Flood's Cove: Run Seven

Twenty runs or more every month since March. That's some kind of record. I'm not even training for anything.

One more in before we leave tomorrow. It's been a beautiful week, lots of sun, some really hard rain, too, but that's kept the temperatures reasonable. And by reasonable, I mean perfect.

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 35:12
Pace: 10:03

Route: Martin Point Run

Temperature: 73°
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: good

Last run, slow run. The past two nights I have not slept well, in spite of it being "good sleeping weather." Last night I woke up all the time, I have bedsores on both hips from how firm this mattress is. And you need to sleep to run well.

Next run, probably Thursday, in Cleveland Heights. I will miss the smell of the sea, of the pine, and the relatively low humidity.

 

Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

The Twenties (So Far)

Boys Who Kiss You In Their Cars - Ber

Alive! - Bakar

Hi-Fidelity - Lava La Rue ft. Biig Piig

Good Day - Seratones

Can We Forget - ALEXSUCKS

About Damn Time - Lizzo

The Smoke - The Smile

Open Relations - Heart Bones

Tonight - Phoenix ft. Ezra Koenig

Say Peace - Common ft. PJ & Black Thought

Flood's Cove: Run Six

Wild night last night. I took some of the kids to Freeport to check out L.L.Bean and to buy some new fishing tackle. Driving home to rain came and we had a seriously heavy downpour.

Meantime, friends joined us from Avon, the cabin now holds ten. Around nine o'clock the power went out and it seemed like everyone got a little weird. I just wanted to go to sleep, it had been a very long day. Fortunately the power came back and suddenly everyone disappeared, either to their rooms or for a walk in the diminished downpour.

And I went to sleep!

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 33:47
Pace: 9:38

Route: Martin Point Run

Temperature: 69° 
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: good

Cooler mornings now, worthy of a fire. My diet has gone off the deep end. The past three days, breakfast has consisted of either birthday cake or my wife's third place-winning entry in the pie contest.

First time contestant! Third place! So proud!

Anyway, today we return to fresh fruit, yogurt and granola.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: yes

The Twenties (So Far)

(Warm-Up) For Your Soul - Josh Ritter

Bad Dream Baby - Hippo Campus

youth+ - Jean Dawson

One That Got Away - Muna

lucy - Soccer Mommy

Trauma Queen - Durry

Gasoline - The Weeknd

Thundersounds - Heirunspecs

Snap (170 bpm) - Rosa Linn

Lost In Yesterday - Tame Impala

Crossbow - Tamar Apek

Reading: 30 min.

Writing: 30 min.

2023 Friendship Day 5K

We're eating all the food, you know. Thursday night we had fried clams at Jameson's and their great onion rings. Also, a burger on Squirrel Island. Also, carrot cake for breakfast, because it was my motherfucking birthday on Wednesday.

The weather turned hot on Friday. At home, it was much worse. What will happen? 

30th Annual Friendship Day 5K
Start: 7:50 AM

Official Time: 28:04.79

Pace: 9:03
Place Overall: 30/46
Place Mens 50 - 59: 4/5

Friendship 5K? Not an actual 5K, more like 3.03 miles. But a great run with the eldest. We paced each other pretty well. Beautiful morning. Now — pancakes!

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Flood's Cove: Run Four

Sleeping exclusively on my right side for two weeks last year, recovering from eye surgery, I injured my right shoulder. The pain lasted several months, and I began doing upper body exercises in an effort to build up strength in those muscles.

Apparently I have succeeded. I didn't bring any free weights on vacation with me, but I think I'll be all right until I get back. Or maybe I could just find a nice sized rock to swing around.

Distance: 3.5 miles

Duration: 32:58
Pace: 9:25

Route: Martin Point Run

Temperature: 72°
Climate: overcast

Mood: good

Had a lovely birthday yesterday. Went to Damariscotta for a brief shopping excursion, and to get ice cream from Round Top. The niece made spaghetti Bolognese, the wife a delicious carrot cake. The cousins were over, and we even caught the match. 

Stretches: yes

Water: yes

The kids have decided to just risk it on Saturday -- but they do want to participate. The 1 mile short haul is at 7:00 AM, the 5K long haul is at 7:50. They will decide on the day if they want to do one, the other, or both.

Listening to Sinéad O'Connor this morning.

Flood's Cove: Run Three

Lazy mornings, yet stressful. I would like to do a little more storyboarding, some writing work, while I am here. Because the work pleases me. Hard to do when I am expected to be cordial. What else is new?

