Introducing My New Nikon D300s

I waited about four months for this moment. I remember sitting in David Short's Photography 3 class looking through a B&H Photography Magazine that wasn't mine. As the pages turned, I stopped on the most important page. This page had the Nikon D300s on it, and from that point, I KNEW that was going to be my next camera.

September, October, November, December. The months went by as slow as they possibly could. I didn't have to save for the camera because of the fat refund check I would be receiving from the school in the middle of January. Time seemed to go by slower and slower as each month passed, especially once it got to the few last days until January 21st. January went by SLOW AS HECK. But then January 21st came. The day I got my refund.

The day I got my refund was the day I FINALLY was able to order my camera from B&H. Of COURSE I was going to choose the "Next Day Air" option. It was worth the extra 35 bucks. From that point, those the next three days seemed like three YEARS. (I ordered it on a Friday, they're closed Saturday, so the soonest they could ship it out was Monday, which meant I'd get it Tuesday.)

Saturday, Sunday, Monday...ugh.
Tuesday. UGH.
I have a 2 hour and 45 minute 8pm class. The feeling of how long the class was doubled. Class let out, and I JETTED to the post office to go pick up my lovely. But then something happened. As SOON as I put my key into my P.O. Box, THE FIRE ALARM GOES OFF.
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We got out of class 15 minutes early (10:30) and I had 30 minutes to get to my next class, Graphic Design. I waited 20 EXTRA MINUTES to get my camera because they had to evacuate the building, close everything down, and wait for the fire department to come. I staked out.

FINALLY everyone was allowed to go back in the building, and I did the obvious. I bum-rushed, bowed, kicked, and stomped my way through the crowd to get my $1500 box of goods.

*insert HUGE smile here*

It took me a while to open the box, because I was scared. But I finally did it, and oh, it was a magnificent moment in the history of Tristan Ervin Photography.

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Big Boi and Vonnegutt Sponsored by Chegg's Textbooks and Tickets Tour

So about 3 weeks, Chegg surprised me along with a lot of other people when they announced that Big Boi and Vonnegutt would be performing for FREE at Center Stage in Atlanta. All you had to do was simply text a number to another number, and you wait a week or two for them to text you back telling you where to pick up your ticket. Unfortunately when I got mine I was nowhere near Atlanta, so my oh so reliable partner, Mr. Rushin, was able to pick my ticket up for me.
In the end however, we didn't need tickets because we were able to get on the Press List to shoot the concert. We had 3 extra tickets, and were able to take two other people with us. (Oh yeah, that third ticket was for Twist, but he got on the list too. After Terence and I got on first).

Um, anyway. The first act was Turquoise Jeep. For those who don't know who they are(aka, about 90% of the people who were there), they're the "Fried or Fertilized" guys. Absolutely HILARIOUS! I would post a pic that I got of them but uh....they kinda suck.

A couple other acts came on that I really don't remember, then these two DJ's came up and had THE LONGEST MOST DRAGGED OUT SET OF THE WORST HITS OF 2010 EVER. Twist expressed to everyone how he felt, cussing at the top of his lungs about how horrible it was. It was justified. It was fun after the first 10 minutes, but as minute 45 came about...my back was hurting and I wasn't really enjoying myself.

First up, Vonnegutt. I've heard a lot about these guys and I enjoy their music for the most part. They're from my neck of the woods, Marietta, which I think is pretty cool. They did about 5 or 6 songs if I remember correctly they had me and the rest of the crowd going.


Kyle Lucas

Neil Garrard


And then there was Big Boi,A.K.A. Antwan Andre Patton A.K.A. "Big" A.K.A. "Francis the Savannah Chitlin Pimp" A.K.A. "Daddy Fat Sacks" A.K.A. "Sir Lucious L. Left Foot" A.K.A. "Billy Ocean" A.K.A. "Rooster" A.K.A. "Freddy Floater" A.K.A. "General Patton" A.K.A. "Hot Tub Tony" A.K.A. "Black Dog"
That's a lot of names, but this guy has a lot of clout. Of course, he put on a phenomenal show, which goes with out saying. He went through most of his old hits, a lot of his new ish, and even brought Vonnegutt out when he performed the "Follow Us" Remix. Loved that.


Big Boi

C-Bone

Big Boi and Kyle Lucas Performing the "Follow Us" Remix




Hey Chegg, thanks for putting on this free show for all of us broke, ballin' on a budget, college students. And thanks for letting me rent my Geology book for a quarter of it's retail price.