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Emotionally Draining

Creating a final video for a friend who has died to show to friends and family after her funeral is one of the toughest things I have had to do. I describe as like peeling onions! Desperate to get it finished I was up last night until nearly 4:30 but, I couldn't have slept with it unfinished, it was too important. This morning it took me an hour to pluck up the courage to watch the finished production. Usually, video creating is akin to cooking a meal, by the time it is ready I am sick of it and don't want to see it anymore. With this, wow! An emotional explosion. Of course, I may be the only one it affects but, if all that work got just one predictable reaction, I am happy with it. Who would think so much could be packed into just 15 minutes, not very long at all for a lifetime. Obviously, no one will ever know how complex it was to make, that doesn't matter really, the end result it was matters. It probably holds the record for the fastest production ever by me. There wer...

Stubborn as Hell

Being indoors on my own I finally succumbed to my tiredness and went to bed. Laying there for a moment, desperate to sleep and in pain I thought to myself .. Fuck this, you're a long while dead so get your arse outta bed and live your life I am having a bath, doing some last moment packing, sorting out some housework and then, whatever there is to do, I am doing it