Today at Comfest I tested my camera and my ability to tape while directing my wheelchair. It works great I must say. The wheelchair allows me to tape pretty much jiggle free, sort of like having a video dolly on the set of a movie. Last night I had the idea for this blog, well actually my partner had the idea. Now that I have a video camera it will work perfectly.
My intent for this blog is to document through video and words exactly what it's like to use a wheelchair. Why I think most people are well-meaning but suck most of the time anyway and why I think anyone who uses a wheelchair full-time deserves a medal of honor.
Like it or not this my blog and I'll say what I want.
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Ever wonder what life is like for someone in a wheelchair? This is the place to find out.
Favorite Authors
- Pema Chodron
- Jane Hamilton
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Emma Donoghue
- Sara Waters
- Margaret Atwood
Books I Like
- Slammerkin
- Wherever You Go There You Are
- The Road Less Traveled
- Pushing the Limits Disabled Dykes Produce Culture
- Restricted Access
- Still Me
- Anything by Sara Waters
- Oryx & Crake
- The Immortals
- Emma & Me
- Gemma
- We Were The Mulvaney's
- Running With Scissors
Favorite Movies
- Wanda Sykes (anything)
- Margaret Cho Revolution (anything really)
- I've Got What I Want
- Imagine Me & You
- Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love
- Search For Intelligent Signs of Life in the Universe
- Shawshank Redemption
- White Palace
- The Hunger
- The Others
- Thelma & Louise
- Blood DIamond
- LOTR Trilogy
- I (heart) Huckabees
- American Beauty
- Warm Springs
- The Piano
- Farenehit 9/11
- The Big Chill
Hard at Work
Links I Like
- The Anti-Drudge
- RoseanneWorld
- Air America
- Randi Rhodes Show
- Crooks And Liars
- Rosie O'Donnell's blog
- Tammy Lynn Michaels Blog
- My professional life
- retired waif
- Midlife And Treachery
- Disability Rants
- Nasty Girls
- A Different Light
- Twinkle Little Star
- The Gimp Parade
- Disability Blogger
- Disability Law
- Disability Culture Watch
- Crip Chronicles
- Crip Critic On Pop Culture
Blog Archive
About Me
- rolling around
- World Without Tears, OH
- I'm an artist, activist, spouse, mother to three fur children and wheelchair user. I have been in the chair for 20 yrs as the result of a spinal cord injury while hiking. I have a Master's Degree in Counseling but due to pain related to Rheumatoid Arthiritis I retired in 2000. Since that time I have devoted my life to producing and making a living on my art.
5 comments:
Oooo. If you can come to BlogHer in Chicago it might be so awesome!
I am imagining now how neat it would be to have short video clips of the crazy things people say & then analyze how rude they are.
whats BlogHer? Keep watching my blog, I'm uploading some footage of an encounter I had with my Service Dog and a self-righteous self-proclaimed "animal rights activist"
g'day and good to meet you!
River
ok, I now know what BlogHer is. CRA* I have an art show that weekend. CHi isn't that far either.
Definitely next year and definitely will watch the live blogging when I can.
Very cool that you can videotape from your power wheelchair - welcome to blogging and thx for your comment at a different light .
I enjoyed your blog - looking forward to more posts.
great blog! i think all the time about how things look from jack's perspective...he's still refusing to use a wheelchair, but he did try out a sit-to-stand chair the other day... he liked being able to stand and do donuts!!
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