Re: [Leica] the strange story of week 33

[Marshall Hunt <huntmc2@fuse.net>]

The classic illustration of "Al Gore's biggest problem."

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
> so i'm sitting in my office minding my own business when someone pops in
> and says "hey, do you want to go see al gore? i have an extra ticket, but
> it's in the nose bleed section." i say "sure, i have nothing better to
> do." so i grab my domke vest and my camera and a big long lens and wander
> along to the venue and take my seat in the appropriate nosebleed section.
> i'm not there five minutes when some guy from the gore camp grabs me by
> the domke vest and says "hey, you know press isn't allowed here." and i
> say "i'm not press. i'm a tourist." and the guy says "right. come with
> me." and he tuggs me out by the vest and i follow him to a riser filled
> with a bunch of photojournalists stairing at the floor and wishing they
> were smoking cigarettes and he says "wait here." so i'm waiting there and
> i hear someone yell "hey! kyle! kyle cassidy!" and i look over and there's
> _nobody_ i recognize. then he says it again: "over here!" and it's this
> guy with an r8 around his neck. he says: "i'm sal dimarco, i recognize you
> from your web page." so we shake hands, he shows me his r8 and his r4 and
> this monster canon lens with a leica bayonet mount he's using and we sit
> around on the bench for a while playing with the pencils, gore comes out
> and this tiny little woman from the gore camp comes up and says "okay, i'm
> going to take you down into the photo pit now." so i tag along, she brings
> us right up front, i shoot a roll of chromes, have a splendid time. take
> the shots back to the lab, and discover I DOUBLE EXPOSED THE ROLL. yup.
> i'd already shot that roll and for some stupid reason, rewinded it with
> the leader still out and dropped it back in my camera bag. yup yup yup.
> *smacks head* oddly enough, the _other_ thing i exposed on the roll was
> president clinton about three months ago.
> 
> anyway, check out week 33.
> 
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/pad/index.html
> 
> keep pushing that shutter button, it'll come unstuck,
> 
> kyle