#52: Why Today Didn’t Completely Suck
Those who know me in real life know that I have spent the past six weeks in varying degrees of pain. I had no idea what “pain management” meant, but I do now. Every day is a different struggle to find the will in myself to do things I took for granted before. During the worst times, I find solace wherever I can - I have become a consummate pill-swallower, my first-person-shooter skills have improved tremendously, and I have devoured the Olympics coverage.
And today - or rather tonight, after I left work early - I had the following pleasures, which distracted me (somewhat) from my daily agony:
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I read this in college, but no summary can really capture the beauty of each passage and the terrible, vivid story of the Joads.
- “Carry Me Home” by Polly Paulusma.
- Haagen-Dazs’ Vanilla Honey Bee Ice Cream. I’ve been following the plight of the honey bee for the past year or so, and when I found this ice cream at my store two days ago, I had to buy it. Honey ice cream! It’s divine.
- Clueless. God, it takes me back to high school. And Bravo played it twice tonight! I was inspired to put on heels :)
August 24th, 20088:55 pm at
Love your work, especially the above. Sometimes you make me feel like throwing my camera out! You take so many beautiful images. First came across your site from a Pentax forum link, I think.
Hope the pain management is going okay. Maybe a trip home to Mom, homemade cookies and a bit of pampering will fix things?
cheers Eric
August 24th, 200811:30 pm at
Hope relief comes soon, Keitha.
I will also admit I watched way too much Olympic coverage over the last two weeks.
In high school, I literally slept through our movie presentation of The Grapes of Wrath in English class. A number of years ago, the release of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad” prompted me to buy and read TGOW, and I’m really glad I did. Someday I’ll read it again. I may read one of Steinbeck’s other books one of these days.
August 29th, 20088:51 am at
I don’t know you pain, because I found this site an hour ago…
I’m hooked (by the lack of a better word) in your photography.
Hope you find the way into better times.
All the Best,
João from Portugal