Yesterday was good enough that my descriptive abilities fail me. I really, really needed a day like that.
We didn't get to the beach until almost 2pm, though I got the job I wanted, so I cancelled my interview that morning to sleep (I probably totalled three hours that night and maybe one and a half more in the morning). On the way I bumped into CrazyChris and Angus-- I hadn't seen Angus for over a year --and then we headed down in weather that was somewhere around thirty-two degrees.
It was absolutely the best weather in which to do Wreck. It was a super-sweaty day, and that made the water both necessary and enjoyable, though I don't think anyone could stand more than half an hour in it at a time. The day was full of sunshine, of awesome people (Eva joined us later, and then Doug, Dancing Nick, Kat, Army Nick, and a girl named Vicki, and Juggler and Mike came originally), of a really nice massage, lovely rolling swealls, a breeze, and generally a release of angst. Everyone's been super-miserable lately, and I think it did everyone good to fuck off for awhile and just be somewhere so exquisitely enjoyable.
For those who have never been to Wreck (of whom Mike was one until recently), it's a lovely long curve of sand bracketed by rock and cliffside and trees. You can't see any hint of city or even a single building from Wreck, it's always full of casual, relaxed hippies and hardcore skimboarders and endors selling beer, shrooms, pizza, cocktails, necklaces, etc as they dodge the police.
After Wreck we wandered over to karaoke, which was far too hot but made me happy nonetheless, and I got some dancing in. Then it was home, stickily, for a shower and the best night's sleep I've had in a month.
Bob's sick, and coughing, and he's home for the day (also terribly high on whatever they've given him). Much as this sucks for him, it's nice to have him around. I've been so busy with job stuff and social stuff that I've been really missing individual people. It's time for me to catch up on that a little this next couple of days.
And then I may start work on Friday, or definitely next week...
We didn't get to the beach until almost 2pm, though I got the job I wanted, so I cancelled my interview that morning to sleep (I probably totalled three hours that night and maybe one and a half more in the morning). On the way I bumped into CrazyChris and Angus-- I hadn't seen Angus for over a year --and then we headed down in weather that was somewhere around thirty-two degrees.
It was absolutely the best weather in which to do Wreck. It was a super-sweaty day, and that made the water both necessary and enjoyable, though I don't think anyone could stand more than half an hour in it at a time. The day was full of sunshine, of awesome people (Eva joined us later, and then Doug, Dancing Nick, Kat, Army Nick, and a girl named Vicki, and Juggler and Mike came originally), of a really nice massage, lovely rolling swealls, a breeze, and generally a release of angst. Everyone's been super-miserable lately, and I think it did everyone good to fuck off for awhile and just be somewhere so exquisitely enjoyable.
For those who have never been to Wreck (of whom Mike was one until recently), it's a lovely long curve of sand bracketed by rock and cliffside and trees. You can't see any hint of city or even a single building from Wreck, it's always full of casual, relaxed hippies and hardcore skimboarders and endors selling beer, shrooms, pizza, cocktails, necklaces, etc as they dodge the police.
After Wreck we wandered over to karaoke, which was far too hot but made me happy nonetheless, and I got some dancing in. Then it was home, stickily, for a shower and the best night's sleep I've had in a month.
Bob's sick, and coughing, and he's home for the day (also terribly high on whatever they've given him). Much as this sucks for him, it's nice to have him around. I've been so busy with job stuff and social stuff that I've been really missing individual people. It's time for me to catch up on that a little this next couple of days.
And then I may start work on Friday, or definitely next week...