Fuck It I'm 50

Artist and filmmaker Lise Swenson's 365 blogging days of being fifty

Month: October, 2009

Body or Mind

I just got in from shooting a very nice event at the de Young this evening and all of a sudden I hurt all over. My carpel tunnel is inflamed, and sometimes holding a camera for hours will do that, but my shoulders hurt, I have a headache, and I just want to go to [...]

Nightclubs and Beaches

Mortal. In this body. In this lifetime. Just a bitty speck of energy and effort. Who the fuck cares?

Spending Time

I have been thinking about what I wrote last night. Authenticity. Being real to me, my situation, my life, my friends and family, my art.

Something About Authenticity

Struggling to breath today, trying to squelch very high anxiety. Had a great meeting with old associate from the past, interestingly we are developing projects with very similar content. Deep easy conversation and connection. Interested to see where this goes.

Please Note FB Friends and 11pm Eager Beavers

Just got in from teaching-been at it since 7:15am. Dumb long day.

DJ Made Me Smile

My Philly friend DJ has been trying to get me to come out for days as she is leaving on Tuesday, so she just showed up on my doorstep this evening, and even though I had my grumpy face on because I am STILL trying to slog through this insanity called pulling this asinine class [...]

Strapped…

…to the fucking desk all day.