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I haven't finished sorting, tagging, and editing my photos from our trip to VA/WV. There are hundreds of them, and between taking an exam this Monday and dealing with anxiety before today's photography assignment, not to mention loads of time relaxing my mind via Facebook's FarmTown and FarmVille, I haven't made much progress. I don't feel bad about it, though. I'm too busy living life out loud (as one friend put it) to beat myself up over something so inconsequential.

My exam on Monday did not go well. I'll have to retake it, after I study some more. I'm glad my school allows free retakes. Since I don't have a photography assignment next week, I'll use the week to study and take practice exams.

In happier news, Dad is finally home from rehab and is learning to get around on his prosthetic leg with the help of a walker. I haven't seen him, yet. Maybe later this year I can take a trip to see him. It depends on how my money flows.

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It's Alive!

What's this I hear about LiveJournal "dying"? Several LJers have made that claim, but I don't see what they mean from where I'm sitting. While some of the LJ blogs I read/watch have been slower at posting (as I have been in recent weeks), my reading list is so active and so diverse that I have felt perpetually behind on reading for the past month. For the time being I have no interest in blogging elsewhere as much as I blog here, and I have plenty enough to read to keep me here.

Anyway, I know I haven't posted much as of late, but it is not due to defecting to some other blogging site or losing interest in y'alls posts. I'm still here, and I'm glad you are still here, too.

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This morning I took a long, hot shower. The weather is getting cooler, and one of the few good things about cool weather is hot showers and hot baths. (Another is fully gearing up for a motorcycle ride without wilting from the heat.) I took my time with lots of suds and came out squeaky clean from scalp to sole. Then I spent the next 90 minutes carefully grooming my locs. The result was feeling "together" for the first time in a couple of weeks. My hair feels like mine, again.

The result was also being relaxed enough to pass out for two hours. Ahem. I guess I needed a bit more sleep than I got, last night. But I was so happy to have had a productive day at work on Friday, I was too keyed up to fall asleep before 2:30 AM. I played lots of FarmTown and FarmVille, bought Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique, and enjoyed being the only one in the household awake. It's no surprise I crumpled into a snoring heap in the middle of the bed in the early afternoon!

When I awoke T and I installed her saddlebags on the bike. We had stumbled on a well-staffed motorcycle shoppe down in Princeton, WV, and he had some used saddlebags for $50. We couldn't resist, so the bags came home with us. (The bracket is coming in the mail; it will probably arrive next week.) Now we don't have to run the cover and chain upstairs every time we are ready to ride. The bags went on with little trouble, and we hit the road for a turn around town.

But not before a father and his two kids stopped us and asked if his son could sit on the bike and pose for a photo for him. The kid was cute, about 8, I think. "It's SO BIG!" the boy exclaimed as T picked him up and placed him in the driver's seat. He was grinning like he'd won the lottery.

Meanwhile his sister (about the same age) chatted with me. When I asked if she wanted to pose for a picture, too, she said, "No. I hate motorcycles." She eyed T in her leather jacket and asked, "Is that your husband?" I chuckled and told her no, that is my girlfriend. She wanted to know whose bike it was and whether I could drive it, and she listened attentively while I explained the difference between having a car license and a motorcycle permit. When she left with her dad and brother, I told her it had been nice talking to her.

When labyrinthnight gets back home, we are all going to relax in the living room with the Wolverine movie and some drinks. And I am going to edit photos from our vacation. That means photo posts in the near future. :-)

Leaving New York

Driving through the Holland Tunnel from Manhattan to NJ
5 September 2009

Views From the Road

The 5 September ride from NYC to T's mom's house in Pocahontas, VA took us 10 hours. T drove all the way, which left me to play DJ on the car stereo--I've introduced her to Staind, and to my surprise, she likes them! In addition to playing DJ and serving snacks I spent a lot of time...you guessed it: making photos!


Riding through PA

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