I met the city manager for the first time today, and the meeting was less-then-impressive. Apparently, he knew me through my dad, and seeing as how my dad has one of those "love him or hate him" personalities...that was not a good thing. I had to take a picture of him for some cover of some local paper thing that people on a mailing list get. I couldn't actually meet with him one-on-one, so I took a picture of him when he was making a speech at the local Democratic meeting. I was there anyway, and decided to kill two birds with one stone, and take his picture. It wasn't a great shot because the flash was time-delay, so instead of getting a shot of him speaking, I got what looked like a shot of him looking angry, and having an almost triple-chin on his face. It was truly amazing, even if it wasn't that flattering of a picture. We still had to put something on the cover, so that was it. So at the next Democratic meeting, I saw this large, angry, ape-man running towards me and one of my friends who was also working the event. He had accused, not me, but my one friend who stands at about 5'3 in heels, of intentionally doctoring the photo, for "mean-spirited political reasons". Classic. I had not changed the picture because I was lazy, and not because I was being "political". It would have been a political attack, had they put the caption on the paper that I wanted, of "Jabba the Hutt Running for Public Office." "This is what I look like!" he said angrily, pointing at his nose. "I've never looked at that! You responsible for this!?" He said, leaning his 6'1 figure towards her. "That's a doctored photo! This is what I look like!" Again with the pointing, which seemed kind of stupid from his many appearances around town. I tried to calm him down. "Look, she had nothing to do with the photo." "This is what I look like!" "I know, I know." "I've NEVER looked like that!" "Look, this is just a small-town magazine, nobody cares about it! I mean, I would change some things! Everybody else wants me to! The mayor said he wants me to take about 40 pounds off his ass in that picture!" I thought it might lighten it up. "I don't look like that! THIS is what I look like!" *point* *point*. "Look, I wouldn't mind taking another picture of you. Something of you without your chins showing. Anything where you're looking up at something." But he didn't really want to hear any part of an argument that included the use of "logic" in it. So he was kind of a jerk, and as I was working on putting the cover picture on the next issue due out next week, he decided to call me and make sure I was going to change the picture. "Don't lie about what I look like on this picture, either!". Good move, dumbass. The picture stayed, and I'm sure he'll be just THRILLED with it. Anyway...I am outta here. GIRL: I had no idea you thought I was attractive. JOSH: I'm not talking to you because you're attractive. I'm talking to you because you're the only one here. --DORM LIFE