AAmazing.

This guy is genius.

From: Jane Gilles Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm To: David Thorne Subject: Overdue account Dear David, Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding. Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles From: David Thorne Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm To: Jane Gilles Subject: Re: Overdue account Dear Jane, I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am To: David Thorne Subject: Overdue account Dear David, Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding. Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles From: David Thorne Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am To: Jane Gilles Subject: Re: Overdue account Dear Jane, Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account Dear David, You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you? Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles From: David Thorne Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am To: Jane Gilles Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account Dear Jane, Yes please. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account Attached <spider.gif> From: David Thorne Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am To: Jane Gilles Subject: Whose spider is that? Dear Jane, Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Whose spider is that? Dear David, Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible. Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles From: David Thorne Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am To: Jane Gilles Subject: Automated Out of Office Response Thankyou for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week. Regards, David. From: David Thorne Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am To: Jane Gilles Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that? Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that? Dear David, As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees. Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles From: David Thorne Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm To: Jane Gilles Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that? I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it. Regards, David. From: Jane Gilles Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am To: David Thorne Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that? Attached <spider2.gif>

Matt Hopper

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing and shooting my dear friend Matt Hopper (and the Roman Candles) at the Gypsy Lounge. It was the first time I’ve seen him perform with a band and to about 10 people in a bar. But hey, who doesn’t like intimate shows right!? Regardless, it was great quality time with my friend and good music. The opening band was The Devil Whale..who are incredible..i think anyways, and the closing band who I’ve heard of but never actually heard the music..Venus Infers. They were very enjoyable as well.  

SLO(w)

A couple weeks ago I got the great pleasure of staying with my dear friends, Alex and Jackie in their small town of Slo.  Friday, we hung out in downtown, which is kind of like a really unpopulated downtown San Diego..but not really. They took me to this pretty cool bar called Spikes, where we ate and watched the angels game…well mostly Alex and I watched while Jackie looked at us strangely.  The next day Alex and I drove to Santa Barbara and hung around Samy’s for like forever. This is where Alex dropped some serious cash.  Sunday we went to some sort of forest/beach and took some cool photos of Jackie..what a trooper. And lastly Monday, I finally got to spend time with my lovely friend Evan. I wish I had more time to take some photos of him, but for now..this is the beach path and Jackie.

Elegantly posed to death

 

I’ve seen The Faint play a number of times in different places, and its always a fun time to be had, especially in San Diego. Jen, Christy, Lisa and I saw them last year. We got a hotel room at some old rickety hotel, randomly saw some douche bag bros from high school who kept calling us to party till like 3am. Sorry losers..we have better things to do. Anyhow, this time we checked into the W hotel (which was the cheapest in the area..so why not). The rooms were amazing but the pool sucked.

 

The show was really good. The set list was a good mix of older, old, new and newer. I really like the new stuff they played. We met this nice man who was standing by us, who soon became our friend and put up with our shenanigans. He’s really cool.After the show, we headed to the Casbah, a venue/bar where The Faint were spinning after hours. It’s a pretty cool place. While outside talking, having a good time, some guys from the band totally wanted in on our conversation. They really wanted to be friends with us.. of course, it was bound to happen.

All in all a really fun night. Totally falls in the top 3 best nights ever in 2008, right after seeing Flight of the Conchords and Ricky Gervais

Bike Night….

Last Friday Night I met up with some friends in Santa Ana for a bike art show. The art was alright. There was a bunch of people there with their bikes. It’s pretty amazing how much work (and money!) these people put into these bikes. It makes me really excited to start my new photo project.

anywho..here are a few pictures from the night.

A Softer World

These make me laugh.

 

 

I wish Wednesday

 

I wish I was a bad ass assassin.

 

I wish I was best friends with Kerri Kenney-Silver

 

I wish I could photograph these guys.

Football (not to be confused with throwball)

so i pretty much love soccer. as im sitting here watching the Euros i cant help but think why this sport is so amazing. the actual game is a given right?! but seriously, the photos taken during the games and the commericals, may be my second favorite part.

thank you sports photographers for taking some really amazing photos.