Concert photography for the new millennium: I just watched a live webcast of a Richmond Fontaine concert at Paradiso (The Netherlands) on Fabchannel and it was friggin' awesome.
Concert photography for the new millennium: I just watched a live webcast of a Richmond Fontaine concert at Paradiso (The Netherlands) on Fabchannel and it was friggin' awesome.
I was in law school when I had a catastrophic stroke due to a previously undiagnosed 14mm hole in my heart. within six weeks, I underwent surgery to repair the hole. every so often I jokingly refer to my titanium heart because that's what the patch is.
because of the stroke, I now have a seizure disorder, tremor, drastically decreasing visual accuity, and a clinically impressive 45 point discrepancy between my "smarts" and "doing" IQ. and I am EXTREMELY fortunate in that I am alive, able to work, able to communicate, and, for the most part, take care of myself (e.g.: pee on my own).
I take six medications on a daily basis to keep me functional. these are not vitamins or supplements; these are anti-epileptics, parkinsons treatments, and other brain chemical stabilizers. I cannot function without them. trust me, I've tried. it's not pretty.
so, no, I understand that we are all broken. I understand life is hard. but once we get past the emotional difficulty and needing hugs and all the shit that everybody else has (because right now I'm also still trying to be friends with my recovering-alcoholic ex who I love dearly and right now I do really fucking need a hug), I think having a goddamn legal disability makes me just a little bit more broken than the average jane.
so don't fucking invalidate me, okay?