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[arielarena]

Tomorrow they're filming the FX show "Damages" just outside of Pratt. Like you walk out the gate and there it is. So Laura and I are planning on waking up early to go check it out. Here's hoping that we get to meet Rose Byrne or Glenn Close! Probably not going to happen but a girl can dream.

Today Laura and I got stopped by a random guy who told us a very sad story. It was either true or he's just a really good actor. Apparently he just moved from LA, works for NBC, his mother had a stroke when driving and he needed to get it towed but was short by $12 and the cop who came when they called 911 about his mom called him the n-word and his wife was at work so he was trying to get his mother into the hospital and finally succeeded but the towing people wouldn't move the damn car 'cause he just didn't have that $12. We ended up giving him $7. He had told us where he lived and said he'd pay us back. He said he'd leave the money with the doorman but we declined, saying it was okay. We pretty much didn't want to give him our names. So I'm not sure if I was just played but if I was he was a damn fine actor.

So I have to design a font for next Wednesday. That's not nearly as fun as it sounds. Seriously. I also need to do my Vis Comm, Illustration, and, well, everything for next week. I really should start on that...

Time to design my silk screen thinger.


ETA: So this-

is my design.

I'm going to do a white outline (suggested to me by Laura) and possibly do a white/yellow glowy thing around the TARDIS to show it's awesome. Kinda like a star behind it? I can't explain it. I want to put The Angels have the Phonebox on it but I may just do that later with iron on lettering. This is my first silk screen EVER so I don't want to get overly complicated...which I pretty much am already considering how intricate the outline will be. Here's hoping I have the right stuff for class tomorrow!

ETA2: The perspective is slightly off and the windows look wrongish. Whatever, it looks cool anyway.

Comments

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

You just paid a damn good actor $7. Here's the thing - if he needed the money so badly, why didn't he ask his father/a friend of his mother's/somebody else who he knows in New York? I don't buy it for a second. Honestly, I've heard too many stories from people begging for cash, and each one is more incredible (in that "I can't believe it" sense of the word, not in the "Wow, that's amazing" sense of the word) than the next. The story is meant to get your sympathies (hence the "stroke victim" and the "racial slurs") and get you to open your wallet. $12 is one of the heftier sums I've ever heard asked for - in my experience it's usually something more like a dollar or two. But after he's taken your money, he has no intention of giving it back, trust me. I have no problem with asking for money if you need the help - but the lying and disingenuity of it all really make me mad. Particularly because, again solely based on my experience, if they're telling you a story to get the money, they don't need it as badly as they claim.

The story I fell for back at Penn was a guy who needed $1.25 to get a token for the bus to get back to his little girl in West Philly - a fairly believable story at that. I gave him a dollar and some change (I didn't take the time to really check, but it was more than $1.25) and he promptly took my money and walked right into the 7-11 we were passing by. He bought himself a hot dog, for a dollar and change.

If you see someone on the street who is asking for money for food, give it to them... but if anyone tries to get you wrapped up in a story that sounds so unbelievably depressing and heartwrenching that you can't but help the guy out, just tell him to stop lying and piss off.

--Jeff

[superri.livejournal.com]

We weren't exactly in the best location and he was bigger than us. It's not like we really believed him but we didn't want to hang around for longer than we had to so we just gave him a few bucks and got out of there as quickly as possible.

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

You ARE of course allowed to act like you didn't hear him in the first place. That's only mildly rude, as opposed to listening to his full story (which you don't have time for) or spitting at him or saying something flippant (which is NOT what you want to do, as that's just mean and may get you hurt). But yeah, pretending like you're in iPod-land is a great way to just glide on by.

--Jeff

[superri.livejournal.com]

He yelled at us and we turned around confused so I'm pretty sure we couldn't have just kept walking by without that being incredibly rude. We didn't have iPods on, either, so that wouldn't have worked. I know we could have handled it better but when you're kind of taken by surprise and in a an uncomfortable situation like that the best way to get out of it is just to give 'em a dollar and leave.

[jdcohen.livejournal.com]

And that is where you and I disagree... I would say the best way to get out of that situation is to simply leave. They can shout at whomever they want, but you are not obligated to listen.

--Jeff

[superri.livejournal.com]

He didn't just outright ask for money. He asked us where a to get a tow truck first and then went into the sob story.

[caitylady88.livejournal.com]

and that, my dear...is when you launch into your own sob story.
"I'm sorry, I'd really like to help, but I'm going to be late to a job interview"
or something. :-P