boing thud flop

Oh my god, y'all. I saw this and I thought I was gonna have to shank a bitch. or several. But luckily for the bitches, the camera is a repro and not a real one that's been ruined to HOLD BOOKS.

I am not against holding books, mind. Nor am I against doing that with cameras. Or doing other things with cameras that they weren't exactly designed for. I used my Graflex as a balance-block, and I may once have used the Nikkormat as a hammer. (I can't remember.) What I am against is doing things to cameras that renders them incapable of shooting pictures. They are very easy to break and very hard to fix. If you don't know how to clean or open a vintage camera, don't. Leave it to someone who knows what they are doing. You can pick these people out of a crowd easily. When they see your destroyed cameras in the junkshop with forty-dollar tags tied to their lenses, they will laugh because it hurts.

Things In Riley's Bed:
- One plush hedgehog that squeaks.
- One plush duck that farts.
- Two of my dirty socks.
- Two tennis balls.
- A few pieces of kibble, saved for later.

Things In My Bed:
- Riley.

*facepalm*

In other Riley-related news: how do y'all think she'd get along with a roomba? I really like the idea of "robot that does the vaccuming for me." Riley's the problem. She flipped out and attacked the vaccum the last time she and it were in the same room - this is why I bless my lack of carpeting and make good use of brooms. I am not sure if a roomba would survive a Rileying.