So. It's been a while.
No particular reason for the radio silence, other than my own periodic blogging apathy.
In the interest of getting back into the game, recent happenings:
1. I had a bit of a freak accident a couple weeks ago. I stood up too quickly at home and fainted, knocking my glass of water off the table in the process. The glass smashed on the floor and I landed on my back directly on top of the glass. I pulled a 1.5 inch piece of glass out of my lower back when I came to, surveyed the blood, and decided I should probably call 911. After a few hours in the ER, I left with 9 new stitches and no need for any future lower back tattoos.
2. Not too long after fainting incident, I ran 1/4 of the Maine Marathon as part of a relay team. My team wore Honey Badger t-shirts that were 4 sizes too small and it poured rain throughout the entire race. Regardless, we managed to have a kickass time and I got to cross Portland, a very lovely little city, off my travel list. I've decided that I like marathon relays: all the excitement and swag of a marathon, 1/4 of the effort. If you see a marathon in your future (be it half, full, or relay), I highly recommend Maine- it's only $60 for the full.
3. I ventured back into the world of sewing my own clothing. I used to take sewing classes as a kid and made all sorts of skirts, shorts, dresses, and tops at my weekly lessons. The sewing machine had been dormant in the closet for a long time and I figured unemployment was as good a time as any to get back on the horse. I managed to produce a pretty decent work-appropriate dress from several yards of a lightweight tweed suiting fabric and wore it to a job interview.
4. I developed another roll of 120mm film and discovered something new about my camera: The longer I leave a roll of film in the camera, the hazier my images will turn out. This particular roll, stretching from mid-August to mid-October, is dominated by two themes: vestiges of summer and harbingers of autumn.
Last 2 frames: cranberry harvest in the Manomet area of Plymouth
Okay. The first paragraph made me laugh (at the end). Then, I felt bad. OMGWTF. I can't believe that happened to you, but I'm glad all is well. And then you rocked a marathon relay? Kudos. I would have used that as an excuse to quit running, probably.maybe.
ReplyDeleteOn a final note, I dig those images tremendously.
1) Don't forget about the culottes.
ReplyDelete2) I think the 2nd picture should be titled "drunk sailing"