New Jimi

I'm back to health, and I'll try to do a better job of keeping this thing updated.

For now I'll share the news that for the first time in a looong time there is new Jimi Hendrix. Jimi's estate, Experience Hendrix LLC has gotten the rights to a massive library of previously unreleased material, and they plan on putting out several albums over the next couple of years. Hendrix spent a lot of time in the studio before he died, when his studio, Electric Ladyland Studios in New York was built, he practically lived there. From what I understand there is a whole lot of stuff that never got put on a record, so there should be a steady flow of it coming out. The first new record, Valleys of Neptune, was released today. I'm listening to it right now and it is great.

Double whammy

I finally went to the doctor today after being sick for the last three weeks. Turns out I have a sinus infection AND bronchitis. Fun stuff. I did get some antibiotics and an inhaler, so hopefully I'll be back to some form of good health within the next couple of days.

Sick

Slowly dying... be back shortly.

What to do?

Just got back from Sunyacs. Bored. Tired to the point of being delirious. Feeling like I want to go out on the town and go wild. Or at least go somewhere other than my apartment. No one wants to accompany me. What to do?

Making friends

I made a new friend the other day!

We were doing a workout on a road a little outside of town, 2x2 miles at lactate pace. I was running with Brusso, and toward the end of the first 2 miles, I almost got hit by large red Dodge truck. It literally came within inches of me, so naturally I turned and threw up a middle finger. A few minutes later the same truck pulls up alongside of us, with a fat toothless man hanging out of the window, "You got somethin' to say to me boy?"

I did in fact have something to say to him, "Yeah you almost hit me, you can't move over?!"

"Well if you would run on the shoulder like a normal person..."

Right, this guy knows a lot about how "normal people" behave.

The shouting match continued, I actually did apologize (albeit a half-assed apology) to him at one point because I didn't want to get into it with the guy, try to be the bigger man in the situation.

This did not appease my new friend. At that point Kyle started to argue with Friend, which lead to Friend getting out of his truck, walking toward Kyle screaming "You shut your fuckin' mouth."

People think that because we are out running or cycling that we are all just a bunch of scantily-clad sissies, fat guys in trucks think they can fight eight runners. We may look scrawny, but we're scrappy, and we're clearly not quite right in the head... we're crazy enough to be out on the road in all weather, maybe people shouldn't take us for defenseless wimps.

The asshole eventually got back in his truck and drove off, but if anyone is ever out on Kinney Road, be careful of my friend in the red Dodge Ram.

Goodbyes

I think it's sad how much the meaning of goodbyes have gotten diluted from overuse. Things like "have a good day/night," are thrown around so much and so casually that they have lost the emotion that should be attached to them. I don't like to think that when people say those things that they are just empty filler to dull the awkwardness of saying goodbye. If I don't want to "talk to you soon," I won't say that. If I will not in fact miss someone after they are out of my sight, I won't lead them on with a hollow farewell.

If I say "have a good night," I genuinely do hope that the person to which I am speaking has a good night.

My favorite goodbye is "sweet dreams," it might sound kind of sappy, but I think it's the best possible thing you can wish for a person, after all what's better than waking up happy from a good dream?

So next time I say goodbye to you, know that I meant what I said, and I said what I meant

The boy is tired

Had a pretty decent workout today, and as a result, I am way too tired to think of something witty to write. Here's some artwork from the wall of a local watering hole to tide you over.