Shark Week

That whole incident with that bad client the other week hasn't resolved itself yet. We'll see. It sucks ass but I know it comes with the business. I'll consider it as a very expensive learning lesson.

It's a very funny effect in the field of art or photography. I discuss this with my photography friends as well -- the less you charge someone, the more you're taken advantage of & the less respect you get. Sometimes, the people you end up attracting for business but not be the best people you want to have for long-term clients...in fact, these are the very people who will jump ship on you the moment they find someone cheaper. That's the sad thing...they don't look at it like you're doing them a huge favor by saving them some money.

The same thing happens in photography. A photographer can put up his photos up in a shop wall for $25 and never sell a single one. He takes this SAME photo to a fine arts gallery and marks it as a $600 art piece and he'll sell it. Why? Well, the people who can afford to spend money on art, aren't going to question the price. They know what they're getting. It's the people who might even stop to question a $25 print that end up to be difficult.

See how it's all somewhat bullshit? Yup, it may be time to start charging more for some of my services, I haven't touched my rates in like 7 or 8 years.

OH, talk about a random tangent... I was sitting there at Aloha Tower today watching the little fishies swim around by the pier, and a FREAKING 4 or 5 foot white-tip shark pretty much swims right past me!! No no, I was nowhere close to the water of course, it's not like my feet were dangling into the water. I was a few feet above the water sitting on the pier...but this was like the first time I've ever seen a shark in the "wild" like this. I thought it was kinda cool.

I was the only one who saw the thing too. You know how sometimes you might witness something really cool and then you look around you hoping someone else saw it too? Yeah, so I look all around and the nearest tourist couple a few feet away were looking the opposite direction. I was thinking, "Holy shit man, you should have filmed over here to the right you would have caught a cool looking shark for your home video"

And then my next thought was, "I'm NOT falling in THIS water"...and a immediately took a few steps back and walked away. I watch the Discovery channel man, I'm not stupid. Did I warn the tourist couple? Err. No. Hey...it was only a 5 foot shark, they wouldn't die if they fell in. Just little nibbles.

Today was another blood donation day. It went fine, I didn't actually feel any needle pricks this time around which is good. But I didn't like how they put the big plastic bag full of my blood right next to me afterwards. I had to think pleasant thoughts so I wouldn't hurl. Keep that stuff out of my sight...just TAKE IT and GO!

Mmmm hmmm. Why do I feel like my life is slowly turning into an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld?