April 29, 2005

• Well…at 3pm, i found out my nyc plans were postponed till tom.  So…i decided, I need to do something, so I took a bike ride down to the beach.  It’s funny, I live right off a rd. called “Long Beach Rd.” and it goes all the way down to Long Beach, but so often, I’m at home, wishing I lived near the beach. 

  
  

  It’s about a 45min. bike ride, along pretty crowded streets.  That’s part of the reason why going to the beach isn’t exactly a convenience, but, it’s what has to be done…(oh man, a nice sunset out of my window, Long Island is showing its stuff today!)

  
  

  Anyways…the ride awakened me, especially having some chill time at the beach.  It was almost as thrilling as leaving the country, I was in another world where worries drift.

  
  

  Came home and watched some Seinfeld and the Daily Show.  The Seinfeld was a classic, the one where Kramer gets a line in a Woody Allen movie, “these pretzels are making me thirsty,” and everyone in the apartment goes around trying to give their best version of it.  George is the best, he gets all crazy and frantic, as he does.

  
  

  It’s also the one where Jerry reserves a car, only to fine the car isn’t there.  “Taking a reservation is easy, anyone can do that, it’s actually holding the reservation that’s the hard part.” 

  
  

  Then…the Daily Show.  First of all, how smart is Jon Stewart.  Apparently he’s memorized the entire liberal arts curriculum at Brown U.  The guest was a U. of Chicago economist who wrote a book (damn professors can write books on anything), this one was about the economics of society.  Does abortions correlate to crime?  Does age of parents affect the learning of a child?  Basically…it was an interesting academic book that really doesn’t pull all that much statistical weight, and you could tell Jon Stewart was skeptical but was still polite and only asked questions for the author to explain. 

  
  

  I also ran into my old wrestling coach in town.  He’s probably the only person I’d hope to run into, and I usually drop by his house to say hi.  It’s pretty cool actually to have an adult friend, and to have a coach/teacher as a friend, especially from when I was in high school.  I think part of my f-up’ed ness in life is that I’ve had very few adults who I could talk to.  I think that would have been an interesting thing for the economist to come up w/.  How adult interaction affects development.  My coach is one of the few adults who I don’t see as an adult.  I tell him what I’ve been up to and the first thing he does is laugh, which for me is one of the most encouraging things because it gets me excited about what I do. 

  
  

  Anyways…whether it was the bike ride, the beach, making plans, I don’t know what…but I’m feeling better.  My friend yesturday suggested that my slump had a lot to do w/ my social situation, and I partly agree w/ that.  But…even when I’m not in the best social environment, the physical environment can play a part.  I don’t think I ever really felt lonely when I was travelling, even when I would spend a day wandering aimlessly, becaue I somehow felt connected to the country, the town, the cafe I went into.  Today I definately felt connected to my bike and the beach. 

  
  

  Basically…I need to feel connected to something, a place, person, project, book, etc.  Gonna stop writing now…  

  
  

   

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