Even though I am not very good at it, I love taking pictures. (You can see the pictures I take on the show's Tumblr page.) It's not something I've always done, like some people. It's something I decided I wanted to do maybe just two or three years ago.
But there was a time - in seventh & eighth grade - when I was able to develop my own film & print my own photos. I took photography class & was on my middle school's yearbook staff. My pictures were mostly pedestrian, mainly because I didn't really know what I liked enough to take pictures of it. My teacher - whose name, alas, I don't remember - even once told me I was trying too hard, like someone who had some vague notion of what "art" is but doesn't really know. I think I once caught her laughing at some dumb picture I took, though she did try to hide it. I was more embarrassed than offended.
The reason I am mentioning this is not to plug that page, but rather to relate that one regret (of many, I'm sure) is that I never took the time to just park my car in some parts of the city & walk around taking some pictures. I was reminded of that today at the U-Haul place, which is near some interesting places, with delightful urban decay, anachronistic signage, & other things which I find fascinating, & should have taken the time to take some pictures of. It was not meant to be.
Of course there will be many more places to go & many more pictures to take, but I do wish I had a lot more memories on digital film of this town. Everything I do now I am conscious that I am doing for the last time - the last time I went to this town's Costco, the last time I went to my favorite cheap Chinese joint, etc. It seems very unhealthy to do that, but I just can't stop.
& tomorrow - one last Self Help Radio in Lexington. Oh jeez.
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