you find yourself looking at the lens and say, "WTF, FUNGUS!!!"
you go to CP, MS Colour, OP and 3:16 to find out prices
you cannot afford the above you go to BnS section in CS
you buy a second hand item and say it is worth it from BnS section
only to find out that someone got it cheaper that you did when you bought from the seller above
you begin to find that you have tons of 8 GB or 16GB cards
you find that the above, most of it have CMI pics.
you find that you are trashing more pics of the above than you will ever keep.
you find that CS4 is what you need to open 5DMKII RAW files
you tell yourself I need the new Mac for the CS4
you tell yourself, do not step into CP again but 1 week later you find yourself there.
you find yourself swearing, "WTF! Dry Cabi broke down again".
you attend group shoots only to find out 3/4 of your shots are really CMI
you find that attending SIN is a passport NOT to be qualified as a GWC but an event photographer.
you trawl the net for tips, prices, locations, air fares, bus fare, taxi fare.
you own a car and find that now servicing is almost required every three months.
you build up muscles by carrying are 500mm at F1.
you try to see which model can do TFCD.