Ambulatory Finale
Week 47 (Part 1)
Really, nothing to report from this week. I was preparing hastily for the upcoming trip to Malaysia and Singapore. I must, however say, that 3 of the most memorable jogs I will ever take happened this week...and one inopportune one on Sunday that turned out to be a bad idea. The weekend was as per usual, with the exception of the above mentioned jog. Rock Band in Shimo.
I'll reiterate once again that I almost always jog at night to avoid the heat and the crowds. I also always jog while listening to music and I've found that what I listen too can vastly affect my mood while I'm jogging. In some cases it makes it more difficult, in most it makes it easier and others it makes me run balls out fast or super giddy. I really get into my music when out running, to the point that I'll even do stupid things like try to match my footfalls to the beat, or run in a stupid gait to match the music's mood. I sometimes joke that I live my life to a soundtrack. My iPod is actually the one thing I probably couldn't survive without.
Let me paint a picture.
You're running on a slightly cool but not uncomfortable April night. The path is covered by a canopy of pale pink blooming cherry trees. The streetlamps highlight the gently swaying boughs in a spectral yet elegantly beautiful way. And so you run. And as you run, the two songs that you hear are the following:
The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Interpol - PDA
I know that to someone of differing musical taste these songs are contradictory . For me though, they were absolutely perfect, as if every Hollywood composer had sat down and collaborated to create the perfect music for just one scene. Whenever I hear these songs I always think of those two or three nights in April 2009 when I ran beneath the cherry blossoms and just let the music carry me along.
It was one of the most beautiful, peaceful things I've ever done.
Figuring it must have been some sort of zen state...
Ian "Mello Yello" Cantello
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