Monday, June 25, 2007

Oh My randomness!!!

I heard the words today that I have been waiting for eight years to hear.

From my eight year old son Jake: "Dad can we watch sportscenter?" No joke, I actually got a little misty eyed. My boy is growing up.

I hesitate to write this but here goes. Once you put something in writing it's real. I have toyed around with making a new commitment. I would like to be in better shape at 40 than I was at 20. Yikes I wrote it. There it is. To help down this path I found this "jogcast." It's basically a trainer in your ear via an mp3 player with some surprisingly decent tunes as a soundtrack. "Run now," "walk now," "cool down now." A very manageable program designed to have you comfortably running 5k, 3x a week after 8 weeks.

I really enjoy background music when I am writing, studying, catching up on administrivia. For me, the key to background music is no or minimal vocals. There is a ton of music in this genre. I have been mostly into Trip-Hop and ambient stuff. The problem being my wife finds it creepy. I recently bumbled across the band This will destroy you.
I bought their album young mountain after listening to a couple of tunes online. I am really enjoying it and the wife has given it the non-creepy seal of approval.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey tk,
i like portishead & massive attack. i like the creepy.
glad i'm not alone!

Ed G. said...

TK -- so it is written, so it shall be done. You can do it! I too wanted to be in better shape at 40 than I was at 20... I just forgot to write it down! Maybe 45... in pencil.

Steve F. said...

Well, already at 50, I'm shooting for 52, maybe, to be back to "as fit as I was at 30." Cuz where I'm at ain't good.

But I could just imagine the glow on daddy's face when your son wanted to watch "SportsCenter." Truly a rite of passage - for both of you!

tonymyles said...

Sportcenter, eh? For me it was when my boys asked to watch Justice League on Cartoon Network.