photo by Adam / Journal Star

Two girls, early 20s, in Starbucks last week:

“Excuse me… we’re studying medicine and are guessing weights… we figured you wouldn’t be offended, would you mind if we asked you? Great! 150? Ah man! I thought you weighed 140… thanks!”

What a terrible and great week. But maybe it’s not so bad in hindsight.

I thought I had a whole laundry list of complaints, most regarding long hours and assignment complications. But I can’t remember a specific instance now, only that I won a few awards in the Illinois Best of Photojournalism 2007 contest.