how was your week? INDEED! seems the only social life I've had for
months has been doctor's visits; 2 or 3 times last week; but then, that's normal for almost every week. they say 60 is the new 40- [just like in the 90s they said 40 was the new 20] but that's only so you don't think about working till you're 67! youth is highly over rated; except i don't remember having these aches and pains, then- there again, i don't remember much of it anyway, unless it was photographed, recorded, or written in my diaries. its a good thing i was always photographing everything; as was my Mama.
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| BARBRA die wunder katze @ the vet |
On
top of everything, Barbra [the last cat standing] ran out the door last
Monday week and eventually she and the old Tom cat that hangs out got
into a tangle and fought like crazy from the patio to the pond; two
balls of fur looking as one, rolling across the yard, making a
hellacious racket. I chased them and scared the tom off, broke them up, B ran
up a tree- i had to pull her out. she was panting like she'd have a
heart attack- couldn't even close her mouth; the result of becoming a
spoiled house cat.
it was too late in the day for the vet-
and when i got her inside and saw the wounds, i couldn't really see them too well. they didn't look
terrible, i put triple antibiotic ointment on them, thinking I'd take her to the vet the next day. BUT... i felt BAD the
next morning [so did she!] and couldn't make myself move. BUT I had doctor
appointments on Wednesday so went to mine, then came home and got her,
and took her to the vet. She had been dragging and i was afraid she
might have gotten something from the bites; sure enough, she had. i
hadn't been able to see the wound, but when the vet got a hold of her-
he 'mashed' them, [which i couldn't or wouldn't have done- she yowled]
got all the infection out, cleansed them, and gave her about 3 different
injections. Despite it all, she was a good baby- the above photo was
after the cleansing but before the shots. we got home and both conked
out. Thursday, like Tuesday was a wash.
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| my own personal fun kit |
Friday,
there was more fun in store for me. i had blood work, lab tests, then
two different biopsies. due to past family medical history, and my own
bout with cancer, i am generally paranoid of the big C.
since then i have been doing little to nothing, but some art in various forms- i.e. ink or pencil drawings, worked more on my 2nd etching, and yesterday began to experiment with animation. I've done short experimental films, usually using photos or videos, BUT this was the first time i drew each frame. it is definitely time consuming. i'd planned to work in/around the house, instead i wound up drawing hundreds of 'frames' for each video- then finding experimental music from my archives to add as background.
Brakhage said film should have no sound, no background music- that film should speak for itself; although he had scores on many of his films. but, i think he may be right. Also, animation is something i want to pursue further... as i want to begin doing more experimental and short film projects. i began doing those in Switzerland a few years back, and have since stopped.
i did a lot of music 2 weeks ago- about 4 or 5 sessions for cds- one of faux cello music, one of faux violin music, one experimental piano session, one "semi normal" jazzy bluesy solo piano thing, and one of minimalist -possible- song beds. now to edit it all. THAT is a chore. but in between doctor visits and the daily drudgery of every day chores, i will be waiting out the summer inside, working on these various projects... then, maybe, i'll go outside...
[C]2012 DOUG DUFFEY
