Fuck It I'm 50

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

Weird and Hot Day in Seattle

I have moved into the lobby of the Westin. I sit here and type and talk on the phone. It is my office, I wonder if I could get away with sleeping here.

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Next Day in Seattle

I could cry.

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With My Dad

I am in Seattle and in the Emergence Room in the Swedish hospital with my Dad.

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Working Against Myself

My pain, broadly speaking, was acute most of today. Breathless and agitated in my body, it was a wonder I could think at all. But despite my inner and outer paralysis, I plowed through and made myself work. While I resisted crying.

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Breathless Day of the Demon Parade

They are startling in their glory. All my demons, having a roast, a toast, a feast, a BBQ, a game of charades, a picnic, a ritual sacrifice, and a game of badminton all at once.

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Not Born on the 4th of July

And I just got in and I gotta go straight to bed cause we gotta get up in just a few hours.

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Reading and Writing

I have been working on the 323 show that opens in less then three weeks, combing through my photos and trying to read my blog to pull out excerpts, and it has been so hard, embarrassing in fact. It only just occurred to me, I have a (small) solo show that features my writing and my photos.

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