random late saturday musings

If you're an Iowan, it was a rather good day... even if you no longer live in Iowa.

In addition to it being the first day of Spring, The Fraud - He Who Must Not Be Named In New Mexico - went down in the second round of the NCAAs. Iowa's women's basketball team won its first round game, beating its former coach. Iowa wrapped its 3rd in a row NCAA men's wrestling title.

And UNI - The University of Northern Iowa (that I attended my freshman year) knocked off # 1 Kansas in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. GO PANTHERS!

This morning, I ran a 7+ miler - the farthest I've run in almost two years in battling a nagging left leg injury that's affected my hip, leg and left knee. I feel great this evening, even after walking Mr. Dog 3 miles before the sun went down (poor fella is completely crashed in his dog bed, he also spent a lot of time at the dog park this morning), so I put 10+ miles on my legs today. I'm sure I'll pay for it tomorrow, but I'm on pace now to clock close to 60 miles of running in the past 30 days, which would be my highest monthly total in nearly two years as well.

like a virus, this is all over the net

And the reading was recommended to me by a local guitarist... since it's plastered everywhere, I figured I might as well plaster it here as well...

Pat Metheny on Kenny G

i bought this and it totally kicks ass

Here's the link on the specs. Add a little chorus and delay and this sucker will blow your socks off.

your life

Thank god for ipods and headphones. I CAN'T CONCENTRATE IF YOU PEOPLE CAN'T FUCKING SHUT UP.

Stand there with your ball and chain

Bitch about what you created

Woke up in the masquerade

You've already been paid and made it

Don't pretend to know what it's like

To feel the things that we must live through

You will see with your dyin' eyes

There's only one thing I will ask of you

Can you take this life

Can you make it right

Do you have the words to say to make it

All go away

You act so wise and so refined

You can keep your lies 'cause I'm

Never gonna go your way

Promises of a better life

What's wrong with the one I'm leadin

Everyone has a different fight

A different wound that keeps them bleedin

What's wrong with a little fun

Everybody needs to find their something

This is how your gonna treat your son?

Fuck 'em up and give them nothing

Can you take this life

Can you make it right

Do you have the words to say to make it

All go away {Repeat}

You act so wise and so refined

Keep your bullshit lies 'cause I'm

Never gonna go your way

Never gonna go your way

Everybody needs to find their own way through life

Everybody needs to find their own way

{Repeat}

Can you take this life

Can you make it right

Do you have the words to say to make it

All go away {Repeat}

You act so wise and so refined

Keep your bullshit lies lies 'cause I'm

Never gonna go your way

Never gonna go your way

(Repeat 3X}