Do West-Coasters Get SAD?
Today is the Chase Corporate Challenge at RIT and I’m excited because I’ll be getting out of work a little early to join the other 11,000 participants at this year’s race. Though, I’m on the fence if I’ll run, walk, or just hang back with my wife and help her out at her company’s tent. :)
I’m going to bring my camera and see if I can’t pop of a few shots before the race starts. If I end up not running, I’ll take a few pictures of the race start and of the first hundred finishers and my wife’s team’s picture too!
Portrait photography is something that I’m starting to really enjoy, along with wedding photography and fine art photography. There are so many beautiful locations in Rochester, New York and really in Upstate, New York in general. Photographing weddings in Rochester is truly exceptional!
It is beautiful outside! Something that I’ve noticed is that I’m much happier when the weather is very sunny and warm. I started reading forward into my Stress Management text, to get a jump start on things and not fall behind, and in the chapter the text refers to SAD, a phenomenon that occurs when people do not get enough sunshine – such as in the arctic circle. While I definitely do not suffer from SAD, it was interesting to read about the link between weather and personal health altogether.
There’s a consensus that folks on the West coast are a lot happier than us East coast folks, maybe there’s a correlation there. Can sunshine make one warm on the inside too?
Anywho – I’m excited for the weekend, as I’ll be photographing a wedding in Keuka Lake, New York which will kick start the wedding photography season in Rochester, New York. ;)
I’ll post some of the wedding photos later on in the weekend. It’s gorgeous outside – warm, sunny, and 70º!
A Cold, Frosty One…
Day that is.
It was warmer this morning at mid-night than it was 8 hours later, when I left for work.
Remind me why I choose to live in the Northeast section of the United States.
This morning at 8am, the temperature in Fairport (a suburb of Rochester, NY) was 6ºF (-14ºC).
Now, I’m no stranger to cold weather, I’ve lived in the Northeast my whole life – first as a child in Erie, PA, then moving to Rochester when I was 19 to work at a CBS affiliate. Incidentally, kids, if you have even the slightest notion of working in television as a career, allow me to redirect you away from making one of the most horrific decisions of your life.
You will work like a dog.
You will make no money working like a dog.
You will work weekends, making no money working like a dog.
Fortunately, I was only subjected to this abuse for a little over 9 years before finally getting out.
My wish for you is that you learn from the past mistakes, or misfortunes whatever the case may be, of others and choose greener, less dusty and burnt pastures as a means to an end.
If you hear the words, “Bachelor of Communications” from your school guidance counsellor – leave the room. It’s a trap. Don’t become another one of Skinner’s rats searching for a piece of educational cheese.
Do yourself a favour – listen to those who have been there, done that.
Anyway…
It was another day “exciting” day for me at work. Fortunately, there was only 1 commercial to work on. This allowed me to dive into my blog :) I also retouched a photo for a friend of my wife and, I laid out a financial plan for the next several months.
Keziah also forwarded me a link to a new undergrad business program at RIT which looks like a program I’d be interested in applying for – after I attain my associates.
That reminds me, I need to run out to the bookstore to buy books for my classes which start on January 22.
I’d run and do that tonight after work, but:
1.) It’s ridiculously cold out.
2.) I have a date with paint tonight.
I’ll push it off until tomorrow or the weekend ;)
It’s 5:15pm, and I’m heading home!
About 8 hours later and we’re about 95% done with all the painting in the house.
It’s 1:15am and I’m heading off to bed.