Tim Duncan Offers To Drive NBA Players To Polling Place On Election Day

SAN ANTONIO—Spurs center Tim Duncan sent an e-mail message to his fellow NBA players Tuesday volunteering to use his 1992 Buick LeSabre to chauffeur anyone "who needs a ride" to his assigned polling place to vote in the 2008 presidential election. "It's our responsibility to cast that ballot so that our democracy may continue working properly," wrote Duncan, adding that he was confident that every eligible member of the NBA was registered to vote and had been closely following all the 2008 races for months. 

"There's no need to feel pressure to tell me who you're voting for—that information is between you and the voting machine. All I ask is that you please be at the curb on time, buckle up, and treat my car with respect." 

According to Duncan, the "huge response" has forced him to schedule two separate trips, whic he has detailed in a Google calendar and shared with all participants. -The Onion

girlfriend

i decided, i want a girlfriend.

is that lame?

she has to be really gorgeous.

and has to make me smile.

and be nice to me.

has to laugh a lot; sarcasm, eh, i don't mind so much, as long as it doesn't permeate the relationship.

she needs to be a Christian, yes, yes.

that's the most important thing. 

she needs to not want me to buy her everything; yes, im going to be a gentleman and buy her things, but i don't think one should have to spend a ton of money to make his girlfriend feel loved. there are other ways for that. :p

and someone who doesn't have to be with me 24/7 would be nice.

if we saw each other a few times a week, that would be awesome. 

texting all the time is good.

talking on the phone is nice, too. those, we can do all the time.

yes.

i have a person in mind, but i have a feeling that person doesn't have me in mind. oh well.

this is just an idea. 

i guess, success

so tonight (tuesday night), marlon and i went downtown to put this idea (last post, he's the brains) to work.

and i'd say it was a success.

i made almost $50 in less than an hour.

and i started around 9:15pm, on a tuesday night.

now if i start around 7pm, on a friday night?

the thing is, this is just working off tips.

so that's cool.

i need assistants.

ill buy you one dinner, and you get the privilege of hanging out with me.

haha. just kidding about the last part - but i'll get to know you better, and you'll get free pictures of yourself in the end.

tara

is the best. 

period.

she is always willing to model for me, no matter what.

and i like that.

PLUS, she's drop dead gorgeous.

so how can i say no to that?

so, here's a thank you, for all the help you've been, and will be, in helping me get my photography career off the ground.

someday when im doing that maxim shoot, ill call you. ;)

a plan to make lots of money

is what i have.  

so my goal is a new nikon d700. 

i just can't work with the crappy high iso performance that my d70 delivers. 

so i really do need the d700 if im to offer better image quality to customers.  

and it would really help to be able to take eight images a second.  

so, here is this idea i have:  

i walk around (with an assistant willing to work for free, or probably a free dinner) downtown, offering to take on the spot portraits.  

i figure most people walking downtown will be dressed for an evening on the town anyways; this goes for single people, couples, families, you name it.  

$10, and you get three images.  

guaranteed satisfaction.  

how will i guarantee this? i

'll edit the pictures on the spot, and they can see how they like it (on my laptop).  

they don't pay till they like it.  

they'll have the images later that same evening.  

so in order to be more professional, i made business cards. 

and, all with the help of marlon, set up my flickr so that it will now be forwarded to http://www.davidteran.com/  

anyways, point is, i am going to be needing assistants about twice a week, maybe three times - for about two or three hours at a time. 

like i said, i can't pay you more than a free meal.  

so, if you'd like to help me get this (expensive) camera, drop me a line.  

all that you would be doing is walking around with me, holding a flash.  

hopefully ill be able to draw a crowd, and then these sell like hot cakes.

forwarding website

is up.

woohoo.

www.davidteran.com

it's real.

d700

gosh.

is it wrong to get turned on by a camera?

that was a joke.

i want that thing so bad.

it's consuming me.

which is bad.

guitar-string-putting-oner-failure.

yeah.

ugh.

i actually put them on perfect, and it played super nice (man, it was nice having a fresh set of strings on that martin for the first time in, what, six months?)

and they weren't cheap strings - elixir, lights - $15 a set. 

anyways.

i played them, and they sound GORGEOUS.

thing is, last night, i was in a rush, so i left off the cutting of the top portion till today.

when i wouldn't be so rushed.

i started cutting all the strings (only the top portions, the 'left over'), and got to the B string, and literally told myself in my mind: "don't accidently cut the string, be careful!" 

but no, i cut the B string.

which sucks.

cause that i know of, they don't sell just solo strings.

as tara likes to put it: -_-

d700 on a credit card?

so im seriously contemplating getting a nikon d700, putting $450, and a nice $450 birthday present from my parents, down towards the camera, and only have to pay $1500 ($2400 from amazon). 

no interest or payments for the first 12 months. 

i know i can pay that off in one year.

wow.

nikon d700.

here i come.

ok scratch that

saw V was stupid.

-_-

saw V tonight!

finally, tonight is the night!

im excited, and nervous at the same time.

i can't wait, actually.

!!!

people ask me why i love taking pictures so much

well this is part of the reason; capturing beauty.

BTW I'm Voting For Mccain / Palin

i need

a new, super​ hot (​lady)​ frien​d to talk with.​


pros:​
im not expen​sive.​
you never​ have to buy me thing​s.​
you can have a new texti​ng buddy​.​ 
im willi​ng to hang out whene​ver.​


cons:​
no sexua​l relat​ions will be avail​able.​ 
im movin​g to calif​ornia​ in janua​ry.​


yes.
a super​ gorge​ous girl would​ be nice.​
a blond​e.​
becau​se i want an ameri​can wife.​


apply​ insid​e.​
-​David​

i just had this dream

i just woke up and showered, on my way to work this morning, and i am trying to figure out who this girl in my dream was.

she was brunette, skinny, extremely pretty.

and she followed me around all the time - it was weird.

i was still back in high school, but i drove a nice car.

anyways.

girl of my dreams, come find me.

im curious to know who you are.