Six years old. A commercial interrupts my television program. Bloated babies with flies in their eyes. A Christian man with a white beard. I get up from where I am sitting, cross-legged, on the living room carpet and move toward the television to push one of the other little rectangular buttons. I am going to push the [...]
Continue ReadingI’m antsy. It’s true. As last year kicked my ass like you wouldn’t believe, it also gave me a crazy case of cabin fever. Pow! Biff! Bang! Crazymaking. I stormed into 2010 with one mission: get the hell out of Portland as often as humanly possible. It’s not that I don’t love it here, it’s just that sometimes my gypsy [...]
Continue ReadingJoseph Rose over at the Oregonian just published a blog post called, “Pedaling Purity: PDXebiker’s e-boost makes him an outcast” and I’m so very glad he did. Though the comments section has degenerated into the usual spit and vitriol, I think this is a fascinating conversation (and I trust readership here to maintain a slightly [...]
Continue ReadingHere’s what happens when I run. One foot in front of the other. Heartrate rising. Rampant release of Capital G Goodness into the bloodstream. Floodgates open. Muted elation. Everyday elation. Can we have that? Everyday elation? Do we deserve that? I think we do. But it doesn’t just stop at elation. It doesn’t just stop with me. It’s not just an emotion, [...]
Continue ReadingI went to a group class at 24 Hour Fitness yesterday which is not my usual gig. Chalk it up to trying to shake things up a bit – I just needed a change of scenery and I prefer the variety that comes with an early wake-up call. The class was a 5:30am Boot Camp and [...]
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