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Monday, July 13, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Updates
Hey everyone! A few updates on life over the past while:
1. Canada Day was fantastic. Jimmy came up on Tuesday night. We haven't really spent much time together since he became an american, so it was a bunch of fun. There was a lot of drinking and smoking to our good health. There was pizza making, which started out as a complete disaster, and ended as a qualified success. There was early morning tennis, a run, and later that night, baseball and sushi on the patio with a bunch of other good friends. Not really any chance the day could've been better.
2. The running is still going well. Last night I ran a new personal best.. 10.67km. I've discovered that it's a lot nicer running into town and then hopping the subway back home.. our neighborhood isn't the nicest, so it's great to run through greektown and especially across the Don Valley. Plus, the added benefit of the City skyline makes it easy to gauge how far you've come and how far you've got to go. Here's my route:
Lately my mind's been going into 'thankful' mode a lot while running. Yesterday I found myself halfway across the bridge, looking down over the wide open Valley, and the parkway and all the greenspace, and just feeling so lucky to be healthy, and alive, and able to run and sweat and feel pain, and strength. Somehow the moment just blew me away with a sense of self-awareness... of my body and my limitations, and also the inherent potential. It was a great moment.
3. In other exciting news, I'm playing with a bunch of friends in a band for Lauren Malyon. She's a great singer/songwriter from here in Toronto who just released a brand new record. You can find her stuff at www.myspace.com/laurenmalyon. We're doing a CD release show at the end of the month, so I was one of the recruits to back her up for the gig! It's a great group of guys playing, so it's gonna be a fantastic show. Check her out! (and buy a copy on iTunes)
Think that's about it for now. I'm heading home this coming weekend actually. Kar's aunt/uncle are having a big party to celebrate his being cancer free for 5 years, as well as to raise money for research, so I'll be doing some music and hanging out there. See some of you soon!
JB
1. Canada Day was fantastic. Jimmy came up on Tuesday night. We haven't really spent much time together since he became an american, so it was a bunch of fun. There was a lot of drinking and smoking to our good health. There was pizza making, which started out as a complete disaster, and ended as a qualified success. There was early morning tennis, a run, and later that night, baseball and sushi on the patio with a bunch of other good friends. Not really any chance the day could've been better.
2. The running is still going well. Last night I ran a new personal best.. 10.67km. I've discovered that it's a lot nicer running into town and then hopping the subway back home.. our neighborhood isn't the nicest, so it's great to run through greektown and especially across the Don Valley. Plus, the added benefit of the City skyline makes it easy to gauge how far you've come and how far you've got to go. Here's my route:
Lately my mind's been going into 'thankful' mode a lot while running. Yesterday I found myself halfway across the bridge, looking down over the wide open Valley, and the parkway and all the greenspace, and just feeling so lucky to be healthy, and alive, and able to run and sweat and feel pain, and strength. Somehow the moment just blew me away with a sense of self-awareness... of my body and my limitations, and also the inherent potential. It was a great moment.
3. In other exciting news, I'm playing with a bunch of friends in a band for Lauren Malyon. She's a great singer/songwriter from here in Toronto who just released a brand new record. You can find her stuff at www.myspace.com/laurenmalyon. We're doing a CD release show at the end of the month, so I was one of the recruits to back her up for the gig! It's a great group of guys playing, so it's gonna be a fantastic show. Check her out! (and buy a copy on iTunes)
Think that's about it for now. I'm heading home this coming weekend actually. Kar's aunt/uncle are having a big party to celebrate his being cancer free for 5 years, as well as to raise money for research, so I'll be doing some music and hanging out there. See some of you soon!
JB
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