also

listen to this song. it is one of my favorite compositions in the world, and what i'm listening to right now on repeat.

yesterday

leaving the prc at 9, one day (yesterday), 10 people, who knew each other (some better than others) embarked on a full day of pain filled cycling. yeah, i'm not even sure where exactly we went. but it was great! you know, ever since the days of soccer and cross country, i haven't felt that complete exhaustion after a period of physical activity like i did yesterday - it was glorious. it was a fun group that i went with, and we got back to Haifa around 2/2:30ish. i went home straight away and just crashed on my floor and didn't move for the longest time; just letting my body meld into my carpet, letting it become something other than what it was just then - noodle. noodle and scrapes. noodle, scrapes, scabs and blood :). i loved every minute of it.

we ended up getting lost a couple of times, and at one point we found ourselves in the midst of this arab village (we stopped at a local bakery shop and had pizza - yes, the perfect thing to sustain you when doing extreme physical activity in the hot, hot sun).

now, i've mentioned before, i have my own bike, but it's a road bike. we went to this trail where we had to rent mountain bikes. but before i can ride mine again, i'll need to let my body rest for a little while and recover and gain some sensation once more.

i love new hobbies.

(and yes, navid, i wore the brand new wrist bands that you and mona had picked out for me - i wore them for the first half hour, but then realized that i'd probably get a funky tan line if i left them on for any longer)

a sudden music

yesterday was a good day. after a few hours at work, i went to the terraces to finish reading a novel that had been taking far too long - A Sudden Music, by Roger White. khat had lent it to me, and it was getting to the well warranted stage of "man, you're a slow reader". :) but it's all good. i finally finished it before i drifted off to sleep last night.

it was amazing...such a poetic telling of spiritual search - it is the type of book that i want to write, and my esteem for Roger White grows. i highly recommend this book. and the end. PHEW, the end, will leave you like any real good book should, with the simulateneous expressions of resolution coupled with an intense interest in the character's future; and you lie awake, fighting off the sleep, projecting into the character and choosing for them new paths.

anyway, try to get your hands on it, it will do you good.

today is bound to be a good day for the simple reason that yesterday was quite fulfilling. but today, i'm going on a mountain trail bicycle outing and then dinner tonight with lucia. so much to bless in this life.