{"id":2647,"date":"2010-12-31T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T22:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/blog\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2011-01-01T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T13:59:02","slug":"shot-of-day-365-of-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/2647\/shot-of-day-365-of-365","title":{"rendered":"Day 365\/365."},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I promised I wouldn’t do a shot-of-the-day for the full year, and yet I did anyways. \u00a0And so, I end the year with a lack of originality and yet another disaster story.<\/p>\n

\"365;<\/a><\/p>\n

Why is there a picture of stacked die above? \u00a0Because the picture of the cake didn’t work.<\/p>\n

Me: “Give me a little bit to get my gear set-up and plan for proper exposure of the light. \u00a0Whatever you do, just don’t light the candles yet.”<\/p>\n

Her: “What? Light the candles!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!”<\/p>\n

Me: “No! Don’t li….”<\/p>\n

And like that, the candles were lit.<\/p>\n

Let me just tell you, I have never seen someone so fast and efficient with a matchbook, but the frantic twitches of excitement and intoxicated look in her glazed-eyes were as\u00a0unnerving\u00a0as being locked in a dark room with an ADHD four-year-old who just pounded twelve-bottles of Five-Hour Energy after being forced to listen to the Hamster Dance song<\/a> for 24-straight hours.<\/p>\n

Within seconds, the shape of the “365” numbers had melted, and there was wax everywhere. While I still captured better images than the one below, I feel it’s a fair tribute to the failed attempt at a shot that is no more than a distant memory now.<\/p>\n

\"Day<\/a>

The melted shapes of the 365 behind the culprit candles<\/p><\/div>\n

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