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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared
The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!
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Reason to Live #9078
Slices of cake that look so decadent and delicious!! – Guest Submission
(Please don't add negative comments to these posts.)
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"Mincemeat". First one is the RL hand inked version; it's actually all black but I changed the meat color digitally. Second is done with a set of digital hatching brushes I was experimenting with. It's almost painful how much faster digital is.
I want to try this idea again at a later date. I still really like the overall idea, but there's much more I could've done in the face in hindsight. I'm in my 30s and I still don't thumbnail as often as I should.
I still can't figure out what tags people use most on this site or how they use tags (excepting commentary of course; which I love).
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The MRI chirps and chatters right through the noise cancellings ear muffs. I lie very still. Immovable object versus unstoppable magnetic force.
"Take a deep breath. Stop breathing."
I follow the robot lady's instructions.
"Continue breathing."
Thanks. I will.
Something inside me wants to rebel. Who is she to tell me how to fucking breathe? But I obey because I want the pictures to be immaculate. I want them sharp and clear. My insides revealed and laid bare without a single cut made. No blood.
When the assistant strapped me into the infernal machine she asked if I was okay. I smiled a debilitating smile and assured her I'm FINE. HA, ha, ha.
Now I'm just annoyed.
"Breathe shallowly."
I try to flatten my breath into the tiniest movements possible. Breathe shallowly, my ass. Have you ever been instructed how to breathe!? As soon as I focus on the air entering my lungs I feel like I'm suffocating. Not enough oxygen. Not enough.
Fuck this. I decide to breathe just the normal amount. Focus on something else.
Half way through the assistant comes in and says: "We're going to inject the contrast agent now. Are you okay?"
"Yes!" I pipe. My voice has a ridiculously cheerful ring to it. Fuck me.
The chirping and beeping and clattering continues.
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After the thing is done, they get me out of the tube and pull the needle out of my arm. Swab, band aid, press down for 2 minutes!
In the end the assistant hands me a big, big envelope with my pictures.
Tiny, tiny pictures. Hundreds of images. Printed on glossy paper. And completely useless without the orignal sized digital versions. Nondescript without the radiologist's report.
I go home and look at the tiny pictures. Study each square. I squint and try to recognize any kind of abnormality. Anything, really.
Useless. We wait.
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