Another photo of the fake Spare Change guy

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

I took a photo of the fake Spare Change guy at Kendall last night. (For those of you who haven't heard about this before, here's the Boston.com article about it.) I noticed that the photo anomie666 posted here in March isn't available anymore, so I figured I'd post mine.

Needless to say, he wasn't happy I took his photo. He came up and yelled at me, calling me a "skinhead" and saying, "You couldn't even sell yourself, because you're bald!". For the record, while my hair is very short, I am neither bald nor a skinhead, in any sense of the word. ;-) I was a little worried he was going to try to take my phone, but he didn't make any moves to touch me or my stuff.

Please pass this photo along to anyone you know who rides the Red line in Cambridge/Somerville. What do folks think: Is it worth it to email it to the local newspapers or the MBTA? It seems like the Spare Change people are well informed about who he is, so I don't think they really need a photo.

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here is my crappy cell phone picture

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[spatch]

So that's where Hunter S. Thompson went to. I knew he'd faked his death all along!

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[ron_newman]

Why was your image moved or deleted?

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Because I think I must have deleted the photo from photobucket (thereby destroying the hotlink). I just re-uploaded the picture.

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[ron_newman]

Can you post another (working) link then?

Edit: never mind, a shift-Reload restored the photo. I didn't think the web worked that way....

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[perich.livejournal.com]

It's a really neat picture - the subway roof and platform create this weird web of perspective lines, centering on the douchebag's leathery face.

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely -- apart from the informational value it's actually a really well-composed photo, crappy cell phone camera notwithstanding.

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Thanks :).

I have no artistic skills, so it certainly wasn't deliberate.

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[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

p.s. I do not often make a point of saying this, but: love the icon.

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[perich.livejournal.com]

:D

Re: here is my crappy cell phone picture

[horizon-radar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this photo is really well done. Like lomography-esque.