the girl in the pink & white polka dot dress

It's been another lull in writing, though I haven't missed a day on the bike since Feb 3.

Last Friday was a weird tease, becuase it was nearly 60 degrees out by the time I left for the day. It was warm enough for me to ride in just a long sleeve tee and shorts. I timed myself on Thursday and made it back to Penn in 19 minutes, which I replicated on Friday.

Today, though, was a return to the cold ways of old, but remarkably I made the 8:13 train in (there were lots of spots but only in the 2nd lot). On my way out I took the 33rd Street exit and as I moved west I find myself being pulled to the beautiful young woman plastered aside a building. The 300-foot woman in question is wearing a pink & white polka dot dress and wants me to buy a cell phone. I will not buy it unless she asks me personally but she certainly has the "girl next door" type quality though I never lived beside a girl who looked that way.

The ride down was a little chilly but thankfully not very windy and I moved relatively quickly. I worked out very hard over the past 3 days (yesterday was a national holiday) so though my legs are a little sore it wasn't enough to make it feel as though I was trudging down the highway. It's too sunny and mostly pleasant to listen to anything too heavy or hectic so I went with the middle of Blood Sugar Sex Magik starting with "Mellowship" through "Greeting Song." I remember reading in Scar Tissue that Anthony hates the latter and will not play it. That's strange because it is probably funk rock at its best. I used to be able to play it on bass -- probably still could if I rehearsed it a couple of times. It's fast but not too too hard.

Since finishing Farewell to Arms, I've read Breakfast of Champions and The Sirens of Titan by Vonnegut and read The Old Man and the Sea this past weekend. Today I read the Battlin' Jack Murdock tpb which is a Daredevil mini-series. It was better than I thought it'd be though it was mostly done in the film, which is under-rated itself.

Though my legs are a little sore I am feeling quite good and agile. My last massage on the old plan was yesterday and though the therapist was really good I think there's still some tightness below my left shoulder blade. It might be the way I sleep.

Thank you for reading.