Hello All. Warning--NOT A SHORT POST Barely IOM related!
Sorry for the delayed postings, but as I had mentioned before, this week (and the near future) is turning out to be very busy for me. Yesterday, starting in the late afternoon, I worked with ABC News and their ad agency in producing yet another new hour-long news program for next season. Immediately after that gig, I scurried on over to work on covering the grand opening of Club Carbon, a new, ultra-trendy NY nightspot for a new multi-language European TV show. Beautiful people and runway models everywhere (Then there was us, the ugly film crew).
After a nice 2 hours of sleep, I showed up at my 6 a.m. call to cover a documentary on head and brain trauma at a special facility in nearby Connecticut. The people at this facility are out of the hospital, but in various states of physical and mental disability. Some can't walk. Some talk very, very slowly. Some may at first seem physically OK, but there is a loss of emotional control (Ego, Superego) which manifests itself in violence or sexual actions.
Let me just say up front, that everyone here in this forum could do themselves a favor, and pause just a little moment to reflect on his/her life and everything that that makes it unique and worthwhile. The people I met today at the Trauma Center are truly inspiring in that even though they have endured anything from a car crash, to being born with a faulty brain blood vessel, they all share a great courage and spirit in trying to go on with their lives. The lives they enjoyed before their trauma will never be the same, but they are going on living anyway, and are in a unique position to understand how precious life itself truly is.
Now, if you will forgive me for that previous aside, I will turn my attentions to IOM. IOM went down to 16 3/4 today. Really, that's all I know since I was out on location all day and didn't have access to any form of media.
Tomorrow, it's the same gig as today, so I again won't be here until later at night. Happy Trading. |
