A change of paces these three days as I cycled at the beach down in Fa-la-la. Not a bad place to spin provided of course you have some musical accompaniment to spur you on. I loved the view of the white caps as they rushed to shore as I am truly a visual person. But it’s the music that does it for me always was that way when I was a marathoner and on the bike I clamor for good music.
On an old Johnny G. Spinner bike was I and although it was a little long in the tooth next to our Schwinn models it worked just fine as my mad pedal stroke took off in an environ that has its own set of interpretative inspirational track.
Some of the music that I used to spurn just two years ago I am now motivated by. Did I really say that? In fact the Eminem song called: Lose Yourself had me pumped as I kept adding road in position #3. Rap I am listening to rap holy s*it. One verse that struck me in particular was him getting booed off stage, which made him even more motivated to push on. It was the vociferousness of the rejection that told him he was right on target with his dream. Plenty of allegory for me and even though I am long in the tooth I can still bite and bite hard.
I am so sorry to have missed his Birthday on Tuesday but I was there in spirit and as I took off as the sun came up I was thinking about all of you back in the Lavender Palace in Woodbury. See you soon. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and Happy New Year to all my friends.
Jack
Eminem Lose Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TADyXC2K0g
Din Da Da The Roots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LqvUy7jNVI
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