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“One thing, before I graduate… never let your fear decide your fate.”
Whether you’re starting the weekend doing what you love, going through the valley, stuck in a routine, excited about what’s around the next corner, tired, sleepy, worn out, energized, scared, angry, offended, offensive, unsure, regretful, happy, inspired, or hungry… your fate awaits you, so go make memories you’ll be sad to forget when you’re 80.
-Out of the Wilderness
(Lyrics are from “Kill Your Heroes” by AWOLNATION)
Jail. Confinement. Literal limitation. Constraint. My foot. I went to a podiatrist recently here in Nashville and discovered I have plantar fasciitus.
No problem!
You must be an exceptional athlete!
Wow, your foot smells like flowers!
…is not what the specialist said to me. Deformity. He repeated it often. Often enough for me to remember that he repeated it often. Ok, I get it, my feet are not exactly perfect. And all the shoes I bought because they were inexpensive or looked good, darn it… I should have been paying attention to other details! Jail. Since the summer when I bought brand new Nikes for basketball and used them for first time, the heel of my left foot has been achy. I described it to the phone-call nurse as feeling like my heel bone was sore to which she responded, “oh wow” to which I responded, “oh wow?” so I pretty much figured my foot would need amputation. Sidenote: don’t research your injuries on the internet. You’ll think you have cancer or you’re already beating the odds on your life expectancy.
So plantar fasciitus can be explained like this: I have a flat foot, the rubber band tendon from my heel to my toes is stretched too tight so it gets sore where it attaches to my heel bone. If my foot had a better arch, the band wouldn’t be stretched tight and wouldn’t get sore.
Remedy: admit I’m getting old.
…is not what’s happening. The doc gave me a few things I can do to help the soreness go away. Sidenote: the pain of icing my foot is way worse than the actual heel sorenesss, go figure. (It’s like picking what I want in my back yard, mole hills or holes where my dogs dig up the moles). I suppose I’ll do the ice thing, and… gasp… deep breath… sigh… stop running for a little while.
So I’m icing my foot at least once a day, using an elastic band, and soon I’ll be wearing custom orthotics. Hey, anything custom is cool. Custom paint job. Custom sound system. US Customs. Yeah, custom orthotics. I’m the coolest. Well, I will be after I fix this silly…
Deformity.
G’day,
Out of the Wilderness
I was going to say Hanson is better simply because they have an “Activism” tab on their website.
But Justin Bieber has “Charity Movement.”
I was going to say Hanson is better because all three guys are such talented musicians.
But Justin Bieber plays drums, piano, guitar and trumpet.
I was going to say Hanson is better because May 6, 1997 is “Hanson Day” in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
But June 19, 2012 is “Justin Bieber Day” in New York City.
I was going to say, “Hanson took fans by storm with ‘Mmm Bop’.”
But Justin Bieber had “Baby.”
So what is it that makes Hanson better than Bieber? I don’t know, it’s just a feeling, I guess.
Below are a few animal tracks I came across north of Cincinnati, Ohio. With a good amount of snow, it was nice to be able to see these even hours after the animals passed through. There’s one set of tracks that I can’t identify. If you know what it is, feel free to respond below!
The highlight of this season is supposed to be family, being together, all that kind of stuff… but secretly, my favorite thing to do is take the dogs to the woods behind my sister’s house in Ohio. Piper (a beagle) hunts as if there’s no tomorrow. Asia (mixed) runs as if she stole something. It’s fun to watch. Here are a few pics…
Out of the Wilderness 