germbot

==========Original Message==========
From: insaneknight74
Date: 05/03/2008 8:39 PM
Subject : Do it

Do it do it do it.
You won't no balls


==========Original Message==========
From: germbot
Date: 05/03/2008 9:06 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

*does it*

There, I did it. You happy?


==========Original Message==========
From: insaneknight74
Date: 05/03/2008 9:12 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

If you did it how can you still be alive. Just kill yourself dude.


==========Original Message==========
From: germbot
Date: 05/03/2008 9:14 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

Are you coming onto me? 'Cause it's not the worst pick-up line I've heard, I must admit.


==========Original Message==========
From: insaneknight74
Date: 05/03/2008 9:16 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

No I am straight i just want you to pull the trigger.


==========Original Message==========
From: germbot
Date: 05/03/2008 9:32 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

Yeah, I've heard that one before. The line was shortly followed by a money shot, bruising, and a forty dollar taxi tab I had to do... unfavorable things... to pay.


==========Original Message==========
From: insaneknight74
Date: 05/03/2008 9:37 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

Fag.


==========Original Message==========
From: germbot
Date: 05/03/2008 9:38 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

Says the guy named 'insaneknight' who randomly messaged me suggesting I kill myself. With bad grammar, mind you.



==========Original Message==========
From: insaneknight74
Date: 05/03/2008 9:40 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

How do you figure bad grammar?


==========Original Message==========
From: germbot
Date: 05/03/2008 9:55 PM
Subject : Re: Do it

Your first message reads:

Do it do it do it.
You won't no balls

First glaring issue is the line "You won't no balls[.]" It took me a moment to deduce what you were getting at with that line, but I figured (rightfully so, I imagined) that you meant 'You don't have the balls,' or 'you won't, no balls.' Which is to say 'You won't because you don't have the courage to do so.'

And if I wanted to nit-pick I'd talk about the lack of proper commas in the first line, and improper use of line-breaks. But this is the internet, and folk like e e cummings have paved the way for creative expression through willful misuse of accepted literary rules.

Now, I assume that the message was sent in jest with nothing but humor in its intention, albeit reeking of juvenile net-boy. That's why I didn't go running off to a mod to report you, especially after you suggested I kill myself. There is, after all, a photo of me with a gun to my head. Hell, I thought it cute in a way when you called me a fag after it's such plainly available information if you bothered looking-- not to mention the joke was leading down that alley anyhow. But this is where I'm going to choose to step off, as the pathos you're displaying was cute while it lasted but I'm pretty much done.

I'm only responding at this length because I'm bored, and I'm curious to see if you bother to read it all (which isn't a challenge so much as a point of interest). I might respond if you respond again, but know that I'm going to journal this because it's just so damned awkwardly cute that I can't let this disappear into the digital crypt of the internet without an audience. My roommates alone have found a chuckle out of it as well.

By the way, I am typing in a hoighty-toighty fashion just to see if I can piss you off.

With love,
J

First thing's first! Thanks to PanasonicYouth for the TOTALLY AWESOME pimpage at the Buzznet Originals group. Check it out! It's a huge honor for me!

While I'm writing, I should point out that I've been working at two blogs for a long time now, and just never really mentioned it here. DoorQ is your source for queer sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. QueerPunks.com is your source for queercore rock. Unfortunately, the owner of QP might decide to take the site down (without talking to me about it, which is pretty messed up) so do me a favor and go read, listen to the podcasts, and more importantly COMMENT like there's no tomorrow, because there might not be, so persued him otherwise to keep the site up and going even during its hiatus.

In even BIGGER news, I'm leaving LA! I'm moving up to Tacoma, Washington (near Seattle for those who don't know) for no discernable reason other than to do it. Also, I'd have been homeless otherwise. GO TEAM!

Love always,
Jeremy

So for those of you who peruse ebaumsworld and, more importantly, did so today you might have seen yet another list of funny mugshots. If you have, you might have seen number sixteen. If not, here she is:



AND HERE SHE IS AGAIN!



