besides wanting to get an iphone, i've been grappling with a huge list of other shit that i want to deal with.  i need to shoot off some film.  lots of film.  marleen isn't around to help me with special picture time, so that makes things a bit more difficult.  i can do it by myself, but large format self-portraits go a lot smoother with some assistance.  there's other stuff too.  i'm a little overwhelmed.    

in preparation for the big pittsburgh photo show coming up later this month, i went out to worcester to preview my prints.  they look good.  if it weren't weird, i'd hang all of them up in my house, but it would be weird, so i'm not going to do it.  my point is that they look sweet, and i totally want to hang them up.  

i rode the motorcycle out to worcester.  i don't usually do a lot of highway riding.  riding from wellesley to worcester shouldn't be a big deal, but when i got off the bike, my hands were all vibratey, and i felt like i had been at a rock concert all night.  i'm not sure if it's the noise from the high revving bike engine or the constant white noise of air rushing over my helmet, but my ears were ringing.  they still kind of are.  i've been contemplating longer rides recently.  i want to ride down to hometown, connecticut to say my goodbyes to some people, and also to get some paperwork done in hartford (i need original birth certificates).  i'm not sure if i can handle the intensity of a 2.5 hour ride from boston to winsted on the triumph.  it's a sweet ride (i'll post a picture or two someday), but the thing is shakey, and as i mentioned before, it's not the most reliable bike on the block.  it had the weird pissing gasoline problem again this afternoon. fortunately, i knew how to deal with it this time, so i didn't have to push the bike home from worcester.  that would have been bad.  

that's all i've got for you now.  i need to go get some cat food for young b.  she is going to be pumped to see me.  

best wishes, 

jim