I've been fighting this ashtray thing for some time now. I only picked up the interest in the last couple of years when a woman used my drink as her ashtray at a bar one day. It went downhill from there.
I've since developed this fantasy of some mean bully making me roam the streets of a city for hours picking up every filthy dirty cigarette butt, empty packs, whatever having to do with cigarettes. And when I'm done ending up with a garbage bag full of trash.
Well this morning I decided to do something about it. So I made a goal for myself and decided to take a walk and find at least 100 filthy butts then use them in a picture of my face covered in them and start this profile. How much more sincere could a profile be than doing this.
So I started out of my walk and my heart beat a little faster when I found my first butt and picked it up. By the time I had gotten a quarter of mile or so I had only found 25 butts which I was putting in my pockets. Guess I live in a clean town. Don't get me wrong though as the butts where not only nasty and dirty but slightly wet from the morning dew. The farther I walked, the more I found and finally I got to a little over 100. So I set the scene up and covered my head in them. That terrible very toxic smell became very evident. Quickly I took the pictures and well, now they are on this profile as you can see. I found something that looked very nasty almost like some rubbers stuck together so I included them too. And an empty back. So OK those are the two extra pictures.
It took me maybe a half hour to gather all those butts. But I think there are some places that I can find 100's of them in one place. I'm hoping upon hope to find someone who will have pitty on me and encourage me to become all the ashtray I can.
Oh, one thing. You've probably already thought that a great thing to have me do would be to eat them. But actually I've looked into that and that can cause serious medical problems, so I can't do that. However I would love to do a photo session where I am completely covered in butts head to toe. That would probably take around 10,000 butts. Well, I already have 100+ so that's a start! Oh boy a new hobby. This one beats stamp collecting! :) |