Post-everything, 18 November 2008
I woke up rather early today, maybe around 7 a.m.
7 a.m. is not early for other people who commonly or routinely rise at 4 or 5 in the morning to prepare for work, but still rather early for someone like me.
In the past weeks I had consciously veered away from usual online reads, specifically on tech or internet stuff, or such other diversions as I headed towards very toxic — genuinely toxic — days.
We just got over my sister's wedding and an equally demanding 15-hour shoot south of Metro Manila the next day.
Shari's wedding was put together by ourselves and her friends. We were the collective hands who were coordinators, detail handlers, budget-keepers, participants to the entourage, hosts and guests rolled in one.
The shoot, on the other hand, something I do for a living as a designer, was a packed 15-hour-something day that required several mini locations within the client's venue; an accumulation of steps and paces that may have well enough brought me all the way back to my home approximately 28 kms. away.
We were blessed with fair weather throughout the shoot on Tuesday, something of a worry on the client's side just the week before, what with the constant afternoon showers and overcast November skies. But Tuesday was cooperative and we pretty much got the schedule flowing, save for a few technical hitches that causes someone in my position to think about quick solutions which were partly solved by the staff and crew in my moments of abstraction.
There was a moment at my sister's scheduled garden wedding the day before, however, that was under threat of happening indoors at the Pavilion because it showered at around 3 p.m. and I was consulted to make a decision on behalf of the bride and groom should the uneventful happen. Thankfully, the teasing shower, which lasted for over 10 minutes, gave way to a cooler, breezy-er mid-afternoon and all went on as planned.
Post-everything means that I had, at last, successfully reclaimed some time for myself earlier to write this down. It is post-wedding prep, post-reception and party fun, post-production, post-everything.
This was supposed to be a blog about getting back some time for amusement, first by watching a video about an "ancient" Apple machine brought to an American Genius Bar in America (from Gizmodo) , and second...well, I have since lost the following moments.
What started as a quiet, cool morning, however, was broken by the presence of a cousin to sit down for some post-wedding chat, and more.
I am, therefore, finishing this reflection some 4 hours since I wrote the first line, and after a much-needed full meal since my last, on Sunday evening.
I think I need to be physically somewhere today to give my mind and body some respite after weeks of intense mind- and hand-work.
I hope, at least, that I could with the remaining hours this Wednesday.
(The geeky video is from Gizmodo)
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