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Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:38:00 +1000

To all those who believed in me, I apologise.

248 People.

I made it more than half way.

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There was bound to be a no sooner or later, and from that first no, and the no’s after that I wanted to give up. One month into the project, I’m cycling in my local gym, eyeing the next person I’d ask, who they’d like to meet and why. I walk up to man standing around , ego filling up to his head, proud of the 16 reps he just did. Nervous, I go straight into my routine,

“Hi/Hello, my name is Anna. I’m doing a project where I go around meeting 365 people asking them who’d they like to meet and why. I’m wondering if you have the time for me to answer the question and take a photo of you?”

Depending whether I was slurring my speech in nervousness, I’d either be asked to repeat myself , why I was doing this or if I’m lucky a simple yes, otherwise I was brushed off like I was a hopeless beggar.

After my routine, the man pauses and gives me a no. From that moment I felt like giving up. Sitting around thinking for almost an hour, I opted for SOS and called for the voices I knew would nudge me back into it. I’m glad I had these voices.

Twohundredandfortyeightpeople later, I’m trying to figure out the purpose of this project. To be honest, I really didn’t have one. Maybe it was the usual - personal growth, being able to finish what I start, to become the ultimate people master. Whatever it was, It was the best choice of January 2010.

The usual comes after, Meeting people, becoming really good friends with some. One, even more than friends. I heard stories, short and sweet ones, long and detailed ones, ones that made me feel good after taking a snapshot of them.

Each person I came across, the few seconds or even hours I had with them, I had the pleasure of knowing them and letting them know who I was. It’s kind of nice to know that they’d go home, tell their families, friends, dog that their was this girl who came out of nowhere to ask them who’d they like to meet and why. They’d probably go on about how the project was interesting but irrelevant, a time waster.

This post may just be a disclaimer to convince myself that it wasn’t any of the above. Whether it was or wasn’t I’m still glad I met twohundredfortyeightpeople, and more. Those who didn’t want their photo taken, those who just said no but gave me a chilling smile. Sometimes I do just want to take Mr Fufu out when my eye catches a person. Is picking up the project from where I left a valid thing to do? It probably wouldn’t be the same, but for me it may just do. I’ll just have to see.

Whether or not I meet an extra 117 people, I promised I’ll come out with a print out of all the people I met. It should come out in the next few months, before the end of 2011.

Again, I send all my apologies to those voices that supported me.

Thank you.

- Anna Saguinsin

248/365 Rohit, at the noodle markets “Tony Hawk,...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:18:00 +1000

248/365

Rohit, at the noodle markets

“Tony Hawk, I’ll tell him to pop shove-it”

247/365 John Butler, skating around central park with scary...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:16:36 +1000

247/365

John Butler, skating around central park with scary nails

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246/365 Mat Cranley “Jesus, I hear he can perform miracles...

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246/365

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“Jesus, I hear he can perform miracles n shit”

245/365 Tim Wakulicz, his 21st, good cake “Blink...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:12:00 +1000

245/365

Tim Wakulicz, his 21st, good cake

“Blink 182”

244/365 Holly, orange chair, orange juice “O.D.B, cause...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:11:17 +1000

244/365

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“O.D.B, cause god damn you are a sound x”

243/365 Carlos Claro, playing around with Maya “Ronaldo,...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:09:48 +1000

243/365

Carlos Claro, playing around with Maya

“Ronaldo, he’s my favourite player, best ever, football”

242/365 Antonio, the swedish designer “Myself in the...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:08:00 +1000

242/365

Antonio, the swedish designer

“Myself in the future, to see if I’m dead”

241/365 Drew, oh so quiet “I can’t wait to meet...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:06:43 +1000

241/365

Drew, oh so quiet

“I can’t wait to meet Jesus!”

240/365 Aydin Musti, cruising on a boat with his...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:05:09 +1000

240/365

Aydin Musti, cruising on a boat with his gal

“Denzel, cause he’s a SIK KUNT”

239/365 Heather, just chilling with a glass o’...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:03:51 +1000

239/365

Heather, just chilling with a glass o’ wine

“Darcy Bussel, amazing ballerina”

238/365 Fluteloop, just a frantic busker “Jezus! Y Not...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:01:54 +1000

238/365

Fluteloop, just a frantic busker

“Jezus! Y Not :)”

237/365 Dasu, late one night “All the eurasian couples...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:00:50 +1000

237/365

Dasu, late one night

“All the eurasian couples that had a daughter, so that I could thank them from the bottom of my heart”

236/365 Bijmin, my design enemy, good guy “Nelson Mandela,...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:58:43 +1000

236/365

Bijmin, my design enemy, good guy

“Nelson Mandela, he’s an inspiration, he fought for his beliefs and forgave”

235/365 Tashi Barrow, just after some festival “Friedrich...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:57:00 +1000

235/365

Tashi Barrow, just after some festival

“Friedrich Nietzche, greatest philosopher I’ve ever read”

234/365 Robin, a swedish designing man “Elvis Presley, to...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:54:08 +1000

234/365

Robin, a swedish designing man

“Elvis Presley, to compare hair”

233/365 He was in my class, forgot his name, he’s German...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:52:32 +1000

233/365

He was in my class, forgot his name, he’s German though!

“Schwazzennegger - eat steak”

232/365 Ozzy, a designing man “Da Vinci, that man’s...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:50:04 +1000

232/365

Ozzy, a designing man

“Da Vinci, that man’s mind was one of a kind”

231/365 Big Kento, just after Angus and Julia Stone concert, a...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:48:46 +1000

231/365

Big Kento, just after Angus and Julia Stone concert, a little quiet

“My old self, so i can tell him to not fuck up his life”

230/365 Venus, one cheeseburger please “Michael Jackson,...

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:45:46 +1000

230/365

Venus, one cheeseburger please

“Michael Jackson, amazing artist”