5 photographers needed for May 30th
Date: 2008-03-28, 2:59AM EDT
I need photographers for my sweet 16 on may 30th.I am looking for
multiple photographers to add a "paparazzi" aspect to my party. I would
need you from 7pm-12am and will pay $100 for your time and a cd of the
photos.
- Location: Monmouth County
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
- Compensation: $20 per hour
 Jesse Craft to Alexis |
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Hi,
I saw this ad on craigslist. I'm not actually interested in applying
to pose as a paparazzi for your super sweet 16 party. I'm guessing
that is what this is - one of those MTV style (and possibly inspired)
parties where you drive up in a limo, party with 400 of your closest
bestest friends, and then you complain about the kind of car your
parents buy for you at the end. I suppose this has become some twisted
rite of passage for privileged wealthy teens in this part of the
country. However, I have this crazy hope that someone who is hip to
the world enough to actually be able to use a computer to log onto
craigslist and make a post like this could possibly be talked down off
of their tacky, tacky ledge.
Why do you want paparazzi at your party? Do you come home from high
school and watch TMZ and envy the people who can't leave their houses
or go out to dinner without photographers shoving cameras in their
face? Should attaining celebrity be the ultimate goal for someone's
life? If you are turning 16 then you are very close to becoming an
adult - someone who will soon be a vital part of the decision making
process of this country. 2 years from now, while you are doing ice
shots in some fraternity basement at your $30,000 per year college that
your parents are paying for, others less fortunate than you will still
be mopping your floors and making your fast food and mowing your grass
and getting shot at in Iraq.
So, I'm going to pose this question to you as someone on the
precipice of adulthood: do you want your coming of age party to
represent the basest, crassest aspects of American culture? Do you
realize that people who actually do watch My Super Sweet 16 do it to
make fun of those girls and laugh at what shallow horrible people they
are becoming? If you really want to take the first steps towards
responsible adulthood, take the $500 you were going to spend on having
fake paparazzi follow you around at your party and write a check to the
American Red Cross, or Amnesty International, or the Children of Fallen
Soldiers Relief Fund. Get all your friends to give a few bucks and
turn it into a charity event for someone less fortunate than you. Or,
you know, buy yourself some paparazzi and have a me-party. It's up to
you.
Alexis to me |
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Hi,
I appreciate your input and just want the oppurtunity to defend myself.
I attend a private school where most of the kids are rich, spoiled, out
of control brats...however, I am not one of them. My mother is a single
mom who has given me a strict budget of $15,000 for my party. Since I
have splurged on a few aspects of my party planning, I am now tight for
cash. Therefore, I devised a plan where I wouldnt have to hire a
proffesional photographer like I had previously planned for $2,000.
Instead I am saving my mom money by hiring 5 photographers but only
spending $500. While 5 photographers may seem excessive, I will be
getting for pictures for much less and it will ensure that I will get
pictures I am happy with.
I realize that many people are
less fortunate than I am; however, my mother is a doctor who works
hard! Its not my fault that others don't have the same oppurtunities as
me; but I assure you that my family does ALOTTT to give back to the
community. For your information, I work very hard in school and recieve
excellent grades. Therefore, my mother believes that having an awesome
sweet 16 for me is well deserved. Maybe, next time, before you decide
to go and pass judgement on complete strangers you should get the whole
story! Thank You and God Bless. -Alexis
What do you think? Should I keep the conversation going?
