eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (cyhmn)
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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 12:33am on 2008-01-06

Home. Exhausted. Got to gig late because of a plane crash on the parkway, so I was tuning during teaching of the steps of the first dance. Either the wrist is getting worse or I'm just randomly having an especially bad day, because most of the strumming was bloody excruciating even with extra dose of pain meds, and this wasn't even the usual Homespun Ceilidh Band extra-vigorous repertoire. Was most of the way home before the wrist went back to just hurting as much as it had been before the gig. Other than the plane crash and the wrist pain, everything went well. Glad I was able to be there.

Did I mention exhausted? Ow.

Need to restring the 6-string, I think. And one of the first two frets on the 12-string is buzzing. :-( I don't usually notice because I capo it at the 2nd fret, but tonight I played w/o the capo for the tune in two flats. (Noticed the buzzing while tuning.)

Hope I feel well enough to get out of the house tomorrow ...

When Perrine sniffs my hands after I come home from someplace not cat-inhabited, I can't tell whether she's disappointed ("Huh. No other cats to smell. How boring.") or relieved ("Oh thank goodness -- no competition."). I do know she spends a lot more time sniffing me if I have been petting other cats (as one would expect).

Tried to shoot dancers, but needed a wider lens on the film camera and a faster sensor on the digital camera (I didn't want to use flash).

Very worried about money. More on that later.

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posted by [identity profile] chesuli.livejournal.com at 09:35am on 2008-01-06
*hugs* Just got home myself. Was great to see you!!!

If you have any even tolerable pics of me, can you email over at some point? I managed to get someone to take one of me & R, which came out so-so.

And as mentioned, March 1st Garlic.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:47am on 2008-01-07
I haven't gone through them all, but so far all the ones in which you're facing me (or at a 3/4 angle), you're also moving ... and I found out when I looked at the EXIF data that my exposures were about a second long. (Whoops. It didn't sound that long when I was shooting, but I do have a couple of pictures where a dancer crossed completely from one side of the frame to the other without stopping, leaving a transparent smear, which does indicate exposures about that long. I'm surprised I blurred the background as little as I did, shooting handheld at that speed.)

If I spot anything good as I go through the rest, I'll send it. I may have gotten something on film I don't know when I'll get around to developing that roll. I hope my chemicals are still good.
 
posted by [identity profile] donnad.livejournal.com at 01:20pm on 2008-01-06
When I have the hand and wrist pain that the oral NSAID's wont touch I will often use a topical cream to help me get by. Something like Aspercream or Theragesic. They are quick fixes that can help in the short term.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:39am on 2008-01-07
I'll give those a try. Saturday night I was thinking more along the lines of a hypodermic full of novacaine; I don't think oral hydrocodone would have done the trick if I'd had any (codeine + Ultram helped a little, but it was still pretty darn painful to play).

And by the way -- happy birthday!
 
posted by [identity profile] donnad.livejournal.com at 11:42am on 2008-01-07
:)
Thanks.

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