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Name: Tate
Metro: Baton Rouge
Birthday: 1/27/1978
Gender: Male
Interests: heros.entertainment weekly.halloween.coffee.long island teas.nudity.pop art magazines.weird movies.interior decorating.pizza rolls.soho.britney spears.america's next top model.xanga.blog spying.fried chicken.photography.french fries.sarah.imac.my canon 5D.deafhood.black sharpie pens.
Expertise: being myself, what else?
Occupation: Freelance Photographer, Artist
Industry: Art
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Website: visit my website
AIM:  tatephoto
Member Since:
5/27/2004
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| LIFE'S NOT REALLY EVER SHIT
You know how you have one of those days where everything just doesn't work out right. Well, today was that day for me - or I should say for Sarah more than me....... both of us, really!
Our mini cooper AC is out. The compressor doesn't work or whatever it is. That will cost us a whopping $1,200 plus labor (and remember we just got over the trauma of replacing it's transmission back in January). I'm this close to just pouring gasoline over that damn car and just making it burn slowly until it just explodes into even more itty bitty mini pieces. Frankly, that car is on my shit list right now and I'm just not happy about it at all.
Not only that, Sarah's work hours have been cut by half (thanks to non profit.... such rewarding work, yet lousy stability). It's not fun seeing your wife upset about that kind of thing happening, especially with a job she really values and enjoys. She has a master's degree yet still does non profit work for much less than what she deserves to be paid, and NOW that's even being cut. Regardless, this hubby here isn't thrilled about that. We'll be fine with just me working and her having less hours but I know we have alot on our plate that we want to do with the new house. We'll see what happens within the next few months.
Sarah paged me around 1pm and said I needed to go out to Baton Rouge to meet her at the truck (she drove the truck while the mini was in the shop). Why? Because the key broke into two pieces, the end being stuck in the ignition. Of course, that happens to us today - on the day when everything else is just practically making Sarah more stressed out which eventually makes me more stressed out.
Our internet service sucks so bad. I can't figure out what the hell is wrong with it. Right now, I'm stealing from a neighbor's wireless service even though I have one.....
You know, even throughout all this crap..... I usually have a good head on my shoulders. I told Sarah today that there wasn't much we could do about the bad, but to move on and to focus on the good.
In other words, life isn't ever really shit - it's only how you handle it.
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| DYUSA/NAD
DUH - I BLOGGED THIS LAST WEEK BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT PUBLIC SO SOME OF THIS IS "OLD NEWS". Will be home tomorrow morning so will do some good blog eye candy for y'all all week!
Well, well - I've been certainly more busier than I thought I'd be. I'm actually really enjoying all the workshops and networking here at the Marriot hotel in New Orleans for the NAD conference. I even went to an investment workshop. Now I'm recalling all those times that my parents mentioned to me that I should think about stocks or whatever.... I'm seriously wanting to do something to let my money build up so I got the business card of the guy who did the presentation (I took family photos of his in Austin last year). A very nice guy!
Other than workshops and networking - it's been one big ass party. I love seeing so many deaf people wobbling down Bourbon Street. I always "imagine" if it were like that every day. Not the wobbling, but having this many deaf individuals of such caliber in town all the time! I told a few people, "forget NAD, this is Tate's party that everyone's in town for". Ha! NAD has been a good experience and I look forward to the next one in two years - I'm definitely going because DYUSA will happen again for sure then and will expand that stay into the NAD week as well.
Speaking of DYUSA - how wonderful it was! It was a great time for several people from different walks of life to gather up and really make history happen. I told everyone there that there's always the usual cream of the crop, but that every one of them were the real thing!
DYUSA COMMITTEE - photo by Sarah
Mark my words, DYUSA is here to stay.
I'm off at 6am from the New Orleans airport tomorrow to Buffalo. From there, I will drive to Ontario for Wayne and Dana's wedding festivities! That, for sure will be a blast! After that, I'll get to come home for a good "week" - finally!
I hope all of y'alls summer is going well.
DYUSA'ing-ly yours!
-tate
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| JUNE FLEW BY SO FAST
How have y'all been? I've been good. Busy but good.
In the last few weeks - I've been to New York, New Jersey, DC, Maryland, California doing weddings. I think that was a record I've made for my wedding career - seven wedding gigs in one month!
I've been home since Monday just really doing alot of editing from a bunch of individual shoots I've had in the last few weeks. I have one or two more, then a bunch of weddings to get busy on. I'm really struggling with finding a really cool, nice album to put all my wedding prints in for my clients. The ones I really liked have been discontinued, whaaa!! It's a never ending story for me.
Here are a few unseen snapshots from when Sarah and Monica met up with me in NYC a few weeks ago! Alltogether, we got to see Jarrod, Jenny, Moe, Melissa and Shilpa!
Here are a few shots of what I've been shooting this summer!
of course, I love my baby cousin - Lola!
This is only the beginning of the summer for me. While I believe June was the "most hectic" - I have tons coming up. This morning, I'm heading out to New Orleans to join in on the DYUSA festivities! We will be @ the Bayou Segnette campgrounds in Westwego until Sunday (which is when the NAD conference kicks off in downtown!). Tonight, Tate Tullier Photography is sponsoring the dinner for the campers - jambalya cooked by his Uncle Van! IT will be so delicious!!!! Sarah will be meeting me after she gets off work (she's also picking up the food to deliver it as well).
Next Friday, after the NAD conference - I'm off to Canada to shoot Wayne and Dana's wedding so that will be great! I'll get to see my boys - Wayne and Chad - that never fails me of good times.
I've been catching up big time on TV shows as well into the wee hours - I'm loving the amped up season 4 of Weeds, intrigued by the Call Girl show afterwards, loving how classy the "swinging" Swingtown ended up being, really pleasantly surprised by In Plain Sight, confused who he likes the best on So You Think You Can Dance, and most definitely tired of the emotional roller coaster that Army Wives keeps taking me on!
Movies I've watched : Bridge To Terabitha (What!!! I cried the entire ending!!), The Ten (so so), The Invasion (Really good!), Hitman (eh)..... I have Funny Games on me but haven't watched it yet.
Ok, I better get my ass moving. I need to pack up a bit and get my coffee intake then I've gotta jet off for New Orleans!
See you there!!!
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| NOR CAL AND STILL BREATHING
I've been in Nor Cal since Wednesday for today's wedding of Molly and Justin in Palo Alto. I'm excited for them!
Last night, we all went to SF's DPHH event in Berkeley at Jupiters for some fun. I got to see Gabe again (as shown in photo) so that was great. Tim Kettering was there as well and it's always great catching up with him. It was a wine/beer only places so I tried to start off with a beer. Drank one.... nah, so switched over to wine. Had a couple of glasses and had a great time. Met some new people as well (tons of new faces in town for SF's Pride weekend).
I better get moving and get cleaned up for the wedding. You all have a great Saturday.
Photo taken by Karina
I miss the wife, the dog, and the new house. I get back on Monday!
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