Ok, so it is officially summer now. How did I start it off? With a crawfish boil. It was awesome. Crawfish is some of the best food you can jam into your mouth hole. So far so good.

So... after I wrote my post several weeks ago about how everyone should strive to have a really kick ass summer (http://a0001718.blogspot.com/2009/05/yeah-yeah-i-know.html), I got a new front tire installed on my motorcycle. Great. The next day, I decide to cruise around the block and see how well it handles. I got 3/4 of the way around the block and BAM! Fucking laid it down. I was literally 100 yards from my house. What a perfect way to get prepared for the best summer ever.

I am OK. My knees were banged up, my elbows were banged up, my hands were banged up. I was wearing a helmet, but not my gloves or boots, so my shoes also suffered. Had I not been wearing my helmet, I could easily be the dead. I have no idea how it happened or how fast I was going. I was cornering and I suspect I simply turned too sharp, and the front tire slid out. The new tire has a different shape than my old one.

So how do I deal with it? Do I take stock in what's important, contemplate my own human mortality, and make major life decisions based on my death defying experience? Fuck naw. That wastes time and could be mentally crippling. I think a better approach is... figure out what the hell I did wrong, and then... don't do that again. Sounds good on paper right? I wonder why people have such a hard time with stuff like that? I have no idea, so I am going to try the 'get back on the horse' kinda mentality this time.

If you spent all your time worrying about what happened last time, and have fear based on the event, then you will not be able to move forward properly, and that's no good.

Anyway, so it is summer, and it is time to do stuff. This weekend is my town's 4th of July celebration thing, so I will enjoy that. I can see the fireworks and hear the music from the convenience of my front yard. Smashmouth is playing this year, so it should be minimally neato. Next week is 4th of July, so that is going to be fantastical. Then the week after that, I am going to Bossier City to stay at the Horseshoe and do some gambling, and then that weekend is another Dollar Day at the horse track, which I will be attending with my bros. Dollar hot dogs and dollar beers, woot!

The summer is shaping up nicely, and its only been 4 days!