I was on vacation from 12/24 until 1/2/08. I got through Christmas without seizures; I was actually stressing a little bit if I would like last year.

I thought it was oh so holiday ironic that I had one in my apartment New Year's Eve; more like afternoon. I was facedown in the storage closet I just cleaned a few days ago. I'm pretty sure it was only for a minutes; I determine this though inductive reasoning and itunes.

There are two photos at the bottom. Exh. A is me playing with the laptop camera pre-event. Exh. B is moments after the event.

Today I'll be working at the Miami @ New England game, so I'll keep it brief. I've really only had Saturdays off for most of december because of the NFL but this will be the last bit of freelance work for me until 2008; I'm taking the week off from the shop as well. Finally, a vacation.

The only thing my hand is going to do is lift it to my mouth.

I have both a lot and very little to report today. I haven't contributed in a while and wanted to fix that with something today. I read on the latest blog tab that andy m had written a goodbye a few days ago. I should write him an email first but I'm reversing the order this time.

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving like I did. Yet another door-to-door car service from members of my family; I think they're now fighting over who gets to pick/drop me at my apartment. I was in Connecticut and stayed over Thursday night at my Aunt and Uncle's and left Friday afternoon.

I'm back. It took a while for me to figure out that using Firefox was a fatal error with the re-design of the website. I'm sure the administrators were sick of my exasperated emails anyway. I've been really busy and really didn't look too deeply into the problem and never thought to use a different browser; duh.

I got a letter from my neurologist yesterday, it read, in part: "We presented your case formally for review in epilepsy meeting today. We all unanimously felt that should you breakthrough medications, you would be a reasonable...

It's been a while, I'll try to spare you my usual "...and then on wednesday I did this", so i'm by-passing last weeks events. Today three fun things happened: 1.) It was no dream, the Red Sox did win the World Series...

Monday I went to the Boston Premeire of the Ben Affleck Directed "Gone Baby Gone". I had worked three days on it in the summer 2006. It was a very good movie, I really enjoyed seeing the non-postcard neighborhoods of Boston. Perhaps...

News this morning is a simple-partial moments ago sitting in front of my computer. I think it was less than 30 secs. Don't I know how to start a weekend? This week was pretty good aside from that recent event. Columbus Day...

Today I got out and enjoyed the nice weather while it lasts and I decided to take in a matinee of "Michael Clayton" at the Boston Common theater. It's a really good film, go see it now. In a lot of ways, primarily by the way it...

This week was a downer. This largely from the fact that I was still sick; cold and bronchitis. It was busy at work and I had a freelance job for one day on a scenic unit for "Bachelor no. 2" Tuesday; This job was pushed until some...

Today I have my Globe but no Times. Phone calls will have to be made. Lets recap the week. Last Sunday was the freelance job for NFL films loading on the sidelines. Producers had selected it as game of the week which meant more...

Saturday morning. I feel slightly better than I did yesterday; I have the cold. I left work early yesterday and slept from the afternoon until just a moment ago. I'm pretty sure I caught it from another camera assistant who was...

woke up this morning (traditional blues riff) the papers weren't there (blues riff) my neighbors or the paper boy (blues riff) don't seem to care. (big finish) I went down to the stoop at around 8:30a and then...

Labor Day weekend. Going to the Red Sox game tomorrow. Last night I was pub-crawling in Waltham with friends. It was fun to watch Bucholz no-hit the Orioles. Last week was busy, it started with the MRI on Monday. I actually...

I've been busy despite working only four days this week. I was back at The Lahey Clinic today for a PET scan with an EEG as the opening act at 7:15 this morning. My Dad picked me up last night and I had dinner with the parents...

Sunday morning....NY Times (is now physically 1.5" smaller, that'll take some getting used-to), breakfast and coffee. I guess I left off at the late-june seizures. I returned to Boston a few days later and resumed my regular...

I guess it's been a while. I have not posted for 6 or 7 weeks and i would like to apologize to the both of you reading. To sum up: The LA music-video I had described in the last post was a great experience; I have a...

Location scout today at Vasquez Rocks, a national park north of LA. I understand that the original Star Trek shot there a few times...it really is like being on another planet. This location is for the first day of shooting on...

Leave for LA tommorrow morning. So far I've drank coffee, bought and listened to Arcade Fire's new album and started to think about packing. I shipped out my tool kit to LA and it arrived on Tuesday so I'll just check one bag...

It's been a while, sorry. So much news. First, I'm firming up with my producer friend of mine for the music-video next month. He has pushed two consecutive weekends together into 5 consecutive days; six if you count the...

I have a friend from high-school days who lives and works in Hollywood. He's the only LA connection I have. His background is a puppeteer and puppet-builder who is producing a music-video in LA in june. Not so long ago, when...

Okay. May's off to a crack of a start. This story is ALMOST as good as the Yankees being in last place in the AL East (sorry, Anna, buck up, its a long season). Wow, i just said good luck to the yankees, that means its time for...

This month of April has really kicked my ass. All the doctor appointments... Vegas... Work... Freelancing... my head's spinning just recalling it...reaching for evening dose of keppra and dilantin now. I saw my...

Tuesday, April 17 was going to be the hardest-working/longest day of the show. I think I already had a pretty good headache going by 10 am. The volume of NAB show attendees on Tuesday was just incredible and the high level of visual...

On April 16, my boss Brian and I land no problem in Las Vegas and we're down to business right away. Cab to the airport check-in and drop the bags. At Las Vegas Convention Center, during the registration component of the show...

Wow....tough week. Viewing my calendar to see what i need to catch-up on. 4/13/07 I had an appt with my generalist. He seems to notice my mood as being down during the exam...he would too if he had my file. Until I make some...

Lets see....I had yet another appointment with the medical professionals at St. Elizaberth's yesterday as well as this morning. Showed up to the Specialty Dept. yesterday and couldn't really be sure what kind of specialist I was...

Sunday Morning....waiting for "Meet the Press" to come on. I've been getting a lot of stuff in the mailbox, all in-boxes really, about 600 elections. Let me explain, 600 is the union I belong to when I freelance as...

I think I'm continuing to adjust to the new routine of keppra 750mg twice daily and 300mg of dilantin in the evening. I've been seeing more of the me that i recognize when the Tegretol was working. Under Tegretol, i seemed to...

I want the readers to know that the thought of me talking about epilepsy, let alone publishing a blog on it, would have been unthinkable a month ago. My seizures were controlled through Tegretol for many years and I suppose I thought...