I played with my new camera last night.
Baby’s First Refraction
I played with my new camera last night.
Category Archives: Quick Thoughts
Un folding
Spirals, strings, stress, waves
THE WAVES WAVES
Have you see this?
THIS RIGHT HERE.
It’s what I do every day.
Every.
Fucking.
Day.
I dare you. I D-Motherfucking AIR YOU to see me.
SEE THIS.
Blue motherfucking hair.
Today I…
took my medicine
went to my job
emptied the back seat of my car
did my laundry
cleaned my bathroom
swept
increased satellite coverage to all of Africa
ate a fried egg on a bacon cheeseburger
took my vitamins
spoke with a distant friend
enjoyed some chocolate cheesecake
shared my day with you.
Lessons
Lesson 1 – What you do affects other people.
Lesson 2 – You can’t get everything you need from one person.
Lesson 3 – Not everyone deserves your full attention.
And you can take those to the bank.
Unfiltered
Heavy and sweet
Syruping my throat
Bubbling my words
I croak with the effort
Attempting to make
An eloquent scene
Matching the feeling
My heart exudes
Chances to stare
Chalked up to cliche
Advantage, honor code.
The most glaring gaps
Are the simplest thing
Moments not shared
Sushi not eaten.
Shows not binged
Impulses not rewarded.
What hurts run deeper.
Habits accounted for
Mutually budgeted time
Comfortable ideologies
Pets only we share.
I consume less alone.
An unforeseen loss
Interest in longevity.
Lies always exist
Worming around corpses
Of first impressions.
Creating space inside
Filled with love, or pride.
Glaring ego glimmering
Over a tundra of feelings.
Freedom and expression
Can be mutually exclusive.
Last Date
I didn’t even have to be in court. No shared assets, no children, no hard feelings. Just a legal procedure. I’m so grateful to the Baby Boomer generation. Their efforts are what streamlined the whole process. The droves of middle age women discovering new independence and reclaiming their personal freedom has condensed divorce into a 3-page worksheet.
I gotta say though, divorce lawyers are assholes. Some people like assholes. I’m into nice guys, personally.
DeKalb?
I think someone attempted to steal my identity this morning.
Racism
In vocational school I spent some time training at The Med. On my first day, Tanya and I were walking back from the ED (Emergency Department) where we’d dropped off a patient. A man and his wife came rushing up to me and asked where he should go to find his family member. I immediately ceded the floor to the employee standing right next to me.
They stood there, mouths agape, unable to make words. Why the hesitation? My confusion cleared up when I saw the look on Tanya’s face. Pursed lips and the dead-eyed determined glaze of a woman dealing with idiots. Just then a young man in a long white coat rushes up to the couple with that comforting sense that he’d been looking for them all along. The triad frantically wanders off and we keep walking.
I looked at Tanya and she looked at me. “You saw that, didn’t you?”
I cast my eyes down, “Yeah,” I sigh, “It’s what I think it was?”
“Yep.”
Gash: S&M Punk
I’m watching two sexy women salaciously roll around on top of each other in front of moderately attractive dudes playing hardcore music. There’s a submissive in the corner doing some strange form of masochistic yoga in-between songs/lashings. The mosh pit is a haze of beer, sweat and glitter. There was a time I’d feel insecure even watching this show. Now I’m wondering if I should join in. I was offered glitter before the show by an Amazon in thigh-high black vinyl boots and a shiny rainbow bikini. I politely refused while slowing inching away. I’ve been glitter-free for almost a year now. I’d like to keep it that way.