A Homecoming, of Sorts

You can't skate everyday, and as you age, you can skate less and less. You have to change how you skate in order to skate for longer. No matter how careful you, how much you stretch, how few risks you choose to take, how little motivation you have to progress; you're going to reach a point where it's all downhill from there on out. At this point, some people do a hemingway or a thompson, but most are cowards and ride that wave down from the long long crest, for many years, towards the shore.

This is a lot more dramatic than I meant for it sound, sorry. I just didn't skate tonight, there is no self destruction intended, other than the etoh. The humidity was unbearable, and I had only slept 2 of the last 48 hours, so after a morning at the hospital for respiratory nonsense, and an afternoon at work so that I can pay for electricity, beers, blank decks and paint, I got home, fully intending to skate, and lost the spark.

MW also bailed but made up for it by suggesting we hit up jiangdu, which we did. Then we went to the promised land, and wandered up and down through the scantily clad maniquins and the nean flashing signs for sex toys and the neon flashing taxis and the neon flashing things I can't read and the palm trees and the banyan trees and the indian figs and the grilled meats and the mcdonalds and the gangsters adn the skate spots and the pig parts. I hadnt been back since I left for America a year ago, but they remembered me, and I almost got emotional about it, but I wanted to be be tough infront of mw. Sadly, hte old man across the street wasnt there, but his kids were.

I'm motivated to skate street tomorrow. Doomed User.

ps I forgot to mention the discussion about the young thugs in front of mcdonalds methin out on their parked scooters, which the australian bearded neo-hippies in grizzly uniforms smoked cigarettes and chatted up the hookers while showing off their mardi gras beads. Seriously, if you come to Taipei, come to Linsen Bei for a night. It's like Taiwanese Las Vegas vs. Taiwanese Buford Highway vs. Taiwanese Heaven.