There Is No Sea But The Sea

Dip In
So you thought it'd be so funny if I failed my consecutive month Sound swim in June? None of that here. I'm diligent and focused. Looking at my goals, sometimes at the ready to tear them apart with my whip made from braided, hardened arteries. Throughout the day I prepared myself for a blistering hot afternoon for swimming; I imagined the sweat coming outta the pores-a my arms like miniature lawn sprinklers. You know, that kinda stuff or something. Beach balls, frisbees, beer, barbq. Well, five-o-clock came around and the sun was blazing. It was the 70's, man... here, the 70's are like the 80's on Ohio... now I'm not talking about decades if you know what I mean *wink*... nice an' hot. 2 days to go in the month and this was gonna be the one. This may come as a surprise to some, but I am able to be moderately responsible at times. If I promise something and don't follow thru, a sledgehammer of guilt will hit me, recoil, hit me again, recoil.... All I can say is that it was better for me to scrub down the tub, shower walls and curtain before venturing out. Plus I was able to get hyped up with Patti Smith and Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayham echoing through bathroom air thick with bleach, sweat, and the last reminents of mold. Hyped up before my growling, hissing, pissing race to burying myself under water without injury. That's the truth, too... I pee'd in the sound.
As we pulled into Carkeek Park, god decided to thumb his(gender neutral) nose(organ neutral) at me and dropped the sun behind the only clouds in the sky, a thick belt blossssoming up from the horizon. So, in spite of a chill replacing the sweltered heat in a mere 10minutes time, I went ahead with what I knew I needed I must do. I pealed off my Wranglers, revealed swim trunks, strapped the Keens back on, and hauled ass into the water. Not bad... I love the taste of salt water. Mexican food, Fred Meyer, the Amgen DNA double helix bridge, and the discovery of a free, ladies Schwinn Suburban 10speed bike out by the dumpster rounded out the public part of nice evening.
May
April

Ashamed To Be Straight

That's what I learned this weekend. Pasties, girly-guys, and the revvving DyKeS on BiKeS. I can't even fit in with the outcasts. But that's alright, I'm walking, pedeling, and scooting my own way, too. Finally saw the Soundgarden (just north of Magnuson Park), it was quiet or not loud enough to be heard over the generic reggae band playing the park for hippies and wealthy family sorts. They weren't at the Pride Parade celibrations. I was but was called by my bike to hit the trail and ride and drift and climb and pedel and hopefully see something that I hadn't seen before or shoulda seen before but missed or just plain suck it all in whatever it is.
I'm trying to drink grreeen tea here at work instead of the nasty brown junk that'is free an' easy. Coffee at home is an artform; at work it's only caffeine with coffeelike flavor. Has anyone ever expirienced this before, queezy stomach after green tea? Familiar feeling, as though I'd smoked a cigarette in a hyped-up, frenzied rush, and then rode the elevator up dozens of floors in about two-thirds as many seconds. Woozy, butterflied, hangover stomach for 20minutes. But it goes away, I feel glad it's gone. Makes me appeciate my nice feelings better than before they'd left. So do you get all discombobulated by green tea? Recently I also had a health scare... cholesterol, man, that shit's ready to get you. Well the doctor freaked the living hell outta me, my total came back as 283! That is a huge number. A huge, deadly number. 100pts over what it was 4years ago. They retook my blood, gave me an EKG, and pretty much prep'd me emotionally on the prespect of having a heart attack in my next decade or sooner. I then started getting all-a these phantom chest pains, and numb limbs. I mean, my right arm in the middle of the elbow ached deep deep inside. Jesus, Death's Door... I was teetering on Death's Door. I quit smoking and there I go, prepare to die. The results of the retest showed a very different picture, healthier... by degree certainly. Cholesterol/HDL = 4.1 (not bad at all); LDL/HDL = 2.8333(good enough) . I eat a lot olive oil... olive oil and garlic... get HDL "Good Cholesterol" from that business. So you see my trouble? Even a false health scare is screwed up. I'm ok but the heady consequences of my inevitable turn to poor health are clouding my brain.
I am Patti Smith obsesssed. Her 4 albums before initial retirement:
1. Horses 1975 (great & amazing & awesome) This album is an incredible explosion.
2. Radio Ethiopia 1976 (great)
3. Easter 1978 (selections are great)
4. Wave 1979 (less than half the album) More than a couple-a boring stretches here, but some great rock rippers too.
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ILikeBicycle
Zen and the art of Bicycle Repair
Faster than walking
Slower than the scooter... much more work too
But it's quiet
Still, faster, if you so desire, than you think
& Can go anywhere
I've also been listening to the 2 Shins Ablums
For a while after the movie Garden State I almost forced myself to listen to them. Who knew they're a great counterbalance to Patti Smith
And Bocce Lee won a $1000 and $10,000 entry into a World Series of Poker

Curb You Enthusiasm
episode 2
"Ted and Mary"
Directed by: David Steinberg
First aired: October 22, 2000
Synopsis: Larry and Cheryl's fun-filled double date with Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen ends badly at the bowling alley, when Larry discovers that someone has taken off with his shoes. The next day Mary calls, and a smitten Larry agrees to go shopping with the actress and her mom at Barney's, and even buys the same jacket that Mary is wearing. Neither Ted nor Cheryl seem amused. Believing that Ted and Mary have invited them to see a Paul Simon concert Saturday night, Larry and Cheryl are chagrined when their new friends never call, ruining their night. Larry thinks it's because he gagged after drinking Mary's mother's water by mistake. Meanwhile, Larry retrieves his shoes from the schmuck who pinched them, but gets into a fight with the shoe salesman who ordered him a new pair.

