Avoidance

So I joined a gym.

It’s a nice gym. Most gyms I’ve been to are at least somewhat dirty. They smell. They’re full of muscley preening look at me type people.

This one is different. It’s clean. It smells, well, rather neutral actually. But the towels they provide smell awesome. The showers are the two-stage kind they have in spas that have the little changing room in front of the shower stall, and the showers have shampoo and conditioner and shower gel. The locker room has hair dryers and lotion and Q-Tips and mouthwash. I go at 5 and it isn’t totally crowded. I’ve been twice this week and haven’t waited for cardio equipment either time. The crowd is a mix of all ages, and everyone is just doing their own thing.

But the best part? The sauna. I love a sauna. And this one works and everything. (the saunas at my last two gyms were hit and miss).

It’s gym nirvana.

And yet I sat in my car texting and tweeting in the parking garage for close to 45 minutes, avoiding going in.

Here we go again.

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Fall Into Color

For once in a very long while we are actually having a Fall. Usually we go straight from 80 degree weather to snow, with no middle ground. I am finding myself very grateful for this interlude between Summer and Winter this year. You should probably remind me of this respite when I am bitterly cursing the winter snows.

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My Camera Has a Cold

This episode of ProShoMoMo has been interrupted by dust on the sensor. Not just a little dust, but a giant boulder of a dust bunny that looks like a UFO on all my photos. Camera down! I repeat CAMERA DOWN!!

Of course my local camera shop doesn’t have the cleaning tools I need, so I’m temporarily sidelined.

In the meantime, say hi to Sasha. She’d like a treat, pleasethxbai.

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The Fire

We call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned

But you’ve got to be tough when consumed by desire
‘Cause it’s not enough just to stand outside the fire

- Garth Brooks

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Mirrorball

I’m so tired but I can’t sleep
Standin’ on the edge of something much too deep
It’s funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can’t be heard.

- Sarah McLachlan

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Wind of Change

The future’s in the air.

I can feel it everywhere.

Blowing with the wind of change.

- Scorpions

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Laugh

Laugh. Loudly and often.

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Lay Down

I’d like to take the sunshine right from the sky

And let it shine on you through my eyes

You see we’re all in the same boat, trying to float

So everybody grab an oar, we can make it to shore

-Lay Down (Candles in the Rain), Meredith Brooks

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Shine

When there’s nothing but no

And there’s nowhere to go

You find a way.

That’s where you shine.

-Meredith Brooks

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ProShoMoMo: Day One

It’s been a long time (for me) since I’ve been creative, so this month I’m trying something new. I’m going to post a photo a day for the month of November. Sometimes they might have words with them, sometimes not. It’s been too long since I regularly used my camera and I need to get back in the saddle.

So what are my rules for this totally arbitrary thing just I made up that I’m calling ProShoMoMo (Project Shoot More Month) (yeah I didn’t spend a lot of time with the name) (bygones)? Post a photo a day, Monday through Friday. It doesn’t have to be a new photo, but that’s my goal. For me that’s a little more realistic than committing to shooting a new photo every day, while still exercising my shutter finger.

So, without further ado…ProShoMoMo. Day One. I’d love it if you joined me!

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