"An Edge of the Empire Garrison Town"
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Against my better wishes, I've migrated back to Google—yeah, exactly. I'm not flipping my email back. It's only to add functionality to a once deGoogled Android phone. I think there is value in augmenting ability in this dynamic space. Google is still a creep. I guess it's about responding to the unknown, isn't it? That said, it is a goal of mine in 2024 to complete the migration from Google products. Thus, a temporary crutch!
As to my NYR24, I'll hit my passive marks. But, will my active ones may fall to the wayside—ratio, arms, and races? I just don't know contextually...change aside, I just don't have it to lift for my shoulders and arms. As to my races...well, we'll see.
Nevertheless, I do want to hit those goals. We're far from that first week of the new year where resolutions die; we're almost into April! Go us? The shape of 2024...The Shape of Things to Come.
I even revived my Garmin, though all of my past 2023-24 walks, records, and badges are lost in the digital ether. I value my watch more for its heart rate tracking and alarm clock than something that compels me to push, for things haven't changed.
Yeah, good ol' immutable me...kinda a different context as I listen to Mr. Big Just Take My Heart from way back when, that place when I used to store its cassette single with my wooden turn-table and 8-track horizontal cabinet. Yep, right next to those singles of...
...RHCP - Under the Bridge...
...VH - Right Now and Top of the World...
...Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now...
...Paul Young - What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted...
...that Smells Like Teen Spirit/Smells Like Nirvana combo...
—all of those junior high favorites. My mind dials back to my hits...
Yeah, everything's still numb. It's always disconcerting to run a towel down my calves. The last time I felt 100% was—well, interestingly enough when I walked 40,000 steps on February 11. It's funny how we can reach a high that's immediately followed by a long descent.
I look to my future. It's bright, for sure, for I begin with the ending and I'll end with the beginning. Unknowns encircle me, but haven't they always? Aren't they all extraneous details? The core is as it always was. The rest is just background. Still, for the luster of 2022, ne'er the pan sifted bonanza.