Aaron Riveroll | Photographer

I am seriously all kinds of screwed up. Not only has the lack of sleep in the last few days worked a number on me, but the day off in the middle of the week also had something to do with it. I was so out of it as I was diligently editing video last night, that I flopped on my bed for a nap at 8pm and woke up at 5 this morning. And to make matters worse, I didn’t even know what day it was. I was surprised to come in to work and find out that it was Friday. They really keep us in the loop on stuff like that here at the “W.”

So other than feeling all jacked and clueless, I think today is going to be a good day. :) I’ve got DMB pumping through my iPod and it’s payday. All my money is gone already, but at least I can eat for another two weeks.

In other news, I just need to give a shout out to the dude that parks two cars away from me at my apartment. I don’t know the guy, nor have I ever talked to him…but you have to give him props for knowing and being in the company of the world’s classiest chicks. You see, he’s got a pair of lacy girls’ panties hanging from the rearview mirror of his truck…a lacy, sparkly, turqoisy pair of boyshorts. You know the kind: almost a thong but almost a regular pair of underwear…the underwear that can’t decide what it wants to be or where it wants to go, but on the right bottom looks really nice? Yeah, that’s the kind.

But I figure you gotta know a classy dame to get hooked up like that. Not every girl will just let you hang her skivvies from your rear view mirror. Why can’t I meet a classy girl like that?

We have a lot of fun at photo shoots…I think our models would agree, even though we seem a little crazy. :) But we always have a good time.

I made a little slideshow of behind the scenes pictures…you see, we try to incorporate Brian, the lighting and equipment man, into at least ONE shot with the model…and the results are hilarious. So this is a little show dedicated to the man behind the reflector.

There are WAY more funny pictures too, including ones of the model being goofy…but that’s a whole other slide show. We would be here all night! So until then, enjoy this one including Brian, the non-model and me, the photographer.

Watch the slideshow…

It’s amazing how neurotic I am. Here it is, two o’clock in the morning … and the fact that I had a pile of clean, neatly folded clothes sitting in the laundry basket instead of hanging in the closet in order of style and color was driving me crazy. It actually caused me to get up out of my comfortable bed and do something about it. Needless to say, after putting away my clothes, I tidied up my desk area, my little studio area, my photography area, and downloaded a couple podcasts.

Now I think I’m ready for bed.

Here are some photos from my shoots this weekend…

Chantelle, taken at Point Loma:

Yvann’e, taken Downtown:

So I was admiring the work that is my blog and was noticing one of the sidebar news items from the Union Trib. It talked about how the latest email phishing scam craze was regarding tax refunds and the IRS. I blogged about this a while back, but I still think it’s funny that people actually think the IRS would try and track them down to give them money. It’s a nice poetic Robin Hood-esque thought…but seriously, this is the IRS. These are the people that suck all the zeros out of your paychecks and the ones who suck even more every April. It’s highly doubtful they would be giving YOU money. There, I’ve said my piece.

Read the article here.

So here I am at work, really not wanting to be here on a Monday. But even worse than it being Monday is the fact that tomorrow is our nation’s birthday, and a bank holiday. The weekend was such a tease. It’s like, “you have two days off, but then you have to come in to work…but that’s okay, because you have Tuesday off.” Why not just give us four days off? I personally think that would be better.

And I would hardly call this weekend a restful one. Saturday, I woke up before the rooster and took my grandparents to the hospital. My grandpa was scheduled to have surgery on his arm. Why? Well, because he was being dumb and went outside to water the lawn, knowing full well that he shouldn’t be. And then he tripped and fell and hurt his arm. So yeah, long story short, that landed him in the hospital…so my morning was spent there…then I had a photo shoot in the afternoon, which was actually a lot of fun. Cute model with a great personality…we shot at Point Loma yet again with some casual shots and then some swimsuit down on the beach. After the shoot, Brian and I met up with Flor, Michelle, and some other friends at Wine Steals in Hillcrest. Nice little spot. We grabbed some drinks down the road and a late dinner at Taste of Italy.

Sunday was spent sleeping in…then a photo shoot downtown at Doug’s place. I’m still amazed at how great his place is for shoots. We had some great light coming in later in the shoot and I was able to get some really nice shots. I’ll post some later today.

It was Sir Mounts’ birthday, so we took him out to dinner at Ruby’s and then watched Superman Returns. Seriously, great flick. It brought me back to my younger days when I wanted to be Superman, draping a towel around my shoulders and jumping off the stairs pretending I could fly. I never could. But it was fun to try. The movie was really, really good and well done. I highly recommend it.

Well, I’m going to try and get something done today. I don’t think there’s much to do, but hopefully the day will go fast. To those of you who have the day off today, two words: “You suck.”

Tune in later for pics and stuff. :)