Me? I flew.

I used to be like, no zombies. The very idea of zombies freaked me out. 

Vampires are people who attack people, drinking their blood is weird but it's not horrifying, no more than just being attacked and murdered. And you can talk to a vampire like a person. They are practically human.

Ghosts are freaky, I guess, because they mess with your head, what you see, what you hear. And the idea of a ghost, a spirit that lives after the death of the body, that's something I think about, it's interesting.

A zombie is the opposite of a ghost, right? All body, no spirit. No identity, no sense. Just a rotting corpse wandering around with no purpose, just the memory of being and a deep, unending hunger. Not crazy about that. Don't really want to think about it.

Except, now, for the metaphor. That society has broken down, due to a virus, a plague, God forbid, fungus. Our kid has us all watching The Last of Us together. It's not really about "the infected" is it? It's about the last of us, and we have been infected with something else.

There is no utopian future. All the good things science fiction promised us will never happen. It is all about disintegration, and what we do to each other as it happens.

So, anyway, that's why the Zombies, Run app. I'm into zombies now, because I think I am one. 

Information Exchange 0117

Distance: 3.25 miles
Duration: 28:46
Pace: 8:51

Missed a day, could not be helped. Next week, we need to be out of the house by 6:00 AM. Can I get fifteen runs in September?

Fall '25 Workout

Thunderstruck - AC/DC

Tesla - Mau P

Is Everybody Having Fun? - John Summit ft. Gorgon City & rhys from the sticks

Tambourine - The Dare

Stop Playing With Me - Tyler, The Creator

dashstar* - VIP - Knock2

Notorious - Malaa

Bangarang - Skrillex ft. Sirah

So Pretty - Reyanna Maria

Kyoto - Skrillex ft. Sirah

Route: Forest Hill Loop
Temperature: 73°
Climate: sunny & warm
Mood: all right

Stretches: yes -- not enough, though 
Water: yes
Weight: 160 lbs.

I have been this weight, more or less, since February. I often gain weight during the September rehearsal period. Consistency. Mindfulness. I'm never hungry. Often, I am bored. 

Planks: yes
Push-ups: yes

Sit-Ups: TBA

Update (later that same day): For the first time, one of my posts has been flagged for sensitive content warning: "This post was put behind a warning for readers because it contains sensitive content as outlined in Blogger’s Community Guidelines." I have not edited the original post. Can you figure out what the content advisory regards? Because I am flummoxed.

Update 9/21/2025: No longer flagged, no explanation. Weird.

Let them drink inside of my house. Make them smoke outside of my house.

The madmen are running the asylum, but what are you gonna do? I write letters. Actual letters that I send through the mail. Why? Because they are physical objects which travel to their offices. They must be dealt with. And maybe they are shredded, who knows, but that is a physical act which must be performed by someone who is aware that they are destroying communications from a constituent to their elected official.

It is not a social media post, which they will never see. It is not an email which can easily be deleted. And I do not always have the time nor energy to show up. I am grateful for those who do. I am thankful for those who do. I am doing this. I am writing letters.

I am also getting on with my life, because that is important, too.

Distance: 1.75 miles

Duration: 15:49
Pace: 9:01

Took a risk! Stepped out, headed for the rec center , but the air was so nice I decided to head for the park. I knew it might rain, too, and it did. If I'd stuck it out it would have subsided, but I didn't know, that, the wind picked up, the rain went sideways, so I turned around.

Still. Very nice.

Route: To the park & back.
Temperature: 54°
Climate: overcast & rain
Mood: all right
Stretches: yes
Water: yes

Weight: 160 lbs.

2007 Playlist

Timebomb - Beck

Merrymaking at My Place (Radio Edit) - Calvin Harris

Foundations - Kate Nash

The Boys - Dragonette

Acceptable in the 80s - Calvin Harris

Fifteen runs in one month. Every other day, more or less. Well done.

Moving in elliptical pattern.

Man. The sleep has been long this month. Eight hour sleeps, but this weekend they've been nine and ten hour sleeps, with no chemical intervention.

Got a kink in my ankle. It's lasted a day. Not something I like waking up with.

And so! Sleeping in, the time change, sore ankle, it all adds up to taking a day off from running! And well-earned, too.

Distance: 2.5 miles

Duration: 25:39
Pace: 10:15

Route: three times around the block

Temperature: 32°
Climate: light snow

Pavement: wet
Mood: good, actually

Quite a weekend. Active, and stressful. Why stressful? Not sure. Perhaps because it was so active. And yet, I saw beautiful things. We had dinner out, saw a show at the CMA. I attended the premiere of a local film and last night, my son playing with a jazz ensemble.

Why stress? Is it stress? Or just the feeling of experiencing life and people in a post-pandemic world? 

2009 Playlist

Animal - Miike Snow

Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys

1901 - Phoenix

Everyone's at it - Lily Allen

Sleepyhead - Passion Pit

Gimme Sympathy - Metric

Single Ladies (Microaggressive Mix) - Pomplamoose

What was 2009? My parents' 50th wedding anniversary cruise. We took And Then You Die (How I Ran a Marathon in 26.2 Years) to the New York Fringe Festival. Our eldest started elementary school.

 
Stretches: yes
Abdominals: 90 sec.
Water: yes

Sunday

Breakfast: coffee w/oatmilk cream 

Lunch: latte w/oatmilk, bagel w/olive cream cheese

Coffee Break: latte w/oatmilk

Dinner: smash burger & fries

Bedtime: Tea w/oatmilk cream & honey

Monday

Breakfast: coffee w/oatmilk cream (and almond cream), 1 serving frosted mini wheats & soy milk

Lunch: half toasted everything bagel w/lox, cream cheese & red onion

Coffee Hour: coffee w/oatmilk cream

Snack: sliced pear

Happy Hour: Fizzy water

Dinner: stir fry w/broccoli, celery, scallions, peppers, turnip greens over rice

Baseline: 195 lbs.

Current: 188.5 lbs. (+1.5)

Goal: 185 lbs.