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 19:17
Pace: 9:37

Route: Martin Point Run

Temperature: 74°
Climate: sunny & breezy

Mood: good

Solo run today, feeling good. Tomorrow is my 55th birthday, and what do you know about that.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: 90 sec. 

Water: yes

Flood's Cove: Run Two

Run with the eldest today, mostly ran, walked some. Made it all the way out to the end of Martin Point Road and back.

The plan is to run the 5K this weekend, and we all brought the shoes for it.

Distance: 3.45 miles

Duration: 36:21
Pace: 10:32

Route: Martin Point Road

Temperature: 76°
Climate: sunny & breezy

Mood: good

Great sleep the first night, bad sleep last night. I have been leaning on the melatonin recently, but I don't like to let that build up. Still.

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Flood's Cove: Run One

First run from the cove. The boy came with, but soon pulled something in his calf and headed back. Made two miles, saw an old, once empty house being propped up, perhaps to add a basement or some kind of sold foundation. 

Most of these places were built without, I am constantly amazed by the engineering required to lift something so old and awkward without breaking a pane of glass.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 20:22
Pace: 10:11

Route: Martin Point

Temperature: 74°
Climate: sunny & breezy

Mood: good

 

We made the drive in on day. Last night I slept very well, indeed.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Water: not really?

Noble Two-Miler

Difficult day. Wasn't planning to run. The boy asked if I would like to, and bless him for it.

Distance: 2.1 miles

Duration: 19:32
Pace: 9:17

Route: Noble Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: all right

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 40
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: actually, OJ

You can do it today.

What goes wrong between now and Saturday? Something must, right?

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 19:21
Pace: 9:41

Route: Burlington Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 66°
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: all right

Yesterday I came across a video Josh made to promote And Then You Die at the NY Fringe in 2009. It included footage from the Big Box performance that January. 

Even though it was shot from the back of the house, you can tell how freaking skinny I am. I think I weighed 145 pounds. That’s too thin.

 

Why was I looking up old videos? Tedium. Aimlessness.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: tbd
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: tbd
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream 

Coffee Break: latte w/oat milk

Lunch: leftover burrito & chips

Treat: candy ropes

Happy Hour: Guinness

Later: an IPA

Dinner: TBA

Alcohol? Yes, two times.

Bought a homeless man a coffee and a danish, got scolded by a cop for doing it. Shared the story on social media, took it down later. Fuck everyone.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

Writing: 10 min.

Blog? Yes!

What's That Lyric?

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Yusuf

Looking for something I'll never find.

Powderpuff is canceled.

Second shingles vaccine yesterday. My shoulder is sore, but that is all, and that is good. I did not care to be feverish and unwell today (though I guess I still could be.)

Also, did a blood draw and apparently I am in the acceptable range for a person my age. This is an improvement over last August. I think.

What is troubling to me is how depressed I got last night. I was at an event where I suddenly felt entirely irrelevant thought that may simply be reality hitting me in the face. What have I done? Is any of it relevant? I feel like I have been loud and meaningless.

Probably a good thing few people read this blog. It's one of the few spaces where I choose to be honest.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 30:46
Pace: 9:55

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 68°
Climate: sunny & nice

Mood: down

 

Nearly healed. Feeling good.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 50

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, cherry, banana w/granola. yogurt, honey & sunflower seeds 

Treat: Skittles

Lunch: smoothie bowl w/fresh strawberry, mango, cantaloupe w/chocolate/PB granola & Nutella, because fuck protein

Snack: Cheez-Its

Dinner: burrito w/chips & guac

Alcohol? no

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

What's That Lyric?

Gold Rush - Death Cab for Cutie

Neighborhood One Mile

Dresses by Aunt Brenda

We're in that stage in recovery where the pain in the chest becomes a pain in the back. Is there a word for this? It’s like there’s a straight line from the real pain in my chest to the new one in my back. Same place, different side.

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 10:06

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 81°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

One miler? Sure. Got the dude new kicks yesterday. I'm gonna work with these a bit longer. Both kids say they are looking forward to running with me in Maine next week.

Careful. The last time I "looked forward" to Maine, bad things happened.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, banana, cherry w/granola, yogurt, honey & sunflower seeds

Coffee Break: latte w/ oat milk 

Lunch: pastrami & turkey pepperoni w/pepper jack over half-bagel

Tea Time: tea w/cream & sugar

Post-Vaccination: chocolate shake

Dinner: small tacos (2), chips, Dortmunder, cookie

Alcohol? yes

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 171 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

I will be your daddy.

Thank God for George Michael, and especially for the single "I Want Your Sex" which was first released on the soundtrack to Beverly Hills Cop II in May 1987.

