You know, I'm discovering that intense focus is a two-edged sort of thing. What is that thing? Sword? Knife? Kangaroo? Something like that. Anyway, one of the things that I've been struggling with for the past few months is the enormity of the change in my life. In a lot of aspects, it's been really positive, but in others, it's been either scary or eye-opening. On the eye-opening end of the spectrum is the realization that when I really focus on something, it's HARD for me to remember to communicate properly.

Went up to Sacramento on Saturday with Rekabek to shoot some of One Proud Gemini's friends. They're in a band called Mr. Stitches. There are more, but these are my favorites:

I was reading my book at a cafe today, and I was suddenly struck by how completely my life has changed in the last year. I realized that the bookmark I was using was the business card of a "pipesmith" named Julius Vesz. I got it in Toronto almost exactly one year ago, when I accompanied The Ex Girl on a business trip.

I've been wearing glasses since I was 9. The years prior were a blur (literally) of smeared color and horrible car sickness. For some reason, poor eyesight really messes with the inner ear. But then I got checked out and fitted and WOW, I could SEE things! Leaves on trees! Edges of shadows! The tops of mountains! It was a complete and total revelation, and it changed my life.

Made a trek up to San Francisco last night with the awesome Rekabek! We headed over to Cafe DuNord to see Birdmonster play, and we took a ton of photos. Here are some of mine: