Los Angeles freewrite and my new Kindle Paperwhite!

I’m on a plane. Always on a plane it seems. Flying to Los Angeles for a week before making the drive to Vegas for Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend next Monday. It seemed like a good time for a free write. I’m flying over Nebraska, so really, what else am I going to do? Freewrites are one of my favorite byproducts of the ever growing Steemit culture. @eveuncovered, @anomadsoul, @travelgirl, @ramengirl, @rea, @world-traveler-pro and @waybeyondpadthai freewrites [...and @dtube videos]. Not just the romantic and exotic moments, but the “perception” and “reality”. When @anomadsoul writes from the back of a smell van or @eveuncovered first realized that you can’t flush toilet paper in Mexico.

I’m currently flying over the Grand Canyon. It’s a sliver lining. This has been one of the roughest flights of my life. I’ve gone off with my irrational fear of flying in every Steemit blog that involves traveling, but I’m currently trying to breath, loosen my jaw and get my resting heart rate below 140 bpm. Seeing the Grand Canyon on such a clear day, from 36,000 feet, is a beautiful sight. I’m feeling the travel fatigue now. I only slept three hours last night. I can’t believe I used to book a shoot [sometimes two] immediately after I’d land in a city. I also used to have to fly Spirit or budget airlines every trip. It’s not much, but I’m happy I’m at a point in my career that I can afford flights with WiFi, bigger seats, that allow me to bring a carry on.

Freelancers all live by the “feast or famine” mantra. I am, fortunately, right now, in the throes of the “feast” wave and after a year long bear market and slow bookings since November, it feels nice. It’s not a “2017 carefree lifestyle”, but the pressure is easing. Bitcoin just went over $5,300 briefly, and STEEM is holding above $0.50, which appears to be a crucial resistance level as @exyle talked about in one of his recent VLOG’s. With the momentum moving in a positive direction, I decided to take some profits for the first time in while. I bought myself something […not food, bills or @guthrie related]. I bought a new Kindle Paperwhite, and it’s amazing.

Packing my bag for this trip, the first worldness here is real. I packed my MacBook Pro, my iPhone, my Wacom Intuos, my iPad Pro and my tiny Kindle. So many screens; do I really need one more? @vermillionfox ridiculed me […which is fair], the the recent crypto gains were burning a whole in my pocket, but I have to say, I love this thing! @ghostfish and @mada both published novels and I’ve been reading them on my new Kindle. Multiple screens are redundant, but there’s something about this thing that makes me want to read. Even on this flight, I’m reading Junji Ito’s Uzumaki […much to the displeasure of the little old lady next to me].

For the first few days of this trip, things should be relatively calm. I have a few shoots and a wedding consultation, but the real madness isn’t happening until I leave for Vegas next week. I’m going to try and make time to focus on creative projects, like @coppercoins and other horror with @ghostfish. I have some editing to do and of course, friends to see like @mtbmondo and @thomaskuntzart. It’s a pretty evenly balanced trip between recreation and making money. Thanks for reading and staying with me through this freewrite. For more photography, art, illustration and thoughts on life from the road, follow me here @kommienezuspadt!