Rode the bike on to the train today -- cut it that close. I am thinking now about a not quite-5' short-red haired woman who crossed halfway through a very busy Lawson Boulevard just because the train polls where lowering and ringing. She stopped right on the double lines. 40 mph may not sound like a lot when you are in a car but when it's coming at you it's more than enough to make your throat sink in to your stomach. They came awful close to hitting this little woman. I was horrified and then I got really angry at her. The light changed and mercifully she was still in one piece. I said to her, as I rode past, "Please Do Not Do That Again!" There is no job worth dying for that involves commuting. I once wrote mock eulogies for people who take their lives in their hands and make potential killers out of train operators all because they are dashing to a train. This woman was no exception. Imagine that that's the reason you have to bury a loved one -- because they were rushing for a train to make it to a job they hate on time. Just wait for the next one. There will always be another train.
Today you can feel the fog and ever-so-slight drizzle but it is not effecting me at all. I even made the light at the highway in the nick of time and am moving pretty quickly. I worked out hard on Sunday and ran for almost 3 miles so my legs are a little worn but I can take it. I can take anything you throw at me. I will push harder than you will and I will leave you behind.
It's cool listening to "Ocean Size" with the Hudson River to my right. I used to only listen to the Butthole Surfers' remix from the MOM album, but today I'm sticking with the original. I had a dream that Dave Navarro & I stole a car and he was in cohoots with the local mob. I think it was because yesterday I saw an old photo of Jane's Addiction. Those guys were skinny but made mostly fantastic music.
I had a vision this morning of my 8-year-old child at a variety show playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" on trumpet and in between lead solos, performing karate. I don't have a child but if I did, that's what I'd want him/her to do. If I had two kids, have one do the karate and the other play trumpet and then, just when it seems old, have them switch in the middle. Hell yeah. Don't take my idea.
Thank you for reading.
Playlist:
"Hard Times" - John Legend & The Roots
"Suffer Some" "Ocean Size" - Jane's Addiction
"I Don't Wanna Change the World" - Ozzy
"Play the Game" - Queen
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