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Feb. 25th, 2010 10:24 pmSo dudes. I don't usually pimp other people's causes, and this pimping does come with a caveat, but it is a pimping nonetheless.
If you think people who pierce holes in themselves or have colors permanently etched in their skin, are crazy or it's just not your thing, well. Disregard this post!
In college, i was friends with this girl named Des. We weren't super bffs or anything, but we were in the same writing classes and had similar opinions on many things. She has awesome freckles and i think my real fascination with getting tattooed and the meaning inherent in it started with her. Anyway yeah she was fab, i totally had a little girlcrush, and i was SO SURE that this chick was going to end up being a successful writer.
I was wrong.
Des is a photographer. A really good one, or at least i and a couple of folks whose opinions actually count think so.
She's been through a lot, which really has no bearing on any of this, but she's come out the other side pretty damn badass, which does. The long and short of it is that she's one of the finalists for the BMEzine World Tour Intern Contest. This is a really big opportunity for her to expand her horizons, do what she loves, and take a really big shot at something a bit new in an area that's always been an important aspect of her life. But she explains all that in the interview video.
So here's the caveat: Yes, i would like you to vote for my friend, because i think she deserves this--but NOT if you have no opinions on body modification or documentary journalism. Because if you don't, let's face it, the voting's not really for you. I don't mean that dismissively, i'm just really not in it for the vote stacking. So yeah. Vote for DeseRae, but also cast the other three votes for people you actually think are worthy.
If you think people who pierce holes in themselves or have colors permanently etched in their skin, are crazy or it's just not your thing, well. Disregard this post!
In college, i was friends with this girl named Des. We weren't super bffs or anything, but we were in the same writing classes and had similar opinions on many things. She has awesome freckles and i think my real fascination with getting tattooed and the meaning inherent in it started with her. Anyway yeah she was fab, i totally had a little girlcrush, and i was SO SURE that this chick was going to end up being a successful writer.
I was wrong.
Des is a photographer. A really good one, or at least i and a couple of folks whose opinions actually count think so.
She's been through a lot, which really has no bearing on any of this, but she's come out the other side pretty damn badass, which does. The long and short of it is that she's one of the finalists for the BMEzine World Tour Intern Contest. This is a really big opportunity for her to expand her horizons, do what she loves, and take a really big shot at something a bit new in an area that's always been an important aspect of her life. But she explains all that in the interview video.
So here's the caveat: Yes, i would like you to vote for my friend, because i think she deserves this--but NOT if you have no opinions on body modification or documentary journalism. Because if you don't, let's face it, the voting's not really for you. I don't mean that dismissively, i'm just really not in it for the vote stacking. So yeah. Vote for DeseRae, but also cast the other three votes for people you actually think are worthy.
