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Standing Deer
Posted Jan 23, 2003
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I love So Cal
Posted Jan 20, 2003
Just wanted to let anyone who managed to stumble on this dark corner of the electronic universe that I managed to barbeque an awesome tri-tip in shorts and a t-shirt this evening. The tri-tip was certified organic, free-range beef, my marinade is a secret (but does contain alcohol, as do I). And the temp was in the mid 80's in my backyard. So what if we don't have any water out here, and we're going to die in the next big earthquake. At least I got to cook outdoors in January. My dad called from Boston while I was grilling and told me it was 2 degrees out there. That's fahrenheit for all you celcius people, I can't convert it. Needless to say, I know where I'd rather be.
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What's in a nickname?
Posted Jan 19, 2003
The fiberglass in my arms leaves me with an itch that seems to intensify as I ponder it. I look up at the full moon and remember summertime. Reminds me of a cold night in Catalina what seems like a thousand years ago when I was racing sailboats for fun and free alcohol for the summer.
Met a little waitress, you know the type. Tanned body and sun bleached hair with skin soft and firm, the way girls feel before they leard how hard life really is. She has a row of friendship bracelets whapped around her left ankle. And she would kiss me with her eyes closed, thinking about the guy she wished was there instead. I was just another dream in the evening mist to her, no more real than the boy she would play with the weekend before, or the wekend after.
That night at Cat Harbor my forearms were crisscut with long gouges from the blistered hull of the ship I sailed in on. Fiberglass is tempermental, crawls in under your skin in thin barbs which only leave as you skin sheds them off. I always move before I think, and pay the price.
Funny how some memories only come back in rare moments when you don't expect them, feeling like a long lost friend that you don't quite know how to talk to anymore.
My nickname was bones 
and if my friends then could see me now. All fat and old, with my greying hair buzzed short and a beard. Even my tattoos are fading to a blueish tinge from the black they once were.
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Moving
Posted Jan 12, 2003
Well, I sold my house. Now I just have to find a new one. I put on offer on a 2200 sq. ftr. with 4+2 1/2 a family room, sunken living room, bonus room (above ground basement/rec room type thing) pool and covered deck. It's only a two car garage, but it's got a long driveway and 13-14 sq ft. of space around it. Not bad for this area. Only 449k. I offered 345k because I ain't that rich and eating might become a priority after the shelter need has been met. Oh yeah, it's got hardwood floors everywhere, except the living roon and master. The bonus room is tile because it's by the pool. If I get it, I'll be able to have kids and raise them in a place like I wish I had grown up. Not that growing up on military bases and in foreign countries didn't have a gypsy-like charm. Just another step down the road in my suburban fantasy.
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Back to the gym
Posted Jan 7, 2003
Well, I am back in the gym after a 14 month absence. I was very ill after having my chest sliced open, and nearly bleeding to death in an operating room in a hospital in L.A. At first I told myself that I was still recovering, and I needed to heal before I went back. Now I know I was just lazy, and maybe a little scared that I wouldn't be able to get back into the shape I was in before. But in October I realized what a fat pig I was becoming, and so I started this evening on the road to rehabilitation. Let me just say, that there's room for improvement. I can barely survive 20 min of cardio. I was military pressing 175 lbs. It was a joke. But I pushed myself as hard as I could for 45 min and went home to throw up. Wasn't part of the plan, but these things happen. I don't think I'll be pushing quite that hard the rest of the week, but I would like to be pushing my own bodyweight by the end of the month and not feel like I am going to die when I try the treadmill. We'll see. Maybe a year from now I'll read this and remember and laugh.
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