I wanted to see how it felt like to skate again... So I rented some rollerblades and went around the seawall... $5 dollars an hour... minimum of 2 hours... ouch... ... ...
... Now, the only real motivation I have biking around the seawall is to see how many people I can pass on my way... more importantly... to see to it that I never get passed in return... year to date... perfect record... I've never been passed...
... but I realize... sadly... rollerblading today will probably see the end of my streak... -sniff-... but I won't go down without a fight... and in the course of the first 10 minutes it becomes clear that I might have been wrong... cause I'm sailing... I pass walkers... runners... ...walkers... not-so-good-bladers... picture takers... bikers-pulling-baby-carts... resters... working-out-bladers... sun-tanners... fairly-fast-bikers... just sailing I tell you... and each time I... 'ON YOUR LEFT!!' and add a little braking sound from the rubber stopper on my right skate just to grab their attention... they jump a bit... you get that little small elation of joy... and the person up ahead of you deflates... thinks... 'oh, I guess there's someone faster than me on this path'... moves over... and sees me take off around the next corner to be forgotten... VICTORY!... AND... and... just up ahead I happen to see a biker going fairly-fast speed and he's just about to pass some rollerbladers... and in my professional opinion... acting way too smugly about this pass for his own good... craziest thing is... I'm gaining on him... quickly... and to look at him... I mean c'mon... so smug, thinks he's going so fast... so here I am... defender of truth and justice... coming up on his tail... about to fly by... in the midst of his smugness... I have him... in my sights... just a few more seconds... he doesn't even know right now, but soon he will and it will be too late... and he's so excited about passing those bladers and thinks he's so great... and... instants now... the insanity... the horribly terrific irony... hahahahHAHA!... .... ... -break screech-... mid-yelll... 'ON YOUR L-'... when... -just then-... a bell... and a tire... and biker... flies by me on the right side... around the next corner... like a shot... gone... leaving me in the dust...
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