Awesome things.

I crashed on my bike yesterday (don't worry, o parents of mine, I'm fine).  I haven't actually fallen off my bike and hit pavement since Fall 2004 so I guess it's about time.  I think I sort of might blame my PowerGrips, because usually my feet skitter out and catch me before I find myself horizontal. 

I still like the PowerGrips and I'm not convinced they caused me to tumble.  There was a big knot of wire in the Greenway, which I straight up didn't see.  The Greenway is such a pothole-free paradise that I'm really out of the habit of looking for obstacles on it.  Everything just got kind of wobbly and about six feet later I was skidding out.  I smacked my head, but this is why I wear a helmet, and I have a series of bruises on the left side of my body (and the left side of my right knee).  Even on a flat, dry, carfree, smooth stretch of pavement, I can still find a way to tumble.  I've been coating all the tender bits in arnica gel, because it makes me feel as though I belong in the Minneapolis dance scene (and because it might help with the bruising).

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This morning at 6 a.m. Paul woke me up, because Caesar was chasing his tail.  Not only was Caesar chasing his tail, he was doing it in a corner on top of a storage container that is only about 1 sq. foot.  Which meant that he was also running into the wall and slipping off the edges of the box.  Seeing your cat, for no known reason, at six in the morning, spin in circles and smash into walls is a rare treat that I wish everyone could experience.

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I really love this song and this video, together and separately.  I can't put my finger on why, but I am reliably devastated by hearing it: