dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
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The chair squeaks on the old gym floor as I stand up. "My name is Doug...and I'm a bagaholic."
"Hi Doug!"
"I have this thing for bags. I keep buying them, and then being disappointed by them."
"We hear you!"
"They inevitably disappoint. And yet I keep searching for the perfect match of form and aesthetics. I endlessly debate between wool, leather, waxed canvas and cordura."
"Uh-huh!"
"Camera bags are my real weakness. I'm never satisfied with any off-the-shelf one. They are all too poofy or too techy or too leathery and uncomfortable. They are almost always too one-sided, as if all I was was a photographer. I'm more than that!"
"Yes, you are!"
"I tried to get over it..."
"We can help you."
"...but then I found a seller on Etsy, by the name of Martilena. She makes custom camera bag inserts for about $50. You give her the dimensions and the colors and she sews it up for you and ships it out in a couple of weeks. Now you can take any bag and make it into a camera bag. Or order it a bit smaller and preserve some bag space for our non-photographic lives."
"Wait, do you want HELP with your problem?"
"My problem is that I never could find this before."
Murmuring fills the hall. A few people get up and sheepishly sneak out, probably to go online and check this out. The hard-core folks at Bag Addicts Anonymous ask me politely to leave.
"We can't help you unless you admit you have a problem!"
"He has to hit rock bottom," someone says as I leave, clicking his tongue.
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Anyway, that scene is imagined and I mean no offense to anyone in a 12 step program. Lots of my family members are and they do good things quite often. But I am excited about Martilena custom inserts (and I have no connection with the seller except I bought two and think they are great.) Here's some images of the one I just got, to fit into a superb messenger bag from Rickshaw Bags in San Francisco.
Martilena sells her inserts on esty and also on her own website. Google will enable your addiction to progress.
"Hi Doug!"
"I have this thing for bags. I keep buying them, and then being disappointed by them."
"We hear you!"
"They inevitably disappoint. And yet I keep searching for the perfect match of form and aesthetics. I endlessly debate between wool, leather, waxed canvas and cordura."
"Uh-huh!"
"Camera bags are my real weakness. I'm never satisfied with any off-the-shelf one. They are all too poofy or too techy or too leathery and uncomfortable. They are almost always too one-sided, as if all I was was a photographer. I'm more than that!"
"Yes, you are!"
"I tried to get over it..."
"We can help you."
"...but then I found a seller on Etsy, by the name of Martilena. She makes custom camera bag inserts for about $50. You give her the dimensions and the colors and she sews it up for you and ships it out in a couple of weeks. Now you can take any bag and make it into a camera bag. Or order it a bit smaller and preserve some bag space for our non-photographic lives."
"Wait, do you want HELP with your problem?"
"My problem is that I never could find this before."
Murmuring fills the hall. A few people get up and sheepishly sneak out, probably to go online and check this out. The hard-core folks at Bag Addicts Anonymous ask me politely to leave.
"We can't help you unless you admit you have a problem!"
"He has to hit rock bottom," someone says as I leave, clicking his tongue.
-----
Anyway, that scene is imagined and I mean no offense to anyone in a 12 step program. Lots of my family members are and they do good things quite often. But I am excited about Martilena custom inserts (and I have no connection with the seller except I bought two and think they are great.) Here's some images of the one I just got, to fit into a superb messenger bag from Rickshaw Bags in San Francisco.
Martilena sells her inserts on esty and also on her own website. Google will enable your addiction to progress.
