Had my full, uninterrupted sleep and feel quite good today.
Maybe a little tired but that's fine. Had breakfast (bowl of Total, half banana, blueberries, cinnamon) and coffee and it makes a difference.
I started reading Henry Miller's Air Conditioned Nightmare today and I'm almost immediately hooked. Just in his speaking about what bogs us, as Americans, down has me sold. That it was published near the end of WWII is kind of cool, mostly because the message is timeless, so far.
Interesting autobiographical note -- I knew a song called "The Air Conditioned Nightmare" well before I knew it was a (famous) book. It was performed by Mr. Bungle and it was one of the 5 songs that made California a half-way decent album. I say half-way because I look back and really only 5 songs stood out as winners (there's a reason it's not on the IPOD). So imagine my surprise 7 years later when I came across Miller's library in Big Sur and put two and two together. The book is 300 pgs long -- I suspect I'll have it finished quickly b/c I'm in to it. The deal with Miller is that the writing is so dense that it often takes a while to get through it. (Big Sur and the Oranges... was not a quick nor simple read) But since reading Sextet only a couple of months ago (I didn't finish it b/c one long chapter was an in-depth book review for a novel which I haven't read) I feel the style is fresh in my memory.
I'm wearing the famous Al Bundy jersey and am moving pretty quickly. Made the light at the Highway.
It started raining once I hit Pier 40 but I gotta say it felt really good. I just had to rotate the Ipod on my arm underneath it so it'd get less wet and that was all. I am sched'd to run today (which is cool b/c I have End Of Silence in my bag) and I hope it rains then, too. Nothing too hard but just enough so that it feels good.
Thank you for reading.
Playlist:
Megadeth: "Poison Was The Cure" "Lucretia"
Chickenfoot: "Avenida Revolucion" "Soap On a Rope" "Sexy Little Thing"
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