Lens @ MindSay

Lens.com has the worst customer service ever. First of all, after placing the order in September and getting turned down twice because my doctor wouldn't confirm my prescription a month later Lens.com takes the money out of my account without me even knowing about it. Not only did this cause me to receive three overdraft fees but it caused me to be broke until I got paid 9 days later. Considering I needed my contacts, I did not have this order cancelled but I did request that I get refunded the $90 dollars from overdraft fees for Lens.com not having my permission to take the money out of my account in the first place. They refused. Second of all, in September I requested that my package be shipped 2nd day air. Ashley, the customer service representative that I spoke to told me it was shipped out on the 7th and I would definitely receive it by the 9th. She lied. I didn't receive it until Monday. Normally this wouldn't be a big issue but considering I paid fourteen dollars just to get it to me sooner I was not happy. I contacted them over ten times trying to get my shipping money back and every reply I got was rude and they were not willing to help me out. Finally, I had to be a bit mean to one of the representatives to get my money back. They refunded me the difference between standard shipping and 2nd day air. After this, I got another very rude email and even called me names. After all of this drama I checked the better business bureau website and saw that Lens.com got an F and many many bad ratings. 

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Today mam had arranged for me to go to Paul & Leanne's house to take photos for my relationships project for Photography. I'd asked if I could take some photos of Leanne and their two kids Melody and Aiden.
This was a challenge - especially with kids always being on the move.
It annoyed me as well, the perfect shot was always in my viewfinder - WHEN THE CAMERA HAD STALLED. Or when it was LOADING.

Slow digital cameras, who'd have 'em...
Anyway, we spent a few hours there - I've taken about 140 photos, and there looks to be quite a few decent ones - and quite a few hilariously fucked ones. :)

So here's eight that I've uploaded and done some work with:

mine,mine, mine...

i never really left... just fell silent!
so many changes and yet so many steps remain to be taken...
death walked in... and brought nothing...
i am poised...but it hasn't happened...that peace i await it eludes me yet again...
hunting for shelter has left me drained... i expected it but the feeling is depressing... as i shared my friend's frustration during her journey ...i face mine in solitude.

the veil should be gone ...but the damn contacts are a puzzle...inside out, right side in...maybe i am slow ...but it is an annoying procedure i long to master ....for perhaps that is one freedom that will set me on my way...

a baby came... a boy i was told...pictures of mother and father tell other stories ...
employment gained... a thrill you will not know...like finding brief companionship in the midst of the morning stampede to babylon.

deyas will be lit... and the darkness ravaged by the light  ...

aah......

sleep has washed over and peace is mine again.....

.My lens is in the mail on its way to Canon. The guy who works at The Camera Shop freaked me out. He asked when I was leaving for college. I told him "around the fifteenth of August, becuase of the Honors College's early move-in day." He looked grim and said, "Oh... okay. Well, you might just have to get the lens in the mail there. That's cutting it really close--only giving them four weeks." My first thought is, "Oh my God! I won't be able to take any photos for four weeks!" My second thought is, "Oh my God! I go to college in four weeks!"

.My lens is broken. I have to send it in to Canon with the warranty. This could take three to four weeks. I may die. Why do things like this happen to me? Some guys just have all the luck...