That's right, I take photographs of criminals. So think twice before you mess with me!

-J Anonymous

Tagged by ScarletLark



Here are the rules:

1) Only list 8 facts.
2) You must then list 8 TAGS at the end of the post. This means you must name 8 people on Buzznet who now must do the same blog.***
3) Go comment on their profile and tell them to come read yours! Mark demands participation.

Eight true lies...

1) I love zombies now, but I used to have an honest-to-dog fear of them all the way up through high school. I blame seeing Dawn Of The Dead on TV when I was expecting some kids movie.

2) I have a weird form of OCD where I touch my fingers in different patterns to generate sums of thirteen. Also, I tap things and have to look at it, or use my fingers to create angles in squares/rectangles, or halve circles.

3) When Whoppers first came out my family ate them every day, for lunch and dinner, for a month straight. We were really poor at the time. Funnily enough though I still love them to this day (I even had one last night!)

4) I took a map making class in junior high. It was as useful as my french class in high school, which is to say... barely.

5) I've only ever gone on the Matterhorn at Disneland once. The first time I ever went on the Matterhorn I got so scared I told my mom "I don't want to go on that until I'm twelve!" Each time I went to Disneyland up until I was twelve the ride loomed over me and I was too scared to go. Years passed and I didn't go, then I go back when I'm like fourteen or fifteen all excited to go on the Matterhorn. It was closed. Every time I've gone since then it's been closed.

6) Growing up I was obsessed with rollercosters. I would lie in bed with my mom at night and instead of telling bedtime stories we'd make up rollercoasters. This might explain why amusement parks and rides are such an extremely commonplace thing in my dreams.

7) I raised my cats Indya and Grenedine from when they were wee kittens (I mean from before their eyes were open). Indya was a ferel hissing scratching beast of a thing and Grenedine was a docile adorable thing. Now that they're grown up Indya is a docile possibley-retarded crosseyed love crazed kitty, and Grenedine is absolutely insane and hisses/scratches at everything. They're both adorable in their own ways though.

8) My favorite books are the ones that change my world view. This may sound kinda pretentious, but it's true.

So word on the street is that there's a new site dedicated to bringing alternative news and some eye candy they like to call the Bullet Boys. Moreso? I'm a photographer for the site, so you need to go check it out and support.

Stray Bullets . org


Or you can just jump straight to my photos with Mavrick.

Dear Internet,

You fucking rock.

-Jeremy



Dear Buzznet people,

I just got a photography gig with StrayBullets.org. I get to take photos of those hot fucking BULLET BOYS! Yeah!

-Jeremy



Dear Bullet Boys,

Don't bother trying to keep your pants on.

-Your photographer

PS: I kid, I kid.*





[ *not really ]

As of today we officially have a location to hold the gallery event for the 72 Hour Photo Project showcase. Vanessa Marin from Cafe Kashmir, located in South Gate in the Los Angeles area, has gracefully given us the space we need. The show space isn't exactly a full gallery, but there is a fairly large area to show the photos. We have a sixty-five foot long wall and another section to put the photos in, but overall there won't be a whole hell of a lot of room to put everything, which wasn't the plan really.

Here's what's going to happen. I'm going to be really selective with who I showcase, partly because of the lack of space. I'm going to invite everyone to participate in the online portion of course, but the actual gallery showing will only be a select number of photos. I'll email directly those I have first interest in, but depending on who participates and what they're stuff looks like I may get in contact with others after the actual shooting dates.

The show will take place in May (not sure about the exact dates yet). But the actual shooting dates are currently set to March 2 - 4. Everyone who's going participate and wants to be a part of the gallery MUST shoot their photos through those dates. That's an important part of the show's theme.

The theme of the show is fairly simple on your parts. The title of the show is thus;
72 Hours Photo Project
Through Their Eyes...

The goal of the show is to show what peoples lives look like over the course of the same three days, on a global level.

More information will come as I have it. Until then, eh... Who's interested? Let me know, like, now.

-Jeremy Alva
JAlva.net/72hours

Two big things I want to talk about, both of which will require friends help from around the world.

