A dyslexic lawyer-to-be

For some odd reason, I researched dyslexia online.

My mom told me I was dyslexic when I was a child. According to her, I would go home from school crying that I couldn't read. It took me longer than other kids to learn to read, due to my condition.

I had thought that my difficulty in learning to read was the only side-effect of my condition. However, my research has shown that I have other conditions that are asymptomatic to dsylexia.

I have difficulty distinguishing right from left. I have bad short term memory but excellent long term memory (which makes sense considering how I find it so difficult to memorize provisions). I have difficulty with math. I have a lot of trouble with spelling and normally don't realize typographical errors in things i write. Dyslexics usually have improved spatial memory, which makes sense considering I have an excellent sense of direction. I have some difficulty speaking, I often stutter and sometimes mix up my syllables. Also, dyslexic people tend to have messy bedrooms (which i have) and have diffuclty tying shoelaces (which i do). I also tend to misread my words which is also a symptom.

Lastly, people with dyslexia often have a very tight writing grip (which i have) and have difficulty writing in a straight horizontal line (me!!)

So apparently, these little quirks of mine are there for a reason. Huh. Who would've thunk. The symptoms are so erring correct that it's almost spooky.

And despite all these, I'm supposed to be a lawyer one day? Huh. Good luck to me.

On the bright side, dyslexic people are supposedly very artistic. For instance, Ansel Adams (photography god), Leonardo di vinci and Van Gogh were all supposedly dyslexic.

Striving for more

I've realized something recently. For several months, I've thought I liked where I stand photography-wise. I thought I was close to being a professional-level photographer. I thought I was producing really good photos, but recently I've come to realize that I don't like a lot of my photos. I honestly don't like them. My photos feel very ordinary and this really isn't the direction I planned to take when I started to take this hobby seriously.

I think I need to be more edgy, more artistic and more high-fashion in my portraits.

Instead of feeling bad about this, though, I feel really, really inspired. I feel like I've been too comfortable with my work and this made me very boring and stagnant as a photographer.

Realizing I don't like my photos may be for the best, it might just help me grow as a photographer. Hopefully.

Movies I want to watch

1) Sweeney Todd - Johnny Depp!!! Need I say more? I lurve you, Mr. Depp!!!

2) There Will be Blood - featuring one of my big-screen crushes of old, Daniel Day Lewis! I missed him. Haven't watched a movie of his in a long time. Supposedly its a commanding performance that will most likely bag him an Oscar nomination.

3) Gone Baby Gone - I bought the DVD already. It is only a matter of time...

4) Control

5) Eastern Promises

6) The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

7) No Country for Old Men

8) Into the Wild

9) Michael Clayton

10) La Vie en Rose

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The last few months, I've really started getting a kick over watching movies alone in the cinemas. I really, really hope some of these movies make it over to Gateway.