The sky, for the first time in awhile, looks blue. A decent rain last night, finally washed out the much, which had been hanging below the pillow case of marine layer.
So blue skies, and dancing little clouds make me feel right. This weekend I played a whole bunch of ultimate on Saturday, a little bit of Softball on Sunday.
OH! I got my truck back from Toyota. New clutch, new starter, oil/filter change, minor electrical work, steam cleaned engine, detailed in and out, and peace of mind with a Toyota guarantee for all work and parts---out the door for $750 US. AMAZING!!! 100% the best thing I have done in sometime. I drove home in complete glee. I bumped Al Green and wiggled and screamed. The feel of the truck, is like a brand new piece of goodness. They gave me my old clutch parts. The disc, which should be nice and rough, as it is scored with grooves, was as smooth at the vinyl desk I am sitting at. It was the original clutch, and it gave a solid run for 178,000mi. Peter Kline told me last year that the clutch was going, and well now it is gone, and the new one feels great!
I feel really good about my decision to move to Austin. Sure I am not going to be as good at Spanish as I would after two years down here, but I am better and improving, and I am ready to get back to the vibrancy of a smaller city with better urban planning. Mexico City has been totally awesome, and I will definitely be back next year, but for now, the allure of bike riding, camping, and sustainable steps to creating a better life and household are calling me back to the States. I love a liberal city in the heart of Southern hospitality. I also like the fact, that I am leaving here on a high note, both professionally and socially. I feel great about the friends that I have made, I feel solid about the caliber of work that I have put in as a teacher, and I feel really good leaving things that way. I really could sense that another year would pose the possibility of stagnation and a feeling of losing my freedom. I can't say enough about meditating on the intuition which lies inside of all of us.
I have recently become obsessed with yet another avenue of thought--another micro culture. This one centers around lightweight camping and the beauty of hammocking. I have stumbled across a man by the name of Sean "Shug" Emery--I do believe I would like to be this stoked on life when I am his age. An avid unicyclist, acrobat, juggler, performer, musician, camper, gearhead, Do-it-yourselfer, and all around goofball, he has made around 70 vids on youtube, and they are both informative and compelling. I respect anyone who talks to themselves in different voices, and then publishes the findings to the masses. He also, strikes an uncanning resemblance to my recently departed Godfather, Dave Markel--weird, because they both hail from Minesota. In any event, checkout his channel, and the entertaining goodness, perhaps you too will be inspired (I am thinking about investing in the Warbonnet Blackbird for my upcoming summer travels, as featured in one of "Shug's" videos.):
I am also looking into building my own camping stove from old coke cans. Tons of information online, and tons of opportunities to mess and tweak designs. There are also wood burning stoves, which I find intriguing for the potential of having a nice simmering controlled fire while camping, and not having to invest in a non-renewable resource such as petrol. Check out the great designs at Minibull Designs, and look at youtube for your DYI instructions:
AUSTIN: camping, riding, dogging, frisbeeing, musicing, living, and loving.
Ahoy, 10 weeks of school left.
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