Have you been watching the big moon?

I saw it a few nights ago... they don't know why it's so big down low. But you do, though, don't you?

Zug

funnier than I thought it'd be.

More at www.zug.com

Prank Call To Life Cereal: laughed outloud throughout my reading of this

Strawberries

Holy hell are these strawberries good. Better than Berringer Farms, better than Broadway Farmers Market... upscale grocery store, Metropolitan Market. Washington grown, smaller in size, and flaming red and sweet all the way through to the center. Most strawberries are no good... huge and watery, white on the inside, blah... these taste like an amazing strawberry expirience... as good or better than good wild strawberries.
Summer brings berries. First Strawberries, then Blueberries, and finally my beloved Raspberries signally summers inevitable end.
Must love berries!

Found Magazine

1978

2. Space Monkey
4. Ghost Dance
5. Babelogue
9. 25th Floor
12. Godspeed

*And I haven't even heard her Album, Horses, with my modern mind... yet. Some songs have to be skipped, while others ought to have large numbered volume.

mORE pHOTOS from other people!

Although I'd like to, I've never been to India. These pictures by Sohrab gave some sense of what it'd be like. I'll tell you what, this TrekEarth site is something special.

This Guy's Pictures

BooYao's pictures are great, look at more, click on picture:

30 Second Sound Clips

"I'm Leaving You" by The Fiery Furnaces, recorded for a Junior Kimbrough tribute album
"I'm A Little Dinosaur" by Jonathon Richman... For the people that are away
"Astral Plane" by The Modern Lovers (Mr. Richman)
"It's Bad You Know" RL Burnside... recorded with his grandson, the mixer typa dude
"Skinny Woman" More uva standard RL Burnside... blues that rock and tear...
"Can't Wait" Bob Dylan 1997
"Cry Awhile" Bob Dylan 1997
"High Water" Bob Dylan 4/17/05 ... ok, i lied, this is a full performance
"Shooting Star" Bob Dylan 80's, Oh Mercy... i know it's boring, but i like it
"Head Held High" Velvet Underground
"Cool It Down"
"Train Comin' Round The Bend"
"Bluebird" Howlin' Wolf, no vocals but harmonica, pretty neat
"Howlin' Wolf Talks" this is kinda interesting
"I Asked Her For Water"
"Dog Paddle" Modest Mouse 1996... This is a song version of what an asthma attack feels like to me... also Modest Mouse's latest 2 albums just don't have the magic that 1st 2 studio albums did. The latest one is pretty good, but...
"Asthma Attack" Fiery Furnaces 2003, oddly enough, this song doesn't feel at all like an asthma attack to me. If you have asthma, your cool to me, ok?
"Ingrid Bergman"Billy Bragg and Wilco perform songs written but never recorded by Woody Guthrie. 2 Albums, Mermaid Ave Vol. I & II... amazing. This song makes me blush somewhat.
"Blood of The Lamb"
"Stop Breaking Down" Performed by The White Stripes, written by Robert Johnson... The White Stripes have covered some really good old blues songs... even Bob Dylan... Kazaa helped me track down a buncha stuff that rivals what's on record... Have you heard the new one? Only 2 songs from it for me, soon enough
"Love In Vain" Performed by The Rolling Stones, written by Robert Johnson

Consider Trying This

Put on fresh socks and give yourself a sturdy 2minutes massage on each foot. Ooge, feels good.
***man, you don't have to do it for 2 minutes... 30 or 20 or 10 or 5 or just a couple-a seconds. you don't even have to use your hands... rub your foot on a railing, corner, 2by4, your neighbors phone, or boss's face.

Now off to overcast day, roam biking with sunglasses. Gotta be back by 4 or 5.

1 Month Lived Nico-Free

Well, I've done it. Nico&Tobaccoless. I must say, the nonsmoking lifestyle just is not as glamorous as I'd imagined. There could be at least a coupla scantily clad women washing me with ostrich feathers or something...
Updates to the other participating:

Bocce Matt completed the SmoKeoUT

&YP says "but you are correct that i am still smoking. it's (quitting) still a priority though. it will happen sooner than later. "

Master Ugly (fake smoker) hasn't given any updates.

My lungs had been in very bad shape, asthma attacks daily... waking in the middle of the night wheezing and cursing... on Thursday I went to the doctor, he gave me prednisone... almost a week later and I feel nearly completely healthy. Major urges to smoke, though. That's one-a the reasons I went biking this weekend, burn out that pressure in my chest to smoke.
Oh to only be addiction free. Good thing I've never tried cocaine or heroine. I'd be a desperate junkie today for sure. I really thought after a month I'd be free from it... no such luck... it's haunting me...right now, even

*** So who wants to be nicofree for an additional 2months? I'm in, unfortunately.