I am a chronic sufferer of headaches. They didn’t start until I was in my early 20s but they come on stronger and stronger with each passing year. They hit me immediately before or immediately after a storm. It’s kind of like my own superpower. Instead of flying or turning myself invisible I can tell you if a storm is coming. Or if a storm is leaving. I’ve learned to live with this affliction, knowing that my life can’t stop just because it might rain today, but I find myself trying to plan activities based on what the forecast looks like. I never used to pay attention to weather patterns, figuring that if I stepped outside and it was raining then I was just going to get wet, and I wish I could go back to that. Previously I thought it would be nice to live in the Pacific Northwest (Portland, Washington…even Northern California) but now I have to pause and consider whether I would have a constant headache every day of my life. Is it the presence of the storm system or is it the drop and rise in barometric pressure? If there are ever-present storms does that mean I would be fine because they are never moving in and out of the area?
Maybe we’ll just live in Los Angeles 
6 Comments
October 4, 2007 at 4:52 pm
hahahahaha Los Angeles…. Jeff’s on crack!
October 5, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Well, since Jeff wants to be a filmmaker, it’s either:
Los Angeles
NYC
or possibly in Canada
So get used to it.
October 6, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Los Angeles . . . . seriously?!!?
October 8, 2007 at 7:13 am
Jeff doesn’t WANT to live in LA. We will do everything in our power to avoid it. We’ll live outside of LA if we have to. I found a nice little town about 20 mi east of it. But, I definately will not live in LA!
October 9, 2007 at 5:30 pm
What’s your problem with LA?
October 9, 2007 at 11:09 pm
It’s not the kind of environment we want to raise the kids in and when I was there I was not impressed. I will work there whenever I get the opportunity but there are some great cities around there that have a more small town feel, which is what we want. We’d love to be within driving distance for cultural and film-related activities but it’s entirely possibly for me to have a film career totally outside of the city and even outside of California itself. If I get my way I will work when I want, where I want and with whom I want. I’m keeping my dreams big!