Hey, it’s Vlad. “All right Mr. Dimitri, I’m ready for my close up”..LOL. Let me explain, Dimitri was taking some pictures and I was messing with him. He said I needed some good promo shots. I told him that should be easy cause “I’m really, really ridiculously good-looking”. He just looked at me and said “do you understand the words that are coming out of your mouth” I told him “Frankly Dima, I don’t give a damn”. That seemed to infuriate Dimitri as he told me I wasn’t a team player. He went on to say “we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” Well I certainly was not going to be lectured to by Dima. I said “what we have here is a failure to communicate”. I do more for the center than any four of you combined and no one has yet to “show me the money”. Dima apologized and said that’s the point of these pictures, to promote you so we can bring in donations to the center…to make you big. I then told him “I am big, it’s the pictures that got small. Dimitri was clearly getting frustrated cause he said “ok Vlad, I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse. Fine Dima, “go ahead, make my day”. He said If you let me take these pictures, including one where you wear this JABCECC bag to promote our merch, “you’ll have a friend in me”. “Exsqueeze me” Dima…you want me to wear a purse? He said , “It’s not a man purse.” Vlad “It’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.” Nope Dima. “Hasta la vista, baby.” Dima then said. Come back Vlad, don’t make me grab you. “Keep your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty fox”. Dimitri then tried to get me back and offered anything as long as I wasn’t too greedy. I told him “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.” Dima then offered to do my chores for a week to which I said “I’ll be back”. We took the pictures after which Dimitri said he was really sorry for the conflict. I told him it was ok cause “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” We then started talking about our favorite ice cream flavors “but that’s a tale for another time”….”may the force be with you”.
Vlad out.