Here's the story...
Yesterday morning, after logging off Flickr, I saw a little promo advert for the Yahoo! Time Capsule. I had some time before I had to get ready for work and so I check it out. It turns out to be pretty cool and I figure it'll be fun to contribute. Going through my photos, I settle on the shot above for the "Love" category (with my description being "What I love is having friends with you to explore the beauties on the other side of the world"). I submit it, get ready for work and leave.
Shortly after arriving to work, I check my email to see if the photo was accepted, which it is, but the first email I actually see is from Eva Freeman with the subject "ABC News - Request for an Interview". She apparently saw my submission and wanted to ask me some questions for a piece ABC News is doing for their webcast. Holy crap! Seriously though, what are the odds of me submitting a photo in the morning and then being contacted for an interview about it just a couple hours later? I was pretty stoked, but I figured I call my sis first (she works as a producer for the local ABC affiliate). She didn't recognize the name, but did note that is how she contacts people for interviews at times. I called this Eva after lunch and answered her questions (I didn't answer them too well, tho), but the conversation sounded more like she was just looking for permission to use the photo. Anyway, we finish and she tells me I should see it when they air at 3:30pm EST on their site. Holy crap!
Today rolls around. My spirits are up because I finally got my moo MiniCards (see previous post) and I have the webcast to look forward to. I've already emailed a bunch of people to tune in. I decide, however, to skip the live feed and wait until it's available again at 1:30pm. 1:30 rolls around. No webcast. 2 o'clock. Nothing. 2:30. Still nothing. Finally, it's up around 3pm. 13 minutes into the webcast and they do the time capsule piece. 2 minutes later, it's done. My photo is nowhere to be seen. :(
And that's my story.
8 comments:
Bummer. But at least the picture is in the capsule and will be archived at the Smithsonian, right?
Right! But Eva Freeman still shouldn't have lied to me.
that story is so sad...crushed dreams are never a good thing...but at least you were contacted it's more than I can say...I didn't submit any pictures and no one called me...talk about bummed!
Well, I'm still gonna hold on to the possibility of sheer random luck. Check out this story.
I keep hoping someone will steal my truck but my luck never changes
dude...I was grinning...all stoked for you...then I got crushed...damn that eva...damn her to hell =)
I think she just wanted her some Dan Kit.
kinda like an extra in a movie... Your scene was CUT buddy! But hey, At least you made the cut for the Yahoo Time capsule along with the other million people in the world!
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