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a year with an injured shoulder

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Vancouver, 2002.02.19

I was just having a look at my journal entries from a year ago, and I've discovered that it's been quite nearly a year since the little incident in the bar that damaged my shoulder. Without having had medical coverage between then and now, I haven't had the damn shoulder looked at, and it still hurts. Ah well, no regrets. At least I wasn't walked all over (not until a few weeks later, in any event).

My journal entries from two years ago remind me that Sara and I had just arrived in Australia, and were living in a furnished apartment while we looked for a more permanent place to live and a couple of jobs. It's incredible how time flies; that brief time seems like yesterday.

rand()m quote

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

—Anne Frank