"I Don't Think So"

My wife wants me to let my hair grow.  I can't really see that happening.  I suppose that perhaps I would be a bit prettier if I did, since hair tends to cover imperfections (I would need a lot of hair), but the convenience of just shaving it to the wood every couple of weeks with no maintenance in between is just too convenient.  My days are full enough as it is without having to add hair combing.  Never mind all the extra hassle it causes while working out. 
Adrian however overheard part of the conversation and he also suggested that I may look less offensive with a bit more up top.  He then refereneced an old pciture that sits on the bar downstairs.  Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

Almost 40 years ago my friends!  But you know whats really cool about this picture, and I never reaaly thought about it until Adrian brought it upstairs.  Almost 40 years ago and the water in the background....can you guess?  When I was 17 I took a coming of age trip out to western Canada.  Yes indeed.....Lake Okanagan!  Too much eh?

Anyway, I'm having real problems with this blogging program so I need to close for tonite.  Nothing seems to work correctly.  I will try to get a handle on it for tomorrow and give you some early Ironman training thoughts, fears, worries, plans, ideas etc.

"Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas, in my hair
A home for fleas, a hive for the buzzing bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, splendor, the wonder of my hair"---

from the rock opera of the same name

"For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off"---Johnny Carson

Love

Peter

"WHY?"

Because!  And Im gonna show you instead of just telling you. 

This is a picture of me and my Mom.  She is standing at the top of the cliff that she threw me off some 55 plus years ago.  And she knew what she was doing at the time.  She knew that bringing me into this world had one, and only one inevitable end, and yet she did it anyway.  And now she's watching to see how I handle the whole experience.  I purposely made the little drawing to a scale that would reflect me living to be about 80 years old, and it was a sobering moment.  I'm about to crash into the rocks at the bottom of the cliff and there are so many things I've left undone.  One of them is a repeat visit to Penticton.  That whole experience, the training, the blogging, the vacation with Roo, and the race itself,  was by far the highlight of my life and I choose to repeat it before I hit the bottom.

To take the cliff analogy a bit further, I choose to try to soar a little bit on the way down, instead of just clawing pathetically at the air and screaming "I'm gonna die"  After all, I'm pretty sure Mom is still watching from "above".  Hi Mom!

"Living at risk is jumping off a cliff and building your wings on the way down"---Ray Bradbury

"Every man dies.  Not every man really lives"---William Ross Wallace

Love

Peter

"I'm Back"

Yes indeed my friends!  I'm back for another kick at the proverbial cat.  If you care to waste a little time from now until Aug 26th 2012, you have come to the right place!  And as with "Try Not" I promise that "Game On" will be available to waste a little of your time each and ever day until the aforementioned day next august.
So yes, today I signed up for Ironman Canada 2012 and tomorrow Im gonna tell you why.  I have sent the link to all of those people who I thought might be interested, and/or whose address I have.  Please feel free to forward it to anyone else who you think may care.  Talk to you tomorrow.

"Learnin' I'm deservin' of love and the peaceful heart.
Won't tear myself apart, no more, for tryin'.
Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought.
It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin'"---Ray Lamontagne

Love
peter