During the funeral I was really glad I took off from work a few weeks ago to ride in DE and then visit him, as even though he appeared ok that visit and looked like he could keep on going a good while longer, my family felt that things weren't the best for him. Sure enough, his lungs finally gave out from the Mesothelioma which he had somehow been living with undetected that past few months.
There's one thing I'm not happy about though because I had told him about my trip to Ecuador in January 2005 and had promised to bring him all the pictures for us to go over; as he had traveled widely throughout his life and documented it extensively with photos from all around the world, though he had never visited Ecuador and so he was quite interested to see my shots.
So I'm going to post a link my bro created for me way back when so the rest of the world can see. http://dcadmail.dcad.edu/design/bryant/ecuadorhtml/
and post my favorite shot of all from the trip.
I had a good weekend of riding, with many things on my mind, it's amazing how hard and long I can ride without realizing it until I get home, eat and then am totally trashed from it.
And one last comment on life and luck. Throughout my life I've had this uncanny ability to wish something, to desire something and for it to happen. Tonight it just happened as I was writing this. There's a really good trance track that's been running through my head today and out of one of the 100 live shows I have, it's just about a 2 minute track out of about 5000 minutes of shows. So tonight, when my Itunes was giving me trouble I went to my file "121" clicked on the first show I thought I hadn't listened to in a while, this was without thinking or even knowing that it was the show which had the track I've been hearing in my head all day. Also I don't listen to any of my live shows anymore b/c I have iTunes to listen to 24/7.
Crazy stuff...
I'm happy to say that the new job is going great. You sure can't beat a stocked fridge of drinks, hot Starbucks and 10 kinds of fresh tea every day. Plus everyone there is wicked cool and helpful. Plus the trading platform we get to use is SICK!
Alright now, time for bed. Thanks Chunky-Monk for the pics of me riding.http://iamchunkymonkey.blogspot.com/
That was the coolest thing running into Marky-Marc and da Monk 2 weeks ago and then this past weekend running into Tom Dearlove riding out here. In a city of 1.somethingmillion people and I see a friendly face 2 weeks in a row. You can't beat that luck, so I bought a powerball ticket today...
Ride on,
-BC
Don't disregard your chances, they are few and far between!
1 comment:
Amen brother. Make every day count, because you never know when it may be the last for you or one of your loved ones. When my mom was sick, my Dad and I fought every day, mostly because I did not know what to do and neither did he. I never leave their house mad or if we fight, we make sure we make up quickly.
Make every moment count. Training racing, hanging out, at work, etc. Every impression should be a first impression, every moment counts, no time to be wasted.
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