heat

Dealing with the heat in one way or another was the order of the day. Cooling down now. This is one of those times where I know that there is something to be written, but don't know what yet. Bare with me. I have a cooked brain and am not sure where to start. Begin at the beginning, I suppose. Saw the Black Keys last night. Took the bike over the bridge with AJ. It was the first time for AJ on the freeway. We partook at the show and it was an incredibly pleasant ride back. As for the show, fucking amazing. Besides their incomparable rhythms and tones, it continually struck me how unreal it was that so much sound came from just those two guys. Swirling rhythms and improves mixed with BK standards. Great time.
I did have one problem with this show. It was at the Fox theater in Oakland. This is a fantastic venue. It has been completely remodeled and beautifully furnished. I have nothing against the venue itself, but it is in Oakland. Yes, this is SF snobbery, but seriously, why are all the big acts going over there to play instead of here? The marketing department at the Fox must be amazing and be run by very powerful people. I have tickets to 4 shows there in the next 2 months and have seen only one live act since moving here. It seems to me that one shouldn't have to leave SF in order to see top acts. Something must be done.
Set out for 9am yoga this morning and it just about killed me. I am not sure what I did wrong yesterday, but I suspect it was not drinking enough water. I could barely stand at the end of class and almost vomited during. I had to pull my mat out of the studio with a pool of sweat in it's center and emptied it discretely. Even in this heat, my towel is still not dry. The upside is that I gave it my absolute all and lived. It was a good day of practice. I dedicated my practice to someone different today and that person called me unexpectedly. Hope it helped.
The rest of the day. AJ and I headed over to Bi-RITE and got fixins for smoothies and a few snacky things. Neither of us felt like eating right then so we made the smoothies, drank them in my backyard (yea, on the couch out there too.) and packed up for the park. I have to admit, it has been a long while since I have been in weather that hot, completely exposed. Due to the extreme sun and in no small part to the day's earlier practice, I got some heat stroke. We were only able to stay in the sun for approximately 2 hours, returned to my place and vegged out with True Blood for a few. Then it was nap time.
I laid down for about an hour and the heat stroke passed. I got myself up and took a long walk in the hood. There were so many people out, full of zest and zeal, the energy was amazing. I returned home, read, watched and wrote with very little focus. Here we are, at the end again. We are all connected. Take care of your neighbor and you take care of yourself.

Things that are empty make a noise,
the full is always quiet.
The fool is like a half-filled pot,
the wise one is like a deep still pool.

safety

Well, it doesn't feel like a vacation yet, but I hope he will start to soon. Met a lovely person last night. How did it happen.
Let me be clear here, I am writing tonight because I have been remiss in my duties. I got about a thousand words in me and one boring story in me tonight.
I had some pretty mild mannered plans for last night. I made some mazo ball soup for AJ and I to share for dinner. We had some wine and enjoyed some music while waiting for V to come out to play. I had previously never met V and was looking forward to it. We were getting either tired or restless waiting and headed outside to the kilowatt.
You know what, the middle of this story is, no, the truth is, this is personal and private. I was not an observer, but a participant. I don't feel right putting this all down.
We had a tough night and day but things turned out just right.
My life has been flying by lately. Happiness. Honestly, I guess I am too scattered.
What a wonderful city i live in, you can stay here any time.