random photos i've taken in the past month

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Nice enough weather for a commute to school. Especially considering the month.
.mw.

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Surgery was never an option. I don't think I ever hinted at that, but something about those last couple posts must have made going under the knife seem like it was on the table. Maybe it was the drawing of the knee. Just to confirm, that was not a drawing of my knee. Mine still has all the skin on it and is much tougher looking.

Making lists right now. I have a ton of things to take care of before I head to a warmer work environment at the end of the week.

I'm off for some cool-guy, backstage stuff related to the Bones Brigade doc, The Skateboard Mag's Year's Best Am party, and some sunny days. A couple meet-ups planned with traveling Donuthillers, too.

Got a few new boards today (Thanks, Andrew!), but I don't even know if I'll set one up for the trip. I wouldn't have time to get used it in the next few days and I think it'd be weird do go from not skating at all to trying to get used a new board with a hurt knee. The boards will be here for me when I get home. I've toyed with the idea of not even bringing a board and just letting my knee rest, but that seems weird.

Haven't ridden since the knee smash, but I'll try to get that going today.

It's on the list, anyway.

Flip has these Schmitt boards now. His boards are the best and he messes with (and kills it) with new constructions. Haven't ridden one of the P2 boards yet, but they look insane. Very stiff, very light, steep nose and tail. Likey.

Go See The Doctor

Got massage from Tara at Bella this morning. She usually works on my back and hip but today was all about my knee. She knows what she's doing and is really good at moving the the waste and bullshit out of the affected area. It's weird. I almost always feel better walking out of there than when I went in. And 48 hours later it's even better. Those pros who get massage or PT everyday are so stoked. Huge advantage when you're trying to win the recovery battle.

I have an appointment with the doctor today to get my knee looked at. I know how it's going to go:
"Doc, it hurts when I do this."
"Well, don't do that."
Maybe he'll have some nuclear anti-inflammatory or some new instant ligament healing compound, but I doubt it. Still, I'm going. Need to get my vitals taken by someone other than the blood pressure machine at Walgreen's.
Cian's home from school today, so I'll try to get him to go with me, but he likes to chill on his days off. I don't blame him. Couldn't even get him to go get a doughnut with me this morning and doughnuts are his favorite.

The other day I told someone I had Brian Howard knees, and then Brian himself made a couple comments on Facebook that made me feel a lot better. He's kneeslid and slammed on his knees way, way, way more than I could even imagine and he's a regular and veteran cyclist, so it was cool to have him chime in and confirm what I was hoping was true — I'll be fine.

Sometimes a few well typed words are all it takes to make you feel right.

Weekly Link Round-Up

Funny Wi-Fi networks collected on WiFi Hi 5.
Photographing the Super Bowl. (more interesting than the Super Bowl)
Get a telephoto lens for your iphone. Via: Vulture.
Ken Jennings on playing against Watson on Jeopardy.
Come on people, make a DIY HD Antenna already.
How the Winklevoss twins were made in The Social Network.
Misery Bear Goes To Work.

Post Cruciate Ligament

I slammed on my knee last Thursday. I knew it was bad right when I did it. Fell about six feet straight to the joint right under the knee cap. It's where I usually fall, but this was a full-weight, full-speed thumper. I tried to get up super fast like squirrels do when they fall out of a tree. Almost like I was trying to get out of the way of the injury. Didn't work.

I've fallen like this before — a lot — but not for years. It's the kind of fall where what you hit doesn't even hurt that bad — the opposite side of where you hit takes the brunt of the slam. Like if you slam to your hip, your groin hurts from your femur tearing into your crotch. I hit my right knee on the front and right so the back left hurts. It's a bit of pcl and a bit of mcl aggravation, not sure about the tearing, but it's definitely sprained. The swelling is minimal, but it doesn't take much swelling inside the knee to make it tight and painful.

Still ... icing three times a day on two different spots on my knee. Ibuprofen too.

I'll go to the doc on Monday, but I know the drill: stay off of it, maybe see an orthopedic specialist, maybe see a physical therapist.

There's been improvement everyday, which I love. I can walk pretty good, but lifting my right leg while going up the stairs hurts.

I think I can ride. I might spin around for a half hour or so nice and easy. Get the blood going and stretch things out little. No skating, though.

Cyclists will say stop skating, just like the skaters question cycling after a bad crash.

I can think of like half a dozen people who do both and they won't say anything. They'd do what I'm doing: serve their sentence and then keep going.

short doc day

"Honey Pie" from the California Is A Place series
By Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari
Run Time: 06:09

This is a film on the origin and creation of the Real Doll. If you are new to this subject matter you will most likely have many questions. This film will not answer most of them, but that's okay. You are not meant to understand everything right away. Sometimes you are not meant to understand certain things, ever.

NSFW - There is a form of nudity in this film.

Y2k ice

so back in 1999 i bought some water in a large bottle because the world was going to end. and as we know the world continued and i kept the water in the basement in the large bottle. well the bottle went to an early death this winter by being placed in the garage where it froze. this is the remaining ice chunk. .mw.

Weekly Link Round-Up

Mitch Dobrowner's awesome Los Angeles landscapes.

Editor of The Big Picture, Alan Taylor moved over to The Atlantic at In Focus..

Slate analyzes some Jeopardy data.

Put This On tackles grooming.

Mike Mills' new Faces Of Tomorrow project.

10 free programs for multi-media journalists. (and regular creative people too)

Ok Cupid has the best first date questions.

Vulture breaks down the New Yorker's Scientology article.

Omaha

Has some nice roads to the north.
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short doc day

"Everything Is A Remix: KILL BILL"

By Kirby Ferguson and Robert Grigsby Wilson

Run Time: 5:30

Everything is a Remix is a current and ongoing video series (soon to be a Four Part) that takes an amazingly well-crafted and research-minded look at the convergence of originality and creative influence. This video sidebar of the series documents the ways in which Quentin Tarantino was influenced in his creation of the forever rad, Kill Bill. The best stuff comes at the end of the video in a dope-as-hell mix of editing crescendo when we are reminded just how heavily influenced Quentin Tarantino is by Quentin Tarantino.

Good humor

sometimes you find some funny stuff out there .mw.

Weekly Link Round-Up

Mondo Blogo scans William Christenberry Kodachromes.

Should you change your tooth brush after being sick? Slate answers.

Cracking the lottery from Wired.

Bolds, Underlines, and other facebook secrets.

Dallas Clayton is teaching his kid Emotional Lessons.

World Income Inequality chart. Via: What Consumes Me.

NY Times Minimalist chooses his 25 favorite recipes.

short doc day

"I'm Keith Hernandez"

Directed by Rob Perri

Run Time: 19:31

Part baseball documentary, part anti drug film, part socio-political satire, I’m Keith Hernandez utilizes a version of Hernandez life as a vehicle to discuss how male identity is shaped by TV/film, sports, advertising, and pornography. Topics discussed include Iran/Contra, Just Say No, when the Mets were good, Reagan, Moustache Power, Cocaine Power, Budweiser, Seinfeld, Sesame Street, Daryl Strawberry, and more.

Some content NSFW

hunter gatherer

One of my favorite skateboarders Jeff Chase with handmade weapons.

come on over tonight

come by and say happy birthday to my woman.

random pics i've been nabbing...

Got Guts

New art

Chics with animal skulls...hell yes!
.mw.

this is the first time I will have typed... wtf?

click the pic for the link to some wicked-ass weirdness...