You Never Know What's Looming

      Happy Cycle To Work Day! It’s also Lighthouse Day, Handloom Day, Raspberries n’ Cream Day, and, my favorite: IPA, or India Pale Ale Day. I accidentally left the news on as I started, and they mentioned it’s also Purple Heart Day. I didn’t see that on the site I usually look at. I went and checked, I had to click on a few things, but it’s on there. It’s strange to me that it wouldn’t make the list of “headliners.” It’s odd to think that people who’ve received the Purple Heart, for being wounded in battle, wouldn’t rank as high as say, I don’t know, a handloom! Maybe if you’re in another part of the world, the handloom is all the rage. It may even be a godsend to have one. But here? I don’t know. Here’s a weird thing though: Last night/early this morning, I was having trouble sleeping. I’m still a little sick, and my throat was killing me. It was very hard to swallow, and with the post-nasal drip, I was not having fun. Only sleeping in short bursts. But, I kept having this recurring “dream” of the word “Loom” or “Loomis.” I wasn’t sure what it meant, or why it was sticking out so much. For some reason, I kept having this feeling it had to do with dentistry. When I woke up, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. So, after I finished my morning routine, I looked it up, to see if it could show some deeper meaning. It did not. I figured it was just some weird “dream” type thing, that had no meaning. But, I ended up looking at a whole bunch of “Looms” in the process. It meant nothing to me, until a few minutes ago, when I looked up the day of the year, before I began this, and lo and behold, what do I see? I see another picture of a loom, staring right back at me. Freaky! I got the chills. Weird shit!

     I’m not going to start making my own textiles, or anything, I just got a blast of curious energy. I’m sorry if you don’t have moments like that. I find them amazing. And, here we are, once again, starting the second paragraph, and I’m still trying to wrap up the first! Oh well, I had to tell you about the loom story, that was too freaky, especially on an item that I would have had nothing to say about, in pretty much any other situation. Cycle To Work Day seems to be trying to be something, more than it actually is. I don’t know where you are, but here, in San Diego, a lot of places are getting rid of parking, to make room for all of these cyclists, that are supposedly going to be taking to the streets. It’s been years now, people are fed up, and you know what one of the biggest concerns is? None of us are seeing more cyclists! They’re building these massive bike lanes, making parking nearly impossible, and none of us are seeing these cyclists. Spooky! Maybe it’s for the Future! (Imagine “Future” said in a spooky, echoey voice) I’m sure we’d all be healthier, but we’d have to live awfully close to where we work. And, side note, I don’t see them adding any extra “Bike Parking.” Where are all of these cyclists going to put their ride? Will that be in the future too!? I say this as a long-time cyclist. I am not anti-cyclist. I love riding. I’m just not sure there’s going to be a mass amount of people choosing that as their primary mode of transportation, any time soon. Who knows with gas prices!? No, I’m not going there. I’m already running out of room, and I haven’t even gotten to IPAs yet. I do like some, but not all, IPAs. It actually took me a while to realize that it is supposed to taste that way. I don’t like them enough to have one today, but it’s nice for people who might be curious.

     Now I’m not sure how to cram in all the stuff I was going to tell you today. 1) It’s hot! I wasn’t going to include that, but it deserves mention. 2) No practice again this week. I cancelled Eruption tonight because, as mentioned earlier, I’m still not 100%. Plus, I was supposed to have a gig this weekend with the Calvins. I wanted to save what’s left of my voice for the show. I am, after all, a semi-professional! However, Tuesday, right after I had my early “dinner,” I got a text from the Calvin’s singer, his girlfriend’s sister was just found dead in the tub. Not only was he cancelling practice, but he cancelled the gig as well. I was stunned. We hadn’t practiced in a month, so this show was going to be iffy anyway. He’s very close with his girlfriend, so I get it. She must be a wreck! I feel bad that I don’t even know the deceased’s name. I met her once, a few years ago. She came to one of our shows down in Chula Vista. I remember her being kind of cute, but not much else. I had trouble believing they were sisters. Gina, the singer’s girlfriend, used to live with her sister, and nanny for her nephew. Now, that nephew is motherless. I think she was barely 30! What a shame. They said she “fell asleep” in the tub. I haven’t gotten much information. I don’t need much information. I am a naturally curious person, so, I have questions, but I’m sure they’ll get answered in time. When I found out, Tuesday, the girl’s father hadn’t even been told yet. Fucked up! The girls used to live together, but had some kind of falling out about a year ago. Now, I’m remembering a conversation had at band practice about a month ago, where we were told that the sister was not doing good. Wasting away. You never know how serious it is when people are talking about things you don’t really know about. So, now I’m thinking about death again. Yay!