Bursting!
Sometimes, when I eat a massive Californian burrito vegetariano and drink a lime Jarritos all in less than five minutes, I get to feeling pretty full. Full enough that I can imagine my stomach bursting open and everything inside of me exploding outwards.
Summer is here f’real, and it’s doing me good. I am so lucky that something as simple as the 23.4° tilt of the Earth’s axis of rotation brings me such rejuvination. I’m back to work wrenching at the bike shop full time, I’m staying up late and waking early, and I’m returning to a schedule that brings me all kinds of health.
I’ve also started riding my bike again. Yesterday was the first day I had ridden in a little over 9 weeks, after getting approval from my physical therapist. “If something hurts real bad, don’t do it.” Riding my bike hurts, but only a bit. On my first ride back in the saddle I was imaging all these elegant ways of describing how good it felt to be cycling again, but by the time I got home all the words had melted.
But this is what it looked like, anyway.
Also, here’s another mix for the internet to enjoy. I think I’d like to make this a regular thing. This one is titled Sharp Warm Hands.
- Dukes Up by Modest Mouse
- Gone Gone Gone by Ghost Mice (feat. Eric Ayotte)
{taken from video available at If You Make It} - Heaven’s Gonna Be My Home by The Crooked Jades (thanks Diana!)
- The Coney Island Song by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis
{taken from video available at If You Make It} - Reeks and Seeks by Oh No! Oh My!
- Sing Songs Along by Tilly & The Wall
- Arpeggiator Demo by Fugazi
- The First Five Times by Stars
- WANDA WANDa from the Katamari Soundtrack
- Oh My Darling by Madeline Adams
- Portions For Foxes by Rilo Kiley