Shots from the Lip

 Sunday morning was absolutely beautiful!  On Ocean Avenue, just past the pier, I was accosted by a vagrant who pulled at my bike and punched me.  I fell.  I felt myself falling but it was an out of body experience all day on, from witnesses and an immediate police presence to the ambulance taking both me and my bike to St Johns where I was 'out of body' experiencing 2 Cat Scans, 1 brain MRI and a whole lot more. I was lucky.....fractured lower right orbital.......concussion......had I not worn a helmet I think I'd be dead now.  What now???  Good question!!!  I'n not sure........but I think my bicycle riding days are now over.  I recognize that this day would soon come - hey, it has been fun these past three years - the peacefui solitude out between the ocean and beach where one realizes how insignificant he really is in the over all scheme of things.....

 ....It feels like this may very well turn out to be the hottest day of the year, thus far, based upon early morning temperature.  I've been to Trader Joe's twice thus far today and in both cases I built up a sweat in a slow walk....that's the reason for my conclusion. We've got to measure the width of the property this morning - against the fence at the front of the house....and then back into the width, knowing that our property is 1,668 square feet.......we'll back into it by math..... Soon I will go to SMC to activate my transit pass through December, when the Fall Semester ends. I use it for everything in the County (public transportation, of course!) and at $90 a year, it ain't bad at all for transportation