The Adventures and Misadventures of a Neer Do Well Artist Living in Baltimore. |
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I am a visual artist and writer living in Baltimore. I don't have any artist friends. Frankly, artists scare me, there so darn flaky. The above picture is either of me or proof that I'm a pretty decent artist. My goal is to be a self sufficient artist, whereas I wouldn't have to do something else in the day in order to eke out an existence. I also like to attend various cultural events around town. I go to plays, the symphony, etc. Also, I have Asperger's Syndrome. I found this out recently and it has explained a heck of a lot as to why I am as I am.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007 MORNING COMMUTE: TV on the INTERNET Could it be arthritis? Nah, can’t be Im too young.. It must have been the weather sometimes when it rains my muscles start to ache. When I was a sophomore in high school I got in a bus accident. I was halfway in the bus when the bus driver suddenly closed the door on my shoulder. I was dragged a good block and a half before he stopped. So half my body was in the bus the other half was still outside. I had to get a sling, had to do physical therapy, and had a chiropracter. Took pain medication. The pain medication did not make me feel high or anything. I do not understand how people get hooked on it. Then again maybe because I was a kid the doctor prescribed me low doses of it. I can not recall what the name of it was. It did diddly squat for me. Maybe I should have told the doctor that the pain pills were not working. Then I would have gotten the good stuff... All the kids at school who said that they were willing to be witnesses to what happened never panned out. As a result my lawsuit against the MTA was unsuccesful. I suppose if I were a more outgoing person in high school they would have been more forthcoming with my lawyer and I would have won the lawsuit. So all I have now is intermittent pain around my shoulder and arms on rainy days. Its always on the same side of my body. I suppose even if I did win the money I would still have the residual pain from the injury. God/Goddess knows its not because of lack of use. I start my day with yoga and two to three times a week I do strength training with light hand weights. The heaviest dumbell I own is eight pounds. I also like using stretchy elastic bands. I thought that by doing exercises like the ones I do would somehow eliminate muscle aches on rainy days and the spector of arthritis. WHAT IM WEARING: WALKING LOG
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