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I just thought I would share part of the log of my IM con­ver­sa­tion with Shane Lavalette from just a moment ago, regard­ing the most recent post to the Hey Hot Shot Blog.

1:11:27 PM Shane: http://​hey​hot​shot​.com/​b​l​og/
1:11:29 PM Shane: check it.
1:11:43 PM Greg: nii­i­ice
1:11:46 PM Greg: con­grats!
1:11:56 PM Shane: no, con­grats to you ;)
1:12:01 PM Shane: read on
1:12:09 PM Greg: oh holy crap
1:12:30 PM Greg: !!!
1:12:34 PM Greg: i cant believe this
1:12:39 PM Shane: and to our show ;)
1:12:47 PM Greg: i just teared up
1:12:50 PM Greg: i’m not even kid­ding
1:12:51 PM Shane: haha
1:12:52 PM Shane: aww
1:13:24 PM Shane: it was funny that i found that while i was talk­ing to you
1:13:48 PM Shane: it was posted like 15 mins ago.
1:13:53 PM Greg: its also funny because i just checked it like an hour ago,
1:14:14 PM Shane: the win­ners are announced tomor­row.
1:14:20 PM Greg: yeah!
1:14:23 PM Greg: omg!
1:14:27 PM Greg: holy crap!

Good luck, Shane! Good luck all you fan­tas­tic Hot Shot con­tenders!

© Greg Wasser­strom
This is the first oppor­tu­nity I’ve had to write some­thing about my show with Shane Lavalette and Bryan Schut­maat over the week­end. The open­ing went really well and Shane and Bryan were both here for a few days and we have a great time. If you’re in DC, you have a cou­ple weeks to drop by the Ware­house Gallery, it’s going to be up until the 31^st.

Take Us Any­where, But Take Us Now from Shane Lavalette on Vimeo

If you have some time, stop by the Ware­house Gallery tonight some­time after 7pm.

I’m wor­ried that some­thing really ter­ri­ble is about to hap­pen to me. Let me briefly recount the events of the past six days (I am leav­ing out the hor­ri­ble, crush­ing weight that is the end of the semes­ter, which has been hor­ri­ble and crush­ing, to focus entirely on the pos­i­tive. and for some rea­son my bul­lets arent work­ing but i’m not fuck­ing with it now):

• Wednes­day I was offered a posi­tion at Won­kette, which has brought me instant fame and for­tune to the tune of an email from a news­pa­per edi­tor and an addi­tional $200 per month.
• Given the use of an totally rad moped for the sum­mer months with no essen­tially no strings attached.
• Sold 2 prints.
• Have a job that is inter­est­ing, flex­i­ble, pays well, and, most impor­tantly, is rel­e­vant to my life.
• Jack­ass who runs a cer­tain cam­era store that shall not be named just called me to tell me that, at long, long last, my Has­sel­blad is ready to be picked up.
• First gallery show is on track.

So what hor­ri­ble inevitabil­ity awaits me? Was this the karmic counter-​​weight to how shitty the past cou­ple of years have been? Or is my bal­ance now so com­pletely out of whack that I should expect to be crushed by a falling piano or some­thing like that? What the fuck is going on?

How about that?