Well…have been thinking about my own mortality since Walter died Sunday…he was only 3 years older than I am and, for some reason, it drove my thoughts to my own end….not that it is going to happen soon…I still feel better now than I have at any other time in my life…but how much longer do I really have? I guess that’s a thought that most people have at some point, but it hasn’t been to me until now….not sure how I feel about it…
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September 5th
Well…another morning….feeling a little slow today and I am going to ease into this one with lots of coffee…had a nice day yesterday but didn’t do much…I did get out to have a couple with the twins and that was fun…but didn’t clean or anything else so I’ll have to do some of that today….slept okay last night and that has almost become the new normal….haven’t been tossing as much and that is making some new problems with pain in my shoulders but that I can live with….I think I may start doing a countdown to SS here….so that will be 15 days until the first deposit and I have 58 dollars to get there….shouldn’t have to put gas in the car but I do have to eat and have cocktails so it will be a little tight….but, the bike is fixed so that is cool….more later…
Who is going to rebuild Houston?
Well…when hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, over 100,000 undocumented workers were essential to getting that town back on it’s feet….but, with the crackdown of the ICE gestapo on undocumented people in the US after the idiot trump, who is going to rebuild Houston? All across the country, construction companies are trying desperately to find workers to replace the undocumenteds who have been arrested and deported or who have been scared away from working by the ICE raids that are breaking up families in the age of trump. Now, part of the reason that these construction companies can’t find workers is that they don’t pay very well…but another is that the construction skills that these undocumented people have gained by working their butts off are leaving with them and there are not many citizens that have those skills. So, again, the shortsighted racist in the WH is decimating another industry…along with agriculture, just so he can make his racist supporters happy…I wonder when business people across this country that voted for the idiot are going to start to revolt…probably never since they are probably racists, too…impeach….
I fixed it….
Well…just got back from the bike ride and I am pleasantly surprised that I fixed the chain skipping…didn’t do it once and it felt good to be able to go as hard as I wanted in any gear…it was really a pain not being able to do that…so now, it looks like I can wait to get a new one until spring and I get some cash in the bank….one less thing to think about….
September 4th
Well…running a little early today and I’m not sure why…and I really don’t care….slept okay last night and feel a little slow this morning and I hope that doesn’t affect my workout and bike ride…not too motivated right now but I might be after coffee….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done but watch races….and I may have fixed the bike so that’s something….today looks the same but with the wind already being almost 20 it may be a chore on the bike…still don’t have any back pain and that seems to be a little ominous…I mean, how many times does a back just fix itself? Need to clean some today but that will wait until later…the coffee needs to work and I need to watch more Buffy…more later….
More on SD…
Well…just can’t get over the fact that Walter died….and I thought I needed to write more about it today…so, I will…Donald and Walter have been such a big part of my musical life since the 70′s that this is going to leave a hole there…I know the music will still be there but it’s like when John Entwhistle died the week before I was to see the Who here in GR…there’s just something less in the world knowing they’re gone…knowing that I’ll never again be surprised when I take the wrapper off a new SD disc and some new theme or lyric makes me smile….whenever I need to be soothed, whenever I need music to help quiet my brain when things aren’t going exactly right, I put on my SD playlists that I have heard a thousand times and I always feel better…Whenever I hear Doctor Wu and the emotions of loss and despair get replaced by elation by the end of the song, I am there waiting for Katy…that is the magic of Donald and Walter to me…that I can still be transported to other worlds with their story songs…and I grieve that there will not be any more of them…a sad, sad, day….
It’s been a strange day…
Well…it has really been a strange day…starting with hearing about Walter…and that still is on my mind…cripes, he was only 3 years older than I am…do I have to start worrying about dying now? Going to try not to do that….I did figure out the bike and the chain skipping today so that’s something…the front sprocket is worn out again so I decided to try something…took the sprocket off and noticed that I could reverse it…so I flipped it and put it back on…worked like a champ and now no more skipping in any gear…but now I’m having shifting problems after I cleaned the bike yesterday…lubed it up and it got better so I guess tomorrow will be the test…and it looks like I’ll be able to get to October with this one and then buy a new one after I get my second payment from SS…
RIP Walter Becker…
Damn…this is one that I never wanted to do…Walter Becker, half of Steely Dan, died last night at the age of 67. I am still catching my breath about this…the Dan has been my favorite group for decades now and the plan was to see them for the 7th time in October here in GR. I knew there was something seriously wrong with him when he missed most of their concerts this year, and he didn’t look well at all in the youtube video of a concert from May….but his death still hit me like a ton of bricks, to use the old cliche….the Fagen/Becker partnership has given us some of the best, snarky and literate music that was really hard to describe…but the themes of old guys and young women, of outsiders that really liked being outsiders, and yearning for pasts that never were still resonate to me…and always will….RIP Walter…I’m going to miss you….
September 3rd
Well…running on time this morning since I want to get this done before the F1 race comes on….slept okay last night and feel okay this morning but I do still have that low level bug that is a little annoying with the lung congestion that comes with it…and I do still feel a little warm, too…but it’s not too bad so I guess I can live with it…the bike failed yesterday and now it looks like I’ll be without one for a few weeks until the 20th when I can buy a new one…or, I can get the Schwinn running and ride that for a while….going to try to ride this morning but the chain and sprockets are skipping and it is really annoying….the thing is just worn out and I’m not spending any more money on it…don’t have it to spend anyway….not much to do today…there are three races on today so my day will be pretty much a waste…more later…
September 2nd
Well….man, it’s cold in here with it being only 44 degrees outside…not going to put the heat on yet…just too early for that…I really think I have a bug since I am still coughing and have no energy…so, today is going to be a sports day with Man U, Michigan, and a race on and I am going to veg it out and couch all day…still no back pain and I like that but I feel sore everywhere else…..but, I haven’t had to take anything for it in quite a while so that is cool….not much to do today…I should clean some today and I might but, I might not….it all depends on my motivation….I can’t find it right now….more later…