November 2, 2008 ☺Tryst Downtown
Went downtown to do 20 shots for the final project today. I wanted to go back to Oakland after visiting the first time, but it wasn't as enchanting the second time and there were a lot of people there today. Oakland is a landmark, not just a cemetery, so it made sense that it was pretty full today. I was taking my first few shots, and these people walked past me. I thought it was yet another dog because I heard all of these keychains and I turned to see if it was, in fact, a dog and owner but it was people. One man was all, "She's taking pictures!!" in a gaspshockgasp voice like I was pissing on the graves or something, and another man was like, "Well, they said they can take pictures of the statues blah blah blah," I don't remember the rest because I started re-framing my shot. The Shocked Man was eyeing me for whatever reason, the only reason I could really think is me being a black girl with an afro and this being a group of white people and a certain devisive event happening in two days tearing people apart. He looked as if he'd never seen a Black person before. I was a bit amused, but kinda wary of shooting for the rest of the day if people were going to be that conscious about it. One of the great things about being in a graveyard is silence, yeah?
On the way to Centennial, I had to go past Philipps Arena and there was a Thrashers game there tonight so it was pretty crowded. On the streets, there were these two people standing near the crowd, and this man was preaching about Revelation really really loudly. Everyone was walking past and just ignoring them, but it was really interesting to me. I've never passed that type of stuff on the street. Always heard about it, but never passed it before. I walked right in front of him and caught the word 'Babylon' really loudly as I went by. I often wonder what these people will do if there is no apocolypse.
