Straight Edge Life

Something made me smile today… I was updating my color preferences in photoshop, getting ready to recalibrate everything for some printing I’ll be doing in a week or so… when I started to remember how much I LOVE working with images. Not just photography, but images in general. It makes me happy to work an image until it reflects what’s in my head… to make it say what I can’t find the words to say. And now, as I’m sliding rapidly towards sleep with a Unix Shell Programming book in my hands I’m realizing how much I love having technology in my life. I can’t get enough of learning languages, expanding my understanding of unix, linux, lasso, mysql, mac os x, css, and html. Operating systems, scripting languages, oo programming, you name it. And as I’m thinking about all of this I’m wondering how long it’s going to be before I can get my shop put back together so that I can start making frames again.

What makes me the happiest of all though is, first, that I’m excited as hell about anything. Post depression this is a good, good thing. Second… I’m psyched about a pretty well-rounded batch of hobbies (habits?). Art, Science, Craft… Now all I need is a something more physical in my life. I love biking, my camera bag is viciously heavy these days (damn that Mamiya RB67), it’s a workout to carry it when I’m shooting, and when I’m working on frames I’m at least on my feet. But biking is hindered by wicked allergies for the time being and my shop isn’t set up.

Well, three out of four isn’t bad. For now.