Helen knows me. Why do people love me?
Speaking of annoying, I’m inspired again to have another Camera beauty contest.
I’m trying to cheat/rig a category so I don’t get shamed and humiliated again by Sam. Remember I’m the underdog here.
So I just bought a cheap camera, and I will likely go against my nemesis Sam again in the cheap camera category. I won’t give out the price I paid, but it has to have a working shutter, and be mighty cool.
Know that Sam is a mucho serious collector, and pretty much he can crush me like an ant. LOL.
I have no receipt so you have to believe I’m trustworthy.
Because of my Fem-Out (ADT hormone treatment), I’m kinda embracing my flirting and teasing, so I reveal that I secured my entry at Elephant’s Trunk in New Milford Conn. today, this morning.
For the newbies I was publicly humiliated, and Sam won by a few pennies sales tax. I had purchased my camera in NYC, and Sam bought his lucky find out in Long Island. NYC sales tax is higher, and both Sam and I were head to head: we paid the same price. Sam beat me by a few pennies…
I bragged and I though I had a “ringer” that I bought at the Housing Works near Puck Fair where we held our Meet-Ups. It happened to be a might cool camera, and at that same Camera Beauty Contest it was given away as a prize. It was a working camera.
Know that the “mob” rules and it gets mighty competitive and rowdy. Various categories and pretty much you can try to slant rules or make limitations that favor your entry.
Pretty much only one rule is strictly enforced: “No biting.”
I forgot that Snarky Joe too publicly humiliated me with a museum Linhof kit. I am still green with envoy. Big time “You-suck” factor.
And I forgot that I got humbled by Devil Chrisian, when I was bragging about my “Texas Leicas” being “Monster” rangefinders. This embarishment happened early on close to the very beginning. Christian pulled a 4x5 Linhof out of his back pocket.
Also know at this event, determined by me, and not Fidel, also involves categories, like home builds, strange and unusual, and of course vintage and expensive.
Know that trash talking, marketing, and campaigning is encouraged.
We kinda create a spec Ti Cal. (I’m leaving this AI generated correction that is my style and mucho ghetto).
Also know that not only was I a NYC performance artist, that I too was a TV news broadcast reporter. Pretty much a candidate has the stage and has to present the camera with an introduction, a narrative, and kinda sell/pitch the camera to the “Mob.”
Generally past contests were in the very beginning of the year, and know this is a hyper competitive event. Cameras and owners go head to head, and then there is mob response.
The mob is the judge and the mob rules. Kinda rowdy in a NYC manner, but also mucho fun.
I’ll hype this event for sometime between January and March next year. So if you think you can find a cheap cool working camera that can beat and humiliate me, “Make my day.“
LOL.
DISCLAIMER: Be aware that this is a New York crowd and this event can get rowdy. As a reminder, “No biting allowed.”
I also want to create another category that might favor me, more later…
Also know you can add addendum’s if you post a category to cheat/favor your entry. Understand that I just made that rule up. I guess you get the point, cheating encouraged, and it is in your favor to name a category like I just did. Follow my bad behavior.
Cal
