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18 August 2009

On luck, hope and dead cat bounces

The funny thing with being in "The Zone" is, you almost never have a genuine opportunity to take advantage of it.

I don't know, nor do I care to recall, how many times I've walked around "feeling it." When all the lights turn green; every last second three point shot rewards you as it rattles home in the bottom of the garbage bin; you find money in your pants and on the street; you glissade the Giant Slalom of expressway traffic, seeing six moves ahead, smoother than Kjetil Andre Aamodt. It is your day and all the planets have aligned, attaching their ephemeral cosmic thread to your nescient ass...

...and it's a dark day at Arlington.

Yesterday was such a day.

You can't force the issue; you can't hold on to The Zone. You also can't give yourself a nickname but try telling that to my friend "Hammer", all 6'3", 148lbs of him. Come on!

But I digress...

Then there is the quiet denouement. When you know it has passed you by but before you are subject to paroxysms of flatulence in front of a pretty girl; the sun once again traversing its ecliptic; the mechanism disengages, light and sound envelop you. You find yourself, once again, down here with everybody else.

Fortuna. She is fickle with her charms; exiguous with her visits.

But when she is with you, it's a good ride.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I kind of disagree with not being able to un-do self nicknames, even for Hammer. Moms, Grandmas, and others of the female gender can re-nick, where males don't tread. Could Hammer be Mr. Cuddles to someone?

I kept thinking of you while at Arlington on Million Day. Your writing delights the reader in me.

Anonymous said...

So nice to hear...

Teresa said...

When are you coming to Saratoga? It's waiting for your return visit.

dana said...

Wait, you published again And recently? Come back! Or is that welcome back?

sid fernando said...

I'd love to find that streak again; in fact, I'd forgotten such things existed, until you reminded me....now I can hope for one again...thanks

SaratogaSpa said...

There is only one hammer for he is John Milner

Patrick J Patten said...

Hey i know you use feedburner for your feed, just want to check to see if you've updated it to allow for real time updates. Go to feedburner, click publicize tab up top, down the left hand side look for ping shot, activate it, it will allow readers who use things like google reader to know you've updated instantly rather than waiting 5-50 minutes, small change, but big differences.
thanks
patrick

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