5 photographers needed for May 30th
Reply to: alexisgab6792@yahoo.com
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
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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.
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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 $500. While 5 photographers may seem excessive, I will be
getting for pictures for much less and it will ensure that I will get
pictures I am happy with.
I realize that many people are
less fortunate than I am; however, my mother is a doctor who works
hard! Its not my fault that others don't have the same oppurtunities as
me; but I assure you that my family does ALOTTT to give back to the
community. For your information, I work very hard in school and recieve
excellent grades. Therefore, my mother believes that having an awesome
sweet 16 for me is well deserved. Maybe, next time, before you decide
to go and pass judgement on complete strangers you should get the whole
story! Thank You and God Bless. -AlexisWhat do you think? Should I keep the conversation going?
oh. hell yeah. "ooh. my mom only gave me 15000$ to have a huge party". nice. very nice. i didnt get a sweet 16. couldnt afford it. i dont have 50 bucks to afford a party. the only reason im goin to have an 18th bday party (i live in germany, so 18 basically means i get to and have to do anything adults do(incl. getting drafted, drivin(yes its 18), voting...))is because im partying together with a friend of mine. the only reason i can afford a drivers license(average cost in germany is anywhere from 1,500 to 2,500 euros(yep drivers license, not the car))is because i did mine in the usa. i have a job(after school, half day). if 15 grand is that little money for you, why dont u send me a couple of thousand dollars.
WOW. 15k for a BIRTHDAY party? Thats insane o.0! Most people here don't even spend that much on their wedding!
I wish I had that kind of money. For my first 18 birthdays I didnt even get a single present.. We didn't even have enough money to eat properly, chips an egg every night! Woo! If she thinks she's saving her mum money by only spendin $500 on photographers shes stupid.. Why not give her mum back the cash an I dunno.. Take some photos herself? What would you apreciate more in years to come? I know I would prefer ones family/friends have taken than some random guy I didnt even know. I'm sure her mum knows how to use a camera.. Point an click. ;) She needs to save some that money an give it to someone who needs it cuz she sure as hell doesn't . All that just for a 16th party (that she'll probably be complaining about the next day). I wish I could make her live like most of us do here for a week.. I can't understand how she could get that much for a party an still be "tight for cash". That's insane! Give me that money darling.. I could strech that out to last a few years haha. *shakes fist*
Good god, $15,000 dollars for a sweet sixteen party? What the f*ck has this world come to? I'm 'rich’ too, daddy was a wealthy banker, but would never let us waste money like this.
How about taking that $15k and giving it to help people who actually suffer in this world instead of living out some bullsh*t Hollywood-Paris-Hilton-fantasy that winds up with your sweet 16 birthday video on youtube showing you doing it Paris-style?
"I work very hard in school and recieve excellent grades. "
Even in spelling? I'd give you a 'F' just for that spelling whopper.
"you should get the whole story"
The whole story is even worse than just part of the story. Maybe you should bank that $15k for the life time of shrinks and therapists you will need to get your priorities straight, cuz, you're like totally unawesome!
Alexis, you should look up Lauren Greenfield, maybe she can help you.
http://www.laurengreenfield.com/index.php?p=CCLHWY93
Alexis Connolly- morons like you are probably the reason most of the world is so f**ked up.
Kindly remove the chip from your shoulder, and stop pretending your anything other than the wealthy, greedy, idiot your obviously stupid mother raised. Go shoot yourself.
We, the people who still think that money is more than a fetish that we use at will to give form to our vanity, we are deeply sorry for you. I don't speak here with sarcasm, its really a pity. Money is a powerful form of energy, used to good or bad. Think about vanity, think about the others lives with eyes wide open and of course, if you have time to spend 15K, please do it with the conscience that you're walking towards your future. Your mom works hard, and so you may soon. But the question is why do we work hard? What's the purpose of getting up every day in the morning and giving our time, talent and commitment to others. The money itself? To accomplish our own goals always? What about if we start to think that our own goals have a great impact in other people? You're only sixteen and you're not to blame for all the humankind's past faults. But you'll be responsible for the world that comes after you start to study and work. You sure are not to be ashame of willing to spend a money that you still don't know how to earn. But take your time, get this money and go for a great trip, I suggest places that the mighty US had controlled, either financially or military in the past. Take a look on how people live there. Don't be afraid to discover new things. You may find more meaningful things than being photographed. It's a photographer's opinion. with love