Allen's Strikes Again

Scrolling through two rolls of freshly developed film was going well, and for a moment I thought that maybe Allen's Camera hadn't screwed things up (again). Foolish me, I jumped the gun (again).

Notice not only the nice line across the image (a problem with the file, not the negative), but also along the left side where you'll see a sliver of a different image. I know they have monkeys working there, but this just seems ridiculous. Do they get away with this just because they're the only place in town that does anything with film anymore? Both of the issues with this picture could be solved fairly easily by training their high school hipster staff to not only scan images properly, but to also double-check their work before asking for your money and thanks.

This is a ranty post I know, and probably not what anyone wants to read. I guess I just wish that someone would come along and open a camera and film store that actually knew something about film. Or even easier than that, why doesn't Allen's just improve the quality of their work and stop pissing on their film customers? If they don't care about film, then just be Inkley's and sell digital cameras and picture frames.

I'm done now; gotta return to Allen's and get them to do it right.

When it's Monday

Apparently this buffalo also knows it's Monday. I know how he feels.

Aaron Huey on the Oppression of the Lakota Indians

As Thanksgiving approaches, consider this:

Does anyone need yet another politician

"Does anyone need yet another politician, caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole?" - Lou Reed

Hegemony wins again.

Dear Utah Legislature,

My vote has been cast.

Radical Leaders, Radical Advertising

This billboard, and the story attached to it happened a while back, but I still think about it sometimes. The doublespeak here just kills me, which I guess means my freedom was lost? I guess someone's hegemonic system felt really threatened, thus leading to their own radical advertising, which preys on . . . something else, I guess - the confident and informed.

Thank a Teacher, Thank a Soldier

Yesterday, I was behind a truck that was sporting this bumper sticker. I hadn't seen this sticker in a while, so it was interesting to remember that it does, in fact, exist. I thought about what this bumper sticker is saying, both explicitly and implicitly, both the primary and secondary meanings. I won't go into all the thoughts I had. But I would like to propose that we pass these stickers out to all native Hawaiians and Native Americans. I think they'd really dig it, don't you?