http://www.haddadinkphotography.com/blog
To add to the fun that is photography, I’ve created a blog for my photography shoots that clients can choose to use to share their images, as well as show folks what I can do! Check it out, share with your friends, and oh, please hire me! Only you can prevent bad pictures — by getting me to take your pictures. I’m looking at you, central Illinois.
…I did a Punisher shoot it was FREAKING AWESOME.
Have you seen the latest Halls commercial? FUCKING HILARIOUS.
While I’m out and about, putting around on the bike, studying for the certification test, or in robot mode at work, I’ll start thinking about something that I want to post about. Subjects include my current joint issues with the impending cold weather, how I now eat less beige food due to the gluten-free diet, what I plan on doing with photo stuff, my motorcycle, where Altria is planning to get to next, etc. I even think out my paragraphs, what each will be about, and how I will go about interjecting lulz in my srs business. Then I go home to either 00J and/or fuzzy kitties and I immediately stop thinking about anything vexing.
SOMETIMES IT IS ANNOYING TBH. Does this mean I’m old now? Either that or I’m addicted to reddit.
I’d really like www.haddadinkphotography.com to launch this week. I THINK IT’S HAPPENIN.
Wait, I have a blog? WHAT IS THIS?
Lots of shit has been going down in these parts:
The summer has mostly been about the band, the website, the photos, and the studying. All parts have taken over my life at different time periods. Today’s email exchange with my web designer is probably one of my favoritest.
Within the last few months, I’ve been receiving friend requests from females who are scantily clad in lingerie and nighties, and they seem to be my age or younger. I never know who these women are nor do I believe they are actual people with feelings and hopes and dreams. With that in mind, I will now be posting them on here. That’s what they all want, right? The attention? Today’s latest request is from Natasha Brown, who actually has that she went to U of I (my alma mater) and went to a hoity toity high school.
Judging by the poor lighting, hair, and makeup, this instance may very well be a real person behind this profile. The Ikea lamp in the background is perplexing as well. Maybe she just wants a real photographer to shoot her? Maybe she should try messaging. Somebody who graduated high school and college four years earlier than everyone else her age should probably know about that option.
I’m not sure if it’s more distressing to be friended by fake profiles of girls or real profiles from Lebanese men.
(12:59:26 PM) SJ: i have just been informed that bruce willis was on the daily show last night
(12:59:45 PM) SJ: how can you go wrong with that?
(12:59:54 PM) Sara spelled without an H: hahahahaha
(1:00:00 PM) Sara spelled without an H: The answer is: You can’t.
Watch here http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/361078/tue-october-05-2010-bruce-willis
I’m super tired right now and I can’t feel my hands (yay wrist problems) but I wanted to post this before it becomes of of those “yeah I’ll get to it” doodles.
There’s a project out in the world called It Does Get Better, started by Dan Savage and his partner. It targets teenagers who identify somewhere in the LGBT-Q spectrum who are or have been harassed by others for being “different,” specifically for being some form of non-heterosexual.
When I clicked onto the It Gets Better Youtube page, this mohawked dude was the main video:
This is fucking brilliant. This project is connecting people who have been there to people who are there, going through all the bullshit. I wish this type of resource was available when I was a young person being pushed around for not being cool. I think a ton of people, not just the queer, can benefit from seeing people who have gone above and beyond the bullying. I can only hope that there are outreach programs that seek to connect IRL with people struggling, like the Trevor line, that can help people connect in an active way past the passive connectivity of internet video.
and here’s Dan Savage and his husband Terry’s own video:
Ellen DeGeneres speaks out against bullying ontd
Dan Savage Aims to Save LGBT Kids The Advocate
It Gets Better Project youtube
The Trevor Project
(4:59:37 PM) SJ: OMMMGGGG :(:(
(4:59:38 PM) SJ: http://allcreatures.tumblr.com/post/1128943739
(5:00:18 PM) MACHELLLE: FUCK
(5:00:20 PM) MACHELLLE: FUCK IT IS SO SMALL
(5:00:21 PM) MACHELLLE: AND CUTE
Instead of working on things like photographs, I ended up writing an email to the detective on the flier concerning the dangers of pedobear. Hey, let’s make it an open letter!
Detective Jones,
I came across an article on the website Gawker about the notice given out concerning the Pedobear Meme. As a frequenter of the internet and all its lame jokes, I wish to explain the gist and usage of Pedobear in case the posted flier is real.
The dumpster of all things internet-insane, 4chan, has a way of policing itself. As zany as the website and its users may be, they have common rules about right and wrong. Pedophilia is one of those things labeled wrong. 4chan procured this cartoon figure from the obscure and slowly made its way into mainstream internet culture. Pedobear is typically used to call out a person as taking a joke about pedophilia too far. The character has even been seen on billboards in Malta, commenting on how badly the Catholic Church as a whole was handling the pedophile issue by not firing the men accused of molestation.
The pedobear joke has been around long enough that people now wear watches with his face on it. His character’s absurdity has led his appearance to be funny rather than menacing. Wearing his image on a t-shirt is equivalent to wearing a t-shirt with Hello Kitty, who is pretty creepy-cute when you think about how she doesn’t have any eyebrows or a mouth.
While I agree that joking about something like pedophilia is a rather dark humor, generally people who use the pedobear image do not support the practice of sexually abusing children and are actually against it. Using the bear’s image is typically a social bullying technique to get the offending user to stop a poor joke or as a way to point out the absurdity of a situation. Pedobear is more of a mocking label of bad things rather than an obvious badge used by child-seeking predators. I am more concerned with those people who participate in chat groups designed specifically for men and women who actually do want to engage in sexual activities and who go into chat groups to prey on young people. They tend to be a bit sneakier.
Thank you for your time and good luck catching the bad guys,
Stephanie HaddadPS: I don’t want you to think you’re getting any viruses from the links. They’re legit sites! It’s more fluid to put the link into the words rather than having the giant url written out. All the links from my message above are listed here.
Gawker story: http://gawker.com/5636011/stupid-california-police-warn-parents-of-pedobear-the-pedophile-mascot?skyline=true&s=i
pedobear in Malta: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/pedobears-pope-billboard_n_534106.html
4chan: http://www.4chan.org/faq
the pedobear store: http://www.pedobearstore.com/
hello kitty toilet seat cover and more: http://inventorspot.com/articles/hello_kitty_toilet_set_adds_cute_your_commode_23978
pedobear.org and their latest tshirt: http://www.pedobear.org/
pedobear pointing out the hypersexualization of teenybopper singers: http://i28.tinypic.com/2rfu6g2.jpg
