kotek001's blog post - A sad, yet funny story

I woke up late. The weather was bad, totally cloudy. But I have only two photos left for posting. I checked mail and NN, had a breakfast. "Hurry up, hurry up!" Something to eat, hot coffee, a sweater, sandals (essential in this time of year). Finally I'm ready. My target: a nearby lake and its surroundings. I'm taking my bike out of the basement and... fuck! a flat tire! "OK, it's not that late, I'll fix it." The tube is unrepairable. I have two others which are punctured, but I should be able to repair them. One has two holes. "Eh, maybe the other one." One big hole. I'm applying a patch, pressing. Should be OK. Remounting. "Hurry up, it's getting late." Inflating. "Oh, no, not this!" Air immediately escapes. The glue didn't stick well. OK, I'm starting over. This time I'm more careful. More glue, waiting longer for it to dry. Remounting, attaching the pump to the valve, inflating. The same again! "What a fucking shit!" How come I'm so vulnerable? This is what concerns me most. I can do nothing. A lot of time wasted and no result. No new photos! I'm about to leave the basement, when suddenly... Hey! Oh, my goodness! Here's a package containing--yes!--a shiny new tube. It was here all the time! I could simply mount it and leave. Well, what is comforting is that I'm not that vulnerable. I had a spare tube, I just forgot about it and didn't notice it sitting right in front of my nose.

It's about emotions. Did you feel them? Ah, nevermind, the emotions are tapped into when listening, not necessarily when reading. Unfortunately, it was a true story. That work made me so hot that I decided to take a cold shower. Wow, what a pleasure it was! I wish I did it every morning, but it's usually so cold that I need some time to warm up first.

Ah, an important thing. Last Saturday I took a very beautiful photo (in my oh-so-humble opinion, ha ha). It's an interesting story by the way, maybe I'll tell you next time. I will post the photo on Tuesday, December 9th. The thing is that I find it so lovely (although not quite successful), that I'm considering placing it in the "Artistic Nudes" category. What's more, NN gives you the opportunity to re-categorize your photos, so maybe it's a good idea to move some of my past works to that category as well?