Well, it's been another few days of largely uneventful riding. I do vividly recall that last Wednesday that the wind gusted so hard as I was about to cross Vesey Street (and coincidentally, for the 3 whole seconds, stopped pedaling) that I felt myself about to be tossed. I laughed, half nerve-crazed, half-amazed, and walked the bike across the street.
Today, I was a little sore from yesterday's leg workout, specifically the squats and deadlifts, and the wind was blowing against me today so that made it a little tougher than normal. I will not run today during lunch since I'm sorer than I'd anticipated.
This has been a solid month thus far for me and the bike and I'm grateful for warm, sunny mornings such as this.
I'm listening to choice selections from the band Eleven which was a rock trio just under the radar in (mostly) the 1990s. I have the first three Eleven albums. What's interesting about this band is where they came from and where they are now. Long story short (b/c I don't know the whole story) the drummer was Jack Irons who was a Chili Pepper and played on Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and left shortly afterward when Hillel died. He has a style that is not as showy (nor as creative) as Chad Smith and as far as RHCP was concerned, musically it was for the best that he left. The singer/guitarist/bassist and singer/keyboardist were a married couple. The guy, Alain is a really good guitarist and songwriter and he wrote some really good hooks (listen to "Reach Out") and his wife, Natasha, was a good backup singer. These two played as part of Chris Cornell's backup band on Euphoria Morning. She doesn't have the typical female voice which is why I don't really like her singing too much and mostly skip the songs where she provides the lead. The duo did some supporting acts like that and were producers on a No Doubt album. She passed away due to cancer somewhat recently and now Alain collaborates with a lot of fantastic rockers (i.e. Mark Lanegan) and is one of Them Crooked Vultures (at least, on stage). That's gotta be weird -- he was on SNL as one of TCV but his wife and partner had to pass away for that to come to pass. I don't know if that's taking lemons and making a drink of it or just focusing or what -- it's certainly not a situation with which I'd want want to familiarize myself. I knew this band from way back in the early 90s when Q104.3 was a hard rock/alternative station and they'd play "Reach Out." I never forgot the song and thanks to ebay was able to pick up the 2nd two albums pretty inexpensively. Not great albums by any stretch but they are good.
This week will be simpler than most since it's only 3 workdays long. There are certain phone calls that should be coming my way that I'd just like to happen. I'm the point man for a lot of things going on in projects that are bigger than just myself, and I've done what I'm supposed to do (returning calls, sending emails, having my moneys in order) and I have a lot of dissatisfied people on the other end b/c the calls haven't come in. I hate that female silence over the phone that somehow transfers this message: "Why isn't this done yet? Why aren't you trying hard enough?"
When someone calls me, I return the call and get it over with -- good or bad.
Thank you for reading.
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