First let me talk about the possible gallery show. For those of you who participated in the 72 Hour Photo Project, of which I appreciate everyone's involvement, I plan on turning this project into a gallery show. That's to say, after the next one I want to try and get everyone's permission to turn it into a gallery show.

I have a teacher who really likes the idea of it and wants to help make it a reality. My original intent was to try and turn this into a book highlighting the best photos, but she suggested first I do a gallery show to generate interest and help the photographers helping me with this project feel comfortable with me so they know I'm not going to rip them off.

I'm not sure how this is going to happen, or what's going to happen even; but I want your involvement. There are a few of you I'll be asking specifically because I loved your particular shots from the last series, and I'll still be accepting submissions for the website as usual. But with the gallery I'm going to be more selective I think.

We'll see how it happens and I'll keep everyone posted on what's going on.

My other project, this one is a guerilla literary project I'm tentitivley calling Copy Books. I was partly inspired by the webcomic Templar, Arizona where they mention the existence of something called 'copy books.' This is why I'm not sure I'm going to use that particular name for the project, but we'll see.

What it is, basically without giving away to much, is a project where I plan to write a series of short stories not related to each other, and sometimes not even within the same world, that reference back to the same central character of a story that will never actualy be written. The idea is to home-publish these (y'know, on my schools printers, haha). I'm gonna run about 100 copies for each city I plan on sending them out to (stay tuned for that explaination) and placing copies here and there for people to find.

Imagine walking into a record store and between "The Blood Brothers" and "Blondie" you find a copy of a home-made book titled War Of Roses. Later you find a similar copy of a book titled I Flew. Eventually you'll realize that these books are referencing each other.

The idea is to set up a website with a map to see who reads the stories, what they think, and where they come from.

Now here's where I'll need some help; I need people across the country, and across the globe even, to help me distribute copies of these books into public areas. Book stores, beaches, parks, buses, everywhere. Let me know if you're interested in helping out with this project. As it comes closer to go time, I'll make another post asking people to really help.

Oh my GOD! WHAT the fuck happened here? These photos ALL look like shit! I did a horrible job of focusing, the lighting is god awful, the composition on a lot of them is just wretched. It's just embaressing. This is just an embaressing set of photos. Out of four rolls I shot, twenty-six are half-way decent. Of those? Maybe four I'd display. FOUR! OUT OF FOUR ROLLS! This set is just an embaressment. I can't even fucking look at them. HATE THEM HATE THEM HATE THEM!

-Remy

This is a call out to people who skate, bmx, blade, or PK.

I want to shoot you! I want to film you! I want to build up a portfolio so I can get jobs, damnit. But first and foremost, I just wanna have fun filming some good skating.

I have a good camera and know how to use it. I also have access to fuckin' awesome film (read: video) equipment, and am trying to save up enough for a good camcorder as well. I have editing software at my disposal, and I'm a damned good editor.

I also have access to a ton of music, and know a lot of local bands. So if you ever wanna piece together a video to music.

Hit me up on AIM at SuffocatedRabbit, or email me at dergermbot@yahoo.com.

Well some things I've noticed about my "good" camera make me realize it's time I bought a new one.

Although I kinda like it as it is, the white balance is always set way too pink. I like it, but I want to be able to have clear balanced images.

The lens barral is cracked on one side. So all my images always come out, well, not the way I initially shot them. Like, I frame it up perfectly in some shots and it'll wind up tweaked upward or to the side, changing the frame.

Granted I don't mind working with this camera. I love it. I love not knowing what to expect. But there're times, a lot, that I just want a clear image. I want something that looks crisp and is balanced right.

So, I'm in the market for a digital SLR now.

Well guess what, I just found a shit ton of photos I done near forgot I had taken in the past. So tommorow at school I'm gonna try and find a free scanner and, well, scan them in.

I also did a photo shoot for my mom today. She's on eHarmony.com and wanted some good photos for the site. I think they'll turn out beautiful.

Well, I have a deep paper cut on my finger so I'm'a stop typing now.

-Remy