Get into the Electricity

Nathan... wake up.
Wake up Nathan...
Nathan... Get up.
Nathan, GET OUT OF BED!

(POUND POUND POUND)

I left that world of no boundaries and opened my eyes. They were stiff and hard to open and I sat there contemplating falling back into my covers as I waited for my eyes to adjust well enough to see the time on my microwave on the other side of the room. But then there's that ficus tree in my corner that always seems to block just a bit of the glowing green numbers, so I'm always having to maneuver my head ever so slightly to get a better look. It was cold outside of my comfortable bed, but I do that on purpose, and as I rolled out of my security and onto the thin blue-green carpeted floor, I knew what it was that I had to do. Mitch was on the other side of the door, and I knew this. The clock assured me that it was 7 am, though I still had a hard time believing it. I unlached the deadbolt and eased the door open to see him standing there dressed in his workout cloths.

"Let's do it."

He said as I let him in to wait for me to get myself together. Mornings and I never settled well and I finally figured out why. While most people's heart rate goes down into the 60's, maybe 50's when they sleep... mine tends to rest in the lower 30's. That means when I wake up... I'm literally barely alive. My joints are all soar and my muscles are stiff. But alas, I managed to collect the bare essentials and we headed off to the gym. It was there that I think I broke my big toe. That's not to say that my toe is broken and I'm not quite sure where it happened. I pride myself in not doing drugs. What I mean by that is that my toe may or may not be broken. I will have to feel this one out for the next few days. What I DID was drop a 45lb plate on it. I didn't jump, or react in any sharp manner. I was too tired. Instead I picked up the weight, put it on the bar as I initially intended, and then looked around and silently thought about how much my toe hurt.

Mitch was convinced, when we were through, that we would be full of energy for the rest of the day, but I wasn't sure. It turns out that I was right atleast about myself as I ended up taking three individual naps at different parts of the day. I never sleep that much.

But the toe injury and the soar legs really didn't keep me from enjoying this beautiful day. It was warm and sunny and I wore a smile for most of it. Viking and Stuffy and I ended up playing frisbee for a while, and it hurt, but it's also frisbee. After that we got takeout, Burly came over, and we, including Matt, sat at the front desk and watched our anime tv series.

Right now I'm listening to some new electronic music that I made tonight. It's pretty simple, but I'm just getting started. I'm hoping to get good enough to incorporate some of it in my song writing, maybe even good enough to do it live. That would be crazy. But for now I just enjoy making beats and adding music to it for a quick pick-me-up. Tomorrow will be interesting. I have a meeting at 1:30 instead of going to class. I then have to work a showcase for the next two days after that. The showcase should proove interesting with an injured foot, but I love challenge. I won't really get a weekend, but whatever. I have enough days off during the week as it is. Peace and love.