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[jackofallgeeks]

OK, so get this: I just got Spam on my LiveJournal. I can't express how angry this makes me. It was on my Last Post, and it went something like this:

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Pieridae Media Group seeks part-time arts/design/photo collaborators

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Pieridae Media Group seeks part-time arts/design/photo collaborators

Hi,

I'm Richard Chu, founder and Creative and Vision
Director of startup Pieridae Media Group composing
of cross-pollinating Talent, Model and Publishing
agencies and autonomous Filmworks production
company

I'm seeking part-time, collaborative services
in arts/design/illustration on deferred, pooled
stake-shares compensation

Please let me know if you might be interested
and I will respond with RSVP invite to our open
house interview next Sunday, March 28, 2005
at our premises in McLean, VA

Contact Richard and Marianna by e-mail
at RCHU1619@YAHOO.COM


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Pieridae Media Group 's "Inner Beauties, Washington DC project
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Pieridae Media Group seeks women 21+ of all
cultural backgrounds for "Inner Beauties of DC"
photo collage book

We are working on a photo collage & lifestory
vignettes book about professional DC women titled
"Inner Beauties of Washington DC" that is
an antidote to the vacuous, one-dimensional,
and airbrushed LA glamour type of nothing-to-say
models that are too tritely prevalent today.

We want to shed light through artistic photographs
and your own edited lifestory vignettes of the
inner beauties, women age 21-50, of Washington
DC Metro area who juggle work, social, family and creative
lives with the grace, character and indomitable
spirits that we believe are the epitome presentations
of the strength, sensibilities and sensualities
of modern womanhood.

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PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A RIGOROUS BUT
FAIR, EXCITING AND FUN SCREENING AND EVALUATION
PROCESS TO SELECT THE FINALISTS - THANKS, RICHARD
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You will be anonymously represented (first name only)
with shooting locations and wardrobe in natural settings
of our collaborative choosing and have final-proof approval
on your photo and copy spread

If "Inner Beauties" does well in local bookstores
in its limited initial print, we're going to seek regional
and nationwide distribution deal with major photo-arts
publishers.

Twenty percent of the after-tax profit is going to
be equally divided by the women portrayed in the
book and ten percent to be directly contributed to
the Red Cross chapter of Washington DC

Shooting sessions will be conducted on Thursday & Friday
evening and Saturdays in McLean, VA

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We bear all the publishing, marketing and administrative costs -
there are no fees whatsoever to be incurred by you except the time
and commitment to do something you can be proud to be a
part of to showcase the inner and outer-manifested beauty,
creativity, and stylistic flair of Washington DC women!

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Contact Marianna and Richard by e-mail
with digital pictures (if available) and
short bio at:

rchu1619@yahoo.com

Best regards,
Richard

Richard Chu
Creative & Vision Director
Pieridae Media Group
8205 Peridot Dr., Studio 407
McLean, VA 22102
(571) 331-2525 cellular

Now, I'll admit, it sounds like what they're doing is, in a sense, a 'good thing.' The whole sense of 'beauty' that America seems to have is pretty flawed, so there's that. And in a certain light -- specifically the "Andrew is a Chick" thing -- it's kinda funny. But it got me pretty angry, so I decided to write Richard an email. It went something like this:

Mr. Chu,

I just received your advertisement as a comment on my LiveJournal. I don't believe I can express to you how angry it made me, and I certainly can't do so in civil terms. I do not appreciate unsolicited emails, and this I consider to be significantly more intrusive and offensive. I would even mark it as worse than telemarketers calling during dinner. As such, I've marked your comment as spam and, nothing personal, truly hope your account gets banned because I believe what you've done is wrong.

I strongly recommend that you find some other way to advertise yourself. I'm no business guru, but my gut tells me that you'll infuriate more people than you interest, and as such contribute to making life more miserable for us all. I wish you luck in your endeavors, but do try to keep it out of people's personal forums.

-Andrew

In truth, I feel bad about the whole thing, still. I got *really* angry about it, and I don't like it when I get angry. It kinda goes back to what I was saying to Jesse: I've been really angry lately. Like, under the surface, bottled up and waiting for an excuse to boil to the top. Little things make me more angry these days than I remember them before, or that I think they should. I shouldn't get angry the way I do, or to the extent I do. And this just seems to remind me of that. -shrugs-

Comments

[ofthelily.livejournal.com]

gah! is his last name really chu?? Like me the crazy chu?? O_O but yeah that is not cool. I hate when people spam lj like that! You were very civil in the email so that is good for you at least *^^*

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Jeez, I've gotten community spam before, but never SPAM-spam.

("...spam spam spam spam spam spam spam SPAAAAAM, wonderful spaaaaaam!")

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