painting!

What they don't understand is that they paid for a service already rendered. If they had given money upfront for a promised future service then duh, but as we all know that never happens. 

[r00]

The obsessive "good morning" lady struck again this morning.  One of her other endearing traits is that she can't handle someone not paying attention to her if she around regardless of how focused or busy that person is at that moment.

This morning I am troubleshooting an issue with a couple of workmates and she starts talking to one.  She knows I am completely focused on going through this problem config and she can't handle it, so she slips into her conversation about how someone she knows has selective hearing and how <my-name> has selective hearing too and then keeps saying it over and over because I won't break from what I am doing to give her the response she so craves.  I eventually turn and say, "It's not selective hearing.  It is choosing to ignore someone that annoys the shit out of me."

She pretended that she didn't hear it and I began choking on the irony.

[threatsicle]

:LOL: Irony is the best sort of humor life can throw us.


I can't believe I have to defend my work as not being "porn" to someone who labels himself as the "21st Century Warhol". This isn't the first time "people of influence" have commented my work as being such too. I'M NOT A FUCKING PORNOGRAPHER. Although, I almost was

[tim]

Genuine question: why does it matter to you to define your work against a concept of something which is famously nebulous and difficult to define? I mean, you do work with or alongside people who are involved in that industry without judging them for what they do, right? So why does it matter to you that people see your work as something wholly removed?

Apologies if that comes across as hostile, and no worries if you don't want to answer it.

[luna]

i remember an interesting conversation that broke out in painting class when i was in art school, it was basically regarding the fact that you can label your own work and tell people what it's all about until your head explodes but it won't change the fact that once you put it out there for public consumption people are going to think whatever they're going to think about it and there's very little you can do to control that

[threatsicle]

I don't want to be known for only one thing I cleary haven't ever produced. I don't even shoot anything constituting "erotica", only nudes (big difference). I'm also not offended, but rather annoyed by the mislabel as people clearly haven't seen my work to able to judge it -- they only base it on the people I surround myself with.

It's like the critic from that newspaper who judged my work based off of ONE small photo in that AttA show and was quoted to say "it seems porny enough" -- simply because all the artists I curated into that show were all porn directors.


Also: I don't label my work, but by ALL industry standards, my work is clearly not porn.

[chimera]

Everytime my head wants to explode, I come here and you all give me hope again.  Thank you.

[luna]

Also: I don't label my work, but by ALL industry standards, my work is clearly not porn.

Imo the lack of genitals automatically makes your work not porn

[threatsicle]

Need to correct myself: I finally shot "erotica" the other night.

[luna]

such a shitty day...came into work to 2 dead animals, had to put down an spca cat with a completely treatable condition that they couldn't afford to treat, spent all day taking care of a 10 week old chihuahua puppy dying of parvo and it rained all day

[Stariki]

If it doesn't involve penetration of one or more orifices it isn't porn imo. I don't think the majority of your shots are erotica really... most are art!

[naut]

I'm so out of the loop threat. Update me sometime.

My whinge is that wow, the younger members of Gen Y really are completely fucking retarded.

THERE IS NO BIN FOR GROCERY FAIRY FOR FUCKS SAKE.

[dee]

*hugs Luna*

My bitch is fucking United. We'd been on a plane for the better part of a day (17hrs on a plane, 5hrs layover in Frankfurt) when we had to transfer from Lufthansa to United in DC. First they lost our luggage. Then I had to take my cats out of the kennels for Customs. By the time we got to the gate, we'd been bumped from our flight because United downsized THE ONLY FUCKING FLIGHT OUT OF DC!!! Yeah, 26 ppl got bumped...and the best part is they sent not only my luggage but my CATS onward to Portland without me. (Thank goodness my sis could pick them up) We had to spend the night there in DC in a hotel and take 2 flights in the AM to get to Portland. Needless to say, Alex took exception to this and screamed all the way. He was done with planes and just wanted to settle down and be an active baby.

I've been a United frequent flyer for nearly 8 years and I can tell you I'll NEVER fly that airline again as long as I live. Bumping a family with a toddler?? *fumes*

However, we're home now. The cats are doing well in the hotel, the kid is happy to be able to play and Ric and I are just happy to be off the damned plane. Have I mentioned that I love Washington? 

[r00]

That sounds like a nightmare.  Glad to see you made it back ok.  When I think of flying internationally with our toddler, I get panic attacks.  lol