For those who bother w/ my scratchings here... in the Bodywork thread, mentioned a meeting with someone at the park today (09 Dec), with the same knee bad... but 10 mos ago, they got it replaced. Also in that entry, mentioned I don't believe encounters, esp with people, are random (have felt this since childhood). Basically... someone up there placed another in my path, that I needed to see. Let me tell you, rather than ignore or disavow this as would've countless times in my less-than-ideal life... hung it out there, and began a conversation w/ a stranger who at first, didn't even acknowledge I existed -- a typical JA reaction, esp for Maui But watching their gait... man I don't f***ing want that. But it's as if a gentle voice said, 'now you know a branch of the path, not that far away for you. Don't front like I never warned you... rest is up to you'. I can intellectualise these encounters away easily enough with other things... but this was too effing specific. They would've reacted to a stranger asking out of the blue about their leg (which may've been self-conscious about)... exactly as I would've. Pay attention -- if you're of sound mind, often these little signs can lead to growth in a positive direction. When they turn out eerie like this... it's because someone cares enough to get it through your thick-arse skull, because you need it
Well that was weird... One of the dietary changes made specifically for this knee rehab... is cutting out all foods even close to being poor nooch; i.e. 'clean-ifying' intake. One is high amt of chicken breast vs. other types of protein (allowing greens / beans sources, of course)... and for in-between meals, rather than popcorn and once a month, high-quality dark chocolate (Hu Salted 70% Dark current fave, cheap and responsible) or nuts (cinnamon pistachios)... switched to apples, which I'd forgotten 1) how good a Fuji apple is, and 2) how filling whole fruit is (tonnes of fiber). Have perhaps 2 / day... a new staple. And feel better to boot. Like you never remember how good something is -- can't even recall the tiniest mote of that, after a decade+ away -- until you try it again. Can't imagine not liking them now But how very strange... me & this apple thing... when a random hair washed over to watch NF, waiting for a client. 'Adolescence', is a big deal -- The Guardian says it's the most perfect TV they've rated in decades. Meh -- saw them mentioned for Emmys, Golden Globes, etc... but nothing convincing enough to actually start watching (btw, took until S8 to watch my first EP of GoT, for your elucidation ). Until enough buzz from the right places cross my sightline, usually get into it way after buzz dissolves -- that's me, the perpetual tardy-to-the-party contrarian... but recovering Watching the first EP... what's the first thing the first character on screen's doing? Eating an apple. Not just one... he's eating several of them a day, for health reasons (his, was to replace cigarettes and quit smoking). -- Weird
What's this 'TV' thing you speak of? I use TV to view college football games, since we're in the waning days where people can actually figure out how to watch broadcast television with a device called an ANTENNA, AND because most of the important football games are still....um....'televised.' (*) Real football.....not soccer.
I suppose 'televised' literally means seen at a distance, so all of today's modrenn technologies would qualify, not just the ones broadcast over the æther.
Oh, not dissing it for others -- if your knee replacement surger(-y / -ies) worked, good for you -- pls make the most of the new freedom But man -- watching that stranger kick their leg around like a prosthetic... hope they just need PT to build muscles and nerve 'maps' to get closer to natural movement... because it was too close to marionette-like for my liking. But 10 mos is a long time to still need PT for the sake of building back to natural gait -- so for me if I can avoid it, nope-on-a-rope
yeah, it doesn't go well for everyone. idk if it is the doc, the prosthesis, their anatomy or rehab. we know a few who didn't do well, it's heartbreaking.
Guess shouldn't be too surprised YT reccied these back to me after a couple of years... but was neat they referred two of my all-time fave jazz performances and a Bonus-GET, at the same time: This is the late George Duke and his Trio's performance of 'It's On', at Java Jazz Fest in Jakarta 15y ago: Thing is, I've not a musician-ship bone in my body. If 6y of clarinet resulted in a middling player, then pretty hopeless. Which is why I boggle at people who not only have the potential but the drive to get to a stage these three were at. And jazz is intrinsically about playing limericks in a language even most musicians never actually master all 12 key centers of. You really have to know the technical part so well, you can't help but play... --- Speaking of playing in the deep end of the pool: Cory Henry's obviously the star of this 11-yo video for that incredible keyboard solo (a prodigy rumoured to have perfect pitch)... but the depth of talent in that room's amazing: Larnell Lewis on drums; Shaun Martin on keys next to Cory, and of course Michael League on bass with the rest of Snarky Puppy. They rehearsed this piece several times before cutting this final version... and apparently Cory'd tried some different solo experiments that didn't end up working, as is the time to find out. But all in attendance are highly-disciplined jazz musicians... if I were to pick a video to show what it felt like to be awed by a musician, this'd be top 5 for sure. How about those two guitarists in almost imperceptible sync in the chorus? -- Last one: If you watch this actual stage in full... when Jacob 'seeds' his Vienna audience with E B G# C# D# F# A#... he raises their volume to close out the performance with this chord, cut off in this short... and it's magic. His 'audience choir' concerts are all good... but the Vienna and Rome stops in '22 - '23, were exceptional -- not surprising, as those cities have centuries of history celebrating Western music woven and evolved thru at least wealthy & educated society... Jacob, another prodigy w/ confirmed perfect pitch... has a deep, intrinsic understanding and fascination exploring the bones of music, bordering on sorcery. Even Herbie Hancock respects him, someone who made his name in the 2nd of Mile Davis' fabulous Quintets over 60y ago. That's how transcendent Jacob's talent for hearing tonal relationships is. When you make your name w/ microtonal music, and understand Western classical music theory to his degree of effortlessness... fascinating watching him try to explain these things to me, a comparative tone-deaf knob
