June 18, 2024

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Man, I came to the conclusion that mirrors should be illegal. I generally don’t look in the mirror. I developed the habit from the hospital. I never looked in the mirror at the hospital. But I looked in the mirror this morning, and man! I didn’t like what I saw. I think when you’re like this, you know, a person with a traumatic brain injury, it might be good to not look in the mirror.

That was the start of my day, and it’s just gotten worse ever since then.

Man, I found out that it’s expensive to be fucked up. My car broke down and I can’t get parts for it so I need a new vehicle. A car for someone like me (a guy in a wheelchair) is expensive. I mean, life for someone like me is hard enough to begin with, but then throw another $40K on top of it and it gets real expensive to be messed up. But, you know what? It doesn’t just apply to vehicles. Anything medical is expensive. It’s not fair, if anything people like me should get a break. And this bitch session all started because I looked in the mirror.

I found out one good thing about being messed up is I see double, right? Well, my garden looks awesome! So I think I’ll go and hang out in my garden for a little bit.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

June 11, 2024

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Man, am I wiped out. I don’t have a vehicle right now so I get around in my power chair. It takes a lot out of me. It’s tough trying to navigate all the holes and bumps in the road. It might sound easy, but it’s really painful to try and concentrate.

I just got done celebrating with a filmmaker I made a movie with, actually, a short documentary. The young woman is very talented. In fact, the film we made won best short doc at a well known film festival. It was cool. In the short doc, I said I don’t mind being the way I am, but actually, sometimes I do mind being the way I am. It’s tough and challenging sometimes. Man, I can hardly hold a sippy cup. They say there are different stages of grieving and one stage is acceptence. I always have acceptance being the way I am, but it’s tough man. Every day items become a challenge. For example, when I try to feed myself, I look like a 3 year old crack head. It definitely gets to you but you gotta move forward.

Hey, things could be worse. You could be like my dog right here who just had 12 teeth pulled out. The guy looks like one of the muppets.

I’m gonna keep it short because my friend here and I are going to look at used mini-vans for someone like me. My therapist sent me a website to look at.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

May 21, 2024

Everyone, have a good Memorial Day Weekend. I wish I had a picture of my dad. He was in the army. Imagine that. An artist and in the army. Quite a contrast. Oh, here. I found it.

Oh man! Summertimes, I forget what a nightmare it is to be in the wheelchair. I’ll explain what I’m talking about.

So when you’re in the wheelchair, you’re pretty much at the height of a human ass. I was at the food store in line, ready to check out. There was an old guy in front of me with a baggy pair of Levi’s. Now when I say old, I mean real old. So allow me to editorialize a bit. It’s kind of nasty. I was sitting in line, and the guy let rip the biggest fart you’ve ever imagined right in my face. It sounded like an inner tube filled with air just below the surface of some water and the inner tube was repeatedly stabbed with a large hunting knife. It was so bad I thought I was gonna throw up. Then, the smell came. I won’t editorialize on that. I’ll spare you the details, but the guy could have cleared a stadium, much less a store. It was so bad, I asked my health assistant if I still had eyebrows! The old guy left the store without any fraction of an apology. Then everyone started staring at me as if I did it. I thought, sure, blame the guy in the wheelchair. Anyway, that was just another beautiful moment in the life of a man in a wheelchair. Life is hard enough, but then when you add something like this beautiful moment… it almost makes it humorous.

I don’t have much else to say. Both of my brakes on my wheelchair don’t work. That makes life interesting. My friends are coming over for a glass of rosé. I might break out a big glass.

Love and miss you guys. Have a good weekend.

Love, B .Nice

May 7, 2024

Hey everybody. Happy Mother’s Day. Yeah, it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday. My Mom was awesome! I guess you could say she was a Super Mom. You see, when my ex split with my kid and sued me for divorce, my Mom stepped up and took me in. One of the first things she did was get me walking in the water. I would highly advise it to anyone who is in my condition. Learning how to walk again and using the water is amazing. You just have to not freak out. It’s a little uncomfortable having the water an inch away from your mouth. The other amazing thing she did with the help from my sister was to keep my kid in my life. We fought tooth and nail to keep my daughter in my life. Otherwise, I probably would never see her. Things are different now cause my kid’s older, but I really appreciated all the work that was done.

Anyway, enough of that. I just wanted to wish all you Moms out there Happy mother’s day and say you guys ROCK. It’s a tough job.

On another note, my friend took me shopping for some plants. There was a puddle in the middle of the road. We hit the puddle going about 60 mpg. Little did we know that below the puddle was a two foot pothole. It’s amazing we didn’t roll the car. But it pretty much trashed my car. The front end went out of alignment, and the back axle was broken. Now I do my shopping by power chair. I look like a homeless man with all my groceries attached to the back of the chair. Man, it’s a good thing I can’t draw cartoons anymore.

That’s it for this week. Love and miss you guys. Remember, if you see a Mom, give her a hug.

Love, B. Nice

March 19, 2024

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Oh man, every once in a while something will come along that’s a reality check. That thing that came a long was my daughter. I wanted to do so much with her but I couldn’t, given my situation. Being the way I am, you know, traumatic brain injury survivor, it makes things tough. Even the most simple tasks are like climbing a mountain. When you’re like I am, you’ll get into a routine that makes life easier, but when reality sets in, it gets you. Oh man, I’m exhausted. But you know you gotta face challenges, if you’re gonna get better. Like they say, just take things one step at a time. It’s easy to get frustrated, but you gotta suck it up and just keep going. When I ran track and field, it was similar to this. You were often presented with big challenges. You had to fight your way through it. This is very similar.

On another note, I start up something with some friends, that’s quite creative. Little things like this will make your life much more pleasant. I’ll tell you more about it later, but it’s all quite exciting, and it’s refreshing to have something to look forward to.

That’s about it for this week. I’m a little tired, so I’m gonna keep it short.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice