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[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

A new roommate, boring barista job, two college exams and countless stakeouts later and the government decides to hire me to do something for them. Maybe I should've taken a photography class and gotten noticed sooner, but I guess it doesn't matter.

It makes me wonder if this is their way of making people go to this ball thing, though.

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[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

What's the new job?

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

They're having me be paparazzi.

[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

You're kidding.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Nope. I wish, actually. Although taking pictures is a fairly lax way to earn money and I generally like it... Balls? Not so much.

[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

Are there even celebrities to take pictures of? It sounds very surreal.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

I think this is for a newsletter? I'm not 100 per cent, but that's what it sounded like.

[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

Well, hopefully the pay is pretty good.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't liked them for a while, anyway.

[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

Hah, yeah, there weren't a lot of balls in Queens.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Neptune had 'balls'. Usually just an excuse to rent a limo and never make it to the party.

You've never been to one?

[becomingspecial.livejournal.com]

A limo, huh? Nope, never. I guess I was just a teenager deprived of that experience.

[extrapair.livejournal.com]

Hope I'm not too bad.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Oh. No. Sorry, I was just summing up my last month.

[extrapair.livejournal.com]

I see.

It's a good summary.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Thank you?

Actually, I'm surprised at how... taciturn you are.

[extrapair.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was laconic.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Just considering your choice in friends.

[extrapair.livejournal.com]

Oh, Reno?

He's the mouth, I'm the brains.

[sceneswelost.livejournal.com]

You're taking pictures?

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

Seems like, yeah.

[sceneswelost.livejournal.com]

I hope you won't take it personally if I avoid you the entire night, then.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

That hurts a girl's feelings.

[sceneswelost.livejournal.com]

Think of it as I'm avoiding the camera, not you.

[detectflaws.livejournal.com]

This is assuming you'll spot me at all.

[sceneswelost.livejournal.com]

Oh are you a camera ninja in addition to a PI?