It's not the best rack on his first, upcoming solo record, Faith. But is was a quirky, frenetic, deconstructed bop which enraged a lot of silly people. I got the "extended CD single" that summer and wore that fucker out.

Distance: 5 miles

Duration: 51:49
Pace: 10:21

Route: Forest Hill Loop +

Temperature: 73°
Climate: overcast & muggy

Mood: all right

Over my high school years I had developed a terrible case of acne on my chest, back and shoulders. At the end of 1986 I was single again and miserable, I thought I'd never date again. The year 1987 started with my first one-night stand, which was completely humiliating.

However, I was soon prescribed Accutane. My skin cleared up, and with it a degree of physical self-confidence that no man deserves, and for a short time, I became a player. George Michael wrote my songs. Well, George and Robert Smith.

Maybe I will try running to some Cure albums next. 

Faith - George Michael (1987)

Faith

Father Figure

I Want Your Sex Pts. 1 & 2

Hard Day (Shep Pettibone Remix)

Hand To Mouth

Look at Your Hands

Monkey (Jam & Lewis Remix)

Kissing a Fool

A Last Request (I Want Your Sex Pt. 3)

 

Difficult week, physically. Big run Tuesday, but that seemed to exacerbate the injury. Refraining from running was an emotional drain. The weather didn't help, the rain and damp. Still, been reading. Working. Watching movies. Summer time.

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Not horrible, slow pace, felt the pull the entire time. Also, occasional new twitches in my left knee. What's that all about? Will pound ibuprofen, hope for the best.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blueberry, cherry, dried cranberry & raisin, yogurt, granola, honey & sunflower seeds

Zoom Time: iced coffee

Lunch: ramen w/roasted chicken

Dinner: popcorn

Alcohol? Boss Dog

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

Man, but that last track is problematic.

Forest Hill Walk

I'm dizzy pretty much all the time now. I just deal with it and try not to fall down.

And I am out of sorts. Can't run yet, it hurts too much in my side. I tried to run last night and stopped, which was depressing. The wife reminded me, I can walk! I did that last summer when I was recuperating from my operation, and that was very helpful. 

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 59:37
Pace: 19:15

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 71°
Climate: excellent

Mood: a little shaky

 

Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh blueberry, strawberry, cherry, watermelon, banana w/granola & yogurt

Snack: Cheez-Its

Lunch: Hot Tito (1 slice), Coke

Afternoon: fizzy water, sunbutter & banana muffin

Dinner: cobb salad, tempura green beans, falafel balls

Alcohol? Manhattan

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 bs. (-0-) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Writing: yes

What the hell's got into you?

But, okay. Also. On Sunday, at Cedar Point, the first ride we went on was the Scrambler. And almost immediately my wife leans into me (see: centrifugal force) and my arm is stuck for a moment between the edge of the car and my side, and I feel this pinch in my ribs.

Not a pop, not a crack, right? Just a sudden twinge of pain. And I've had it for the past several days. Not debilitating, just ... there. What is that?

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 10:06

Route: Haselton Loop 

Temperature: 70°
Climate: overcast & damp

Mood: pained

Okay, oof. That was. I set out for a two mile run, but decided almost immediately to make it one mile. The pain in my side made it hard to take deep breaths, which are necessary for running. Not sure how to handle this. A few days off? Not sure.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 20
Planks: tbd 

Upper body: 10 reps (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, smoothie bowl w/ fresh mango, strawberry, blackberry & blueberry granola w/agave drizzle

Coffee Break: latte w/oat milk

Lunch: baba & pita, cookie

Treat: ice cream cone

Dinner: leftover pea & pepper stir fry over rice, fizzy water

Alcohol? no

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0.5) 

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min

Blog? conducted an interview

What's That Lyric?

Young Guns (Go For It!) - Wham!

I want to hit that high.

My summertime love.

Big Cedar Point weekend. A little on the decadent side, but I think it's the only time we go this summer. We've become huge summer fun people!

But also, on Monday, I developed a crushing headache which separated me from humanity for the entire morning and most of the afternoon. As I recuperated, I ate what seemed best to eat, which included a lot of fat and salt and stranger cravings.

This morning I feel like I am starting from the beginning again.

Distance: 4.55 miles

Duration: 43:47
Pace: 9:37

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 68°
Climate: sunny  nice

Mood: good

The truth is, Make It Big is a mediocre follow-up. Fantastic knows what it is, a party record, and it is perfect. This is a Frankenstein's monster of an album, half of it is outstanding. I don't even need to point out which songs those are.

But "Heartbeat", "Like a Baby", "If You Were There" and "Credit Card Baby" are so light and poppy just fill in your own metaphor about a soap bubble here.

Actually, I love "Like a Baby." That is a good song, pure Sophisti-pop. I wish for an EBTG cover version. But still, those four are not my favorite songs for running. 

Make It Big - Wham! (1985)

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Everything She Wants (Remix)

Heartbeat

Like a Baby

Freedom (Long Mix)

If You Were There

Credit Card Baby

Careless Whisper "Wham! ft. George Michael"

 

Bonus Track: I'm Your Man

Yeah, "Credit Card Baby" is ... not good. They know it, too. The song just stops.

I mean, another song about a materialistic lady-person? You already nailed that on the second track.

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 50
Planks: 90 sec. (2x) 

Water: yes

We will not be running to the complete Music From the Edge of Heaven. A contractual obligation record, it includes four original tracks, two previously released and horribly remixed singles, one live track and the Christmas song. A must-have to be sure, but a disjointed collection. 

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh banana, strawberry, blueberry, cherry, grape w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: chicken Caesar salad, Coke

Snack: Cheez-Its, iced coffee

Dinner: pizza (1 slice), Caesar salad, watermelon

Alcohol? IPA (1)

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170.5 lbs. (+1.0)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 20 min.

We'll still be dancing as you run.

Music is the motivation. The iPod made me a consistent runner. Because I need rhythm. And because I am easily bored.

So? Another album!

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 37:11
Pace: 9:17

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 73°
Climate: sunny & beautiful

Mood: good

 

Yes, much better today. Energetic and lively. Fantastic!

Fantastic - Wham! (1983)

Bad Boys

A Ray of Sunshine

Love Machine

Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)

Club Tropicana
Nothing Looks the Same in the Light

Come On

Young Guns (Go For It!)

This album did not hit in America, though the song "Young Guns (Go For It!)" did make it into the soundtrack of the movie Sixteen Candles. It should be no surprise. If I had heard it when I was fifteen, I would probably have dismissed the thing outright. Which is a pity because I do love it so.

Why do I love it so? Because a girl explained to me why I should, which is the only reason I have come to enjoy anything in this world. I was raised to be so cynical, so judgmental (where did that come from? not from my parents) that things just fun or silly were not to be trusted.

Also? Homophobia. Just fucking stupid. You miss so much bring a bigot.

But this is the thing. We worshipped Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and they were straight up gay. In your face, as we used to say. And we loved it. Wham! was what we now call queer-coded; Andrew is straight, George claimed to be. But they were fey. They exhibited the same kind of character traits that I got bullied for, and so I told myself I wasn't into it.

This album has no business being this good.

 
Stretches: yes

Upper body: 10 reps. (3x)
Water: yes

Yes, I watched the documentary. The big takeaway: George Michael grew older. Wham! is eternally young.

“There was a certain energy through the naffness.” - George Michael

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, cherry, blackberry, blueberry, grape, banana w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: pizza (2 slices), 1/2 C. slaw

Happy Hour: fizzy water, dried fruit & almonds

Snack: pretzel rods

Dinner: olive tapenade pasta w/roasted broccoli 

Alcohol? No

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 169.5 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

Writing: 30 min. storyboarding

Reading as I eat now, instead of the crossword. That becomes a way to avoid everything, the crossword. It's more challenging than Solitaire, I remember playing Solitaire all the time when I was seventeen. It was a way of avoiding the tedium of conversation with my girlfriend.

But reading, it feels so selfish. But it's so important.

We running and don’t look back.

Forest Hill Park Footbridge

Skipping a day makes me feel wrong. Weird? I guess. It's been a weird week.

Also? Now on Threads (Pengo216).

Distance: 4 miles

Duration: 40:16
Pace: 10:04

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 70°
Climate: sunny & humid

Mood: all right

  

Beautiful day, I feel weary, though. Never stopped, just trudging along. Weird, weird week.

Stretches: yes

Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w cream, fresh blueberry, blackberry, banana, strawberry, grape, cherry w/granola & yogurt

Afternoon: fizzy water (2x)

Late Lunch: slaw & corn salad, bread w/butter 

Dinner: Caesar salad, BBQ chik pizza (1 slice)

Alcohol? Shandy

Photo: J. Mark Souther

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 169.5 lbs. (-0.5)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

It's like, if I don't write it down, it didn't happen. Or I need a check list to make sure I do the things. And now that includes the reading and the writing.

What’s That Lyric?

Turn Up the Sunshine – Diana Ross ft. Tame Impala

Use me until I run out of juice.

Know how many children we
had to push out of the way
to get these shirts?

Near one-year post-op exam. All apparently well in my left eye, if not perfect. I am actually using my old sunglasses when running, I would hate to damage the new ones.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 30:39
Pace: 9:53

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 82°
Climate: sunny & humid

Mood: anxious

 
Stretches: yes

Planks: 90 sec. (2x)

Upper body: 10 reps.
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream

Coffee Break: latte w/oat milk 

Lunch: Mac & cheese burger, slaw, Diet Pepsi

Snack: cheezits, fizzy water

Dinner: snap pea & red pepper stir fry w/rice

Alcohol? 

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

The big hold steady,

Reading: 30 min.

Blog? yes

What's That Lyric?

Down - Hot Chip

The only road I've ever been down.

New summer swag.

My left knee doesn't hurt the way it used to. Not sure what that means. I mean, sounds good, right? Still hurts but standing up, sitting down, it's all good.

Distance: 3.1 miles

Duration: 26:19
Pace: 8:29

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 72°
Climate: overcast & humid

Mood: good

 

I have a collection of 32" shorts which I can only wear when I am lighter than 170 pounds.

165-174 BPM Playlist

Be My Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

Dr. Lee, PhD. - Beastie Boys ft. Lee "Scratch" Perry

In the Heights (radio edit) - "In The Heights" OBCR

The Look - Metronomy

Birdland - Maynard Ferguson

 
Stretches: yes

Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, banana w/granola & yogurt

Lunch: leftover chicken teriyaki over fried rice

Dinner: brisket nachos, hot dogs (2x)

Alcohol? Bubble berry ipa (2x)

I fucking love fresh fruit.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Holding steady.

Blog? held an interview 

You're breathing faster, silence the only sound.

I am tired of McDonaldland.
These clowns.

Rainy and damp out today. A shorter run is in order. Also? A little dizzy.

Plan for today includes reading and writing, and a Grimace shake.

Distance: 2 miles

Duration: 18:30
Pace: 9:13

Route: Burlington Loop (clockwise)

Temperature: 70°
Climate: light, misty rain

Mood: all right

 
Stretches: yes

Sit-Ups: 10
Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps. (2x)
Water: yes

Breakfast: coffee w/cream, fresh peach, banana, blueberry, strawberry, raspberry w/granola & yogurt 

Lunch: Grimace birthday meal: 10 nuggets, fries & Grimace shake (because it's fucking summer

Happy Hour: Sprite 

Dinner: chicken teriyaki & fried rice

Alcohol? No.

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs. (-0-)

Goal: 165 lbs.

Reading: 30 min.

Writing: yes

Blog? Yes!

What's That Lyric?

Paperlate - Genesis

Oh, Lord! Deliver us from the elements.

Album runs are inspiring, they encourage me to run further more often. I used to just listen to an album for as long as it took to run however far I wanted to run that day, whether I finished the record or not. This month I have been trying to time the run out to meet the duration of the album.

And there's all kinds of records I have done yet! I don't imagine I'll ever run out.

Distance: 4.3 miles

Duration: 41:21
Pace: 9:33

Route: Forest Hill Loop

Temperature: 82° 
Climate: sunny & hot

Mood: good

Mummer - XTC (1983)

Beating of Hearts
Wonderland
Love on a Farmboy's Wages
Great Fire
Deliver Us from the Elements
Human Alchemy
Ladybird
In Loving Memory of a Name
Me and the Wind
Funk Pop a Roll

 

One I embraced in college, the first track founds its way onto mix tapes for at least two women I was interested in, perhaps more. "Human Alchemy" was a revelation for a young white man (wait, "we" did this?) though today the African drums makes it a bit cringey.

Also? You can stretch a metaphor too far. Oh, we're the real slaves ... to Capitalism! Yeah, no. Just stop.

"Ladybird" led act two of my production of Romeo & Juliet ("What, Lamb! What, Ladybird!") including a recorded intro from a WENZ DJ, as if that station ever played any deep cuts from anyone.

Stretches: yes

Planks: 90 sec.

Upper body: 10 reps.
Water: yes

Man. They use the word "slave" on three different songs on that album. None of them refer to actual enslaved people.

Breakfast: coffee w/cream 

Lunch: fresh strawberry, peach, banana, blueberry, blackberry w/granola & yogurt

Afternoon beverage: Diet Coke

Snack: cheezits

Happy Hour: Rheingeist Knowledge Double IPA

Dinner: cheese pizza (2 slices) w/ranch

Alcohol? Yes, also double old fashioned

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 170 lbs.

Goal: 165 lbs.

The last five pounds will be challenging.

Reading: 30 min.