March 8, 2016

This is pretty funny. I gotta tell you guys something. Someone I used to know said to me, "Get a job." And then I started thinking about it. I said, "Let's see, what could I do?" I have a girlfriend on a police drama TV show. I could get my SAG card and be the dead body. Or, I could be a human doorstop. Or , let's see, I could be Your Wingman at a bar. For example, if you wanted to meet some girl, I could just take off my breaks and drift into them. It's a good conversation starter. Or I could start a service where you could hire me to cruise down the street with a puppy in my lap. I mean, come one, who can resist a guy in a wheelchair with a puppy? Now, I have to warn you, I'm a little rude sometimes. For example, if some girl came up and said, "Could I pet your puppy?" I might say something like, "Sure, that'd be great! Let me move the dog." You get the idea. The point is, I can't really do much of anything right now. I can take pictures. It's pretty far out cause I try to photograph how I see. It's pretty wild. There aren't many options for a person with Traumatic Brain Injury. You basically do the best you can.

The cool thing is, my daughter is here. It's exhausting having a 9 1/2 year old, but it's amazing. My mother went all the way to Texas to get her. We went ice skating the minute she got here. Pretty cool to come all the way from Texas to go ice skating.

Not much else to really talk about right now. Just the same old stuff with therapy. It's slow, but you gotta keep moving forward. I'll leave you guys with a photo. And, oh yeah, let me tell you, I'm having a screening of a documentary I did with the filmmakers Adam and Erin Hall. I did a documentary with them and my friends and family. It's on April 29th, in Garrison, NY. At the Depot Theatre. After the screening which will be at 7:30, we can all walk across the street to the Garrison Art Center to see some work I did on the trip. It should be a lot of fun, and call attention to people with Traumatic Brain Injury. Do you know what this month is? It's the month of Traumatic Brain Injury. How Ironic is that. You know what today is? National Pancake Day. I didn't have pancakes this morning, but I did go to a maple syrup farm with my daughter. Pretty cool, but talk about a sugar high… Talk to you guys next week, and here's my other blog.

Love, B. Nice

And here's a link for tickets for the documentary. Hope to see you there. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2518366

February 16, 2016

Hi you guys. Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present. You know, I do this blog because it's good for my memory. And it's fun! And I get to see my good friend here.

Man, I've been locked up in this house for like four days! I feel like they should issue me an ankle bracelet. I feel like I'm under house arrest. The weather here's been super super cold. But, I continue on with my routine. You know, you gotta keep working no matter what. I've been doing a lot of painting lately. It's pretty cool. It's fun to hang out with my dad and paint.

If this isn't abstract expressionism, I don't know what is. I've been doing a lot of cooking. You know, recipes I've committed to memory. I give the instructions and my health assistant does the cooking. That, and I stand every hour. You know, you develop a routine.

Well, I'm off to water therapy, so I'm gonna leave it at that. Hope you guys had a great Valentine's day. My friend here brought me some chocolates so I'm gonna find them and eat them all. Don't tell my mom. Have a great week. Love, B. Nice

Here's the link to my blog about the past and about the lens I dropped from a helicopter. (Actually, I'll never tell that story…)

February 12, 2016

Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where i talk about the present. I'm presently sitting here on my exercise machine, my NuStep, and I'm blogging to you. So, check it out: it's valentine's day on Sunday. All I want to do is say Happy Valentine's day to my daughter. https://vimeo.com/86992667 I did the video with Team Hall who also did the documentary of my trip in 2013. Check it out!

Check out my other website, the blog about the past.

Have a good weekend. Love, B. Nice

(Man it's cold!)

February 9, 2016

Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about my present. I presently just got back from water therapy. I gotta get serious. I always joke around. That's not good sometimes. Today I was joking around in the water and I started going under. Everyone was laughing. I thought, when is someone gonna come and get me. It was a long session though. I'm pretty wiped out.

Let's see, what else happened this week. Well, at the end of every day, I walk with my up n go walker. But you've got to keep up with it. It pays off. Believe me. It all does get tiring though. I mean, just the other night I kind of freaked out because you get really sick of all this. When you have a traumatic brain injury they say, once you've see a traumatic brain injury, you'e seen one traumatic brain injury. Everyone's different. I'm sorry, I'm rambling, but basically, it's a drag. Yeah, sometimes you just wish you could take a break, step out of your body and shake it off and go back into it. Hard to describe, but it's all rather claustrophobic.

When I get kind of bummed out I start doing my photography. That helps a lot. Either that or painting. Abstract painting. That helps a lot. And it's a lot of fun. My father's a fine art painter and we paint every day at 5:00.

I was sitting here, trying to think of things to tell you guys. You know, things that are new. There's nothing new. Pretty pathetic huh? Makes me realize I gotta get out more. I mean, I'm talking to the freaking dog. Like I said before, when he starts talking back, I'm in trouble. Who knows, I might be living with The Coconut Man. Check out my other blog.

Anyway, that's about it for now. I'm gonna go back to work. Love you guys. Remember, if you have a traumatic brain injury, you gotta work hard every day. 9 to 5. It's your job. Love and miss you guys, B. Nice

P.S. The artwork up above is for my daughter. I miss her a lot.

February 5, 2016

Hi you guys. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present. I basically tell you what's going on and update people on how I am. It's also for people who have a traumatic brain injury. Some of the information might be helpful to them.

Every day I go to therapy. That is, every day unless it snows a lot. Actually, it's not because of the snow. It's because of my mom's driving. Just kidding mom. She's actually pretty good. So I go to therapy almost every day. When you go to therapy there's a front desk. Now I'm convinced the ladies at the front desk think I'm absolutely looney tunes. Now imagine this: a guy in a wheelchair who rolls up every day and says he wants to leave a message for a therapist. He always starts out by saying, "My therapist is so ugly… Just the other day, I said, "Guys, did you hear about my therapist? Apparently, he took his family to Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum. and came out with an application." I say stuff like that, and say stuff like, "My therapist is so ugly that… he turns milk into cottage cheese when he walks by milk." You know, stuff like that. Hey, a man has to get  entertainment from somewhere. Right?

It's been a funny week. When you have a traumatic brain injury you're going to go through a whole bunch of emotions. It's like that now. But, you get through it. You know, you always have to push yourself. Little things like trying to feed yourself, or sit up, make a huge difference. It's easy to just sit back and let people do stuff for you, but you gotta really push it. If you don't, you're gonna become dependent on people. The more you do now, the less dependent you'll be on people later.

I've been doing water therapy a lot lately. It's really good. I highly recommend it. I think I've been there too long though. They do stuff like throw beach balls at me. I think I've become a source of entertainment. I mean, just the other day, they gave me a giant blow up dolphin to hold, and started laughing. What's with that?

I'm gonna leave it there. Hey! Superbowl weekend. Get ready. Hope you guys have fun.

Talk to you next week. Love, B. Nice

Here's the link to my other blog. I met a rock star, back in the day.