Commute Your Illusion

After listening to some Down and Metallica, I was able to knock out some more of GE. I don't love it, but I'm almost halfway through it and will finish it, if only to say I've read another classic gain a wider breadth of style behind me.

I've got the gloves today (as opposed to yesterday) and I'm certain that I'd be worse off without them. Since I'm too lazy to stop and remove the gloves to change songs, I'm listening to Use Your Illusion II, ("Breakdown," "Pretty Tied Up," "Locomotive" "So Fine" and most of "Estranged"). I haven't heard "So Fine" in a really long time and it is better than I'd remembered but still not something I'd go out of my way queue it up. I forgot that it picks up after a verse and a half, but Duff is just an awful singer. The word is "me" not "may." Apparently he's really in to biking and all that, which is cool, but if he has another drop of alcohol his liver will burst and bleed out.

"Breakdown" warms me up in cold weather. For me, it's about those moments when you actually do stop and look around and see everything in really slow-motion for just one moment and then it catches up to itself and it all goes by too fast for a normal person. Of all the Guns songs, this one might be the most life affirming. Either this or "Coma" (jk).

My left knee has a tiny bit of pain/soreness but it's manageable. It's only when I ride the bike. Might also be the weather change, too.

My weight is up a few lbs but it's residual from the gorge-fest of the past week. Now that I'm not really drinking anything anymore and all the pies are out of my face (yesterday's office cheesecake notwithstanding), I should be able to get back down to better numbers.

The only thing that's upsetting me during the commute is that Church Street is all torn up, from downtown to basically Tribeca. It's unpleasant being on that road whether you are a biker, driver, or pedestrian. It shocked me on Tues nite and I know I am pushing my luck on it in terms of what the bike can handle. I will write a letter to the DOT and whomever else necessary to get this fixed up.

Thank you for reading.