While I’ve been here on St. John’s, I’ve been running a lot. The roads are very rocky and hilly, and on top of that my legs have been in rough shape the past few weeks. In spite of this, the runs here have been fantastic. I think that it may be from a combination of the great weather, stunning landscape, and overall positive energy that I’m pushing through any pain or short of breathe. I had one particularly memorable run my first day here. Despite my legs being stiff from the plane, I was hammering up and down these potholed hillsides, suckin down the oxygen rich air, great tunes, sun setting, simply ecstatic about where I was.
On the last hill coming back into the campground there was a wild donkey grazing on the side of the road. I was moving pretty quickly down the hill and I didn’t see him until I was about 10 feet away from him and apparently he didn’t see me either. He jumped a good three feet in the air and started galloping down the road looking back every few seconds to keep an eye on me. I had to stop running because I was laughing so hard.Here were the musical highlights from the run:
Maps and Atlases- “Witch” and “Artichokes” (I’ve been listening to these songs very sparingly since I first heard them because every time I listen to them, they ignite a rush of fresh adrenaline and excitement, thus I don’t overplay them because I don’t want them to lose their spark.
Radiohead- Jigsaws Falling Into Place- at times I have a hard time buying into the magic of Radiohead. Other times they fit my mood just spectacularly. At 1:45 where the second layer of guitar chimes in, that moment hit the right note.
Coldplay- Everything Not Lost – This song usually serves as a pick-me-up type song for me, but I couldn’t help myself :-)
That’s all for now.
-Charlie
Haiku of the day:
I run down the hill,
The donkey doesn’t see me,
Don’t fear the human
Yo Mama Joke of the Day:
Yo mama is so fat, her nick name in high school was ‘heart failure’.
