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I had a physical today at 1:30, the standard yearly thing, which is bad enough, but having to fast for 8 hours before an afternoon appointment is the pits. I meant to wake up at 5 to have breakfast, but I tried to get fancy with the alarm clock settings and screwed it up, so I overslept and missed my chance. I would have just eaten something anyway, but then when the cholesterol tests came back I would have just blown them off as unreliable and kept eating my daily bag of cheese. Anyway, I never thought I would make it, usually I eat some cereal for breakfast and then still need a granola bar by 10:30 just to keep functioning. But after awhile, the hunger just went away, much like I imagine the pain of a marathon runner fades away.

Yes, I am comparing skipping breakfast to running a marathon.

I had to move the doctor appointment because tomorrow through Monday I’m going out to a small town on the Chesapeake Bay to shoot stills on the set of a small horror film. This is really what I’ve been working towards for awhile, it’s the reason I put the new web site together, got business cards, I’ve been buying some new gear for it etc. I’ve been putting feelers out to a number of film producers, and this is the first one* that’s gotten to the point where they are ready to film. If I can’t make a project out of this, then I should find a new hobby.

*Well, there was that one guy who, it turned out, was shooting a horror porn film. I hadn’t noticed that detail. When I mentioned I was hoping to possibly sell shots to the local media (among other outlets,) he said “Umm, I don’t think that’s going to work out.” He never did get back to me.