So I called Jim Martins office yesterday and asked for a press pass, they said "Oh no problem, even though it's the day of it's really no problem" and I gave them my name, phone number, and e-mail. I thought I was set. So I left Athens at 2 o'clock, when the doors opened at 4. I got stuck in traffic and did not get in until 4:20, after parking a few blocks from where I needed to be. And when I went to pick up my press pass they told me they had already given them all out and they were sorry. So in search of making something out of nothing I asked them if I could stand in an area that was opened up in the middle, but no that was secret service area. I asked for a chair and they said no. So I wandered around for a bit and then decided I would climb into a tree. I got in the tree and was there for a good hour and half. I was not sitting in the tree or standing on a even branch, I was standing in between two wedges of the truck. Yep, I am a little sore today. But no wait, as I was in the tree a lady wondered over to me and asked me if I would take pictures for her. I was like no way, I'm working. But no no wait! Another lady came over and asked if she could share the tree with me, stand in the other wedge next to the one I was standing in, and I said yes thinking that she would only be there for a few minutes at most, but no she was there the entire time. Okay, I'm done with my rant, but sometimes I wish the people that looked at my photos or slideshows knew the bullshit I had to go through to get the shot. Oh well and here it is-
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