An Evening of Swagger and Flatground

One of my jobs is north of the city in a little valley called Sky Mother. For the first time, I brought my skateboard up there and cruised the 20 minutes downhill back to the train, following the path of a little river. The red line took me to the orange line and the orange line took me to Three Weight, where there is an awesome little shop called Swag. It was a 30 min cruise from the station where I got off by accident, so I was late, so their crew had already left, but I caught up with them at the river park. They skate Friday nights under the swag bridge, especially when it's drizzly. They've got ramps and rails, so I hear, but tonight was flatground only. No problem, the surface is great (and dry) so I tore into 100s on everytrick. I got the ton on ********, ** and ** ***s, ***** *****, ***********, ** *** (** and ** also), ***** **s and ** ******s (taking time off made me learn how to feel that trick so much better. Now it's actually popped and controlled. I have no idea what I'm doing differently). They swag crew were cheerful and friendly, but I was sullen and didn't really talk to anyone. Sorry everybody, didn't mean to be a dick, I just had a bad day. 

I cruised down the river after 90 min or so, and saw the old spots. They're better in the day, except for the massive wallride, which I didn't have the legs for anyway. My mood got a lot better when I crossed Taipei bridge back into civilization. I used to cross it all the time when I lived in that neck of the woods, and now it's got a wider sidewalk, but still has the little metal plates to ollie on the way. you don't have to actually ollie, but doing it put me in a much improved mood. I went to the warf and then across the city to home, doing little ******s and powerslides and generally terrorizing pedestrians who weren't paying attention. It's actually a public service. Keep your heads on a swivel, morons. My coworker is in ICU because a taxi creamed him in a crosswalk. Taipei isn't dangerous for robbery, but vehicular homicide is a violent crime, and there's tons of that here. Work is cancelled Saturday, so I have a two day weekend. Maybe I can take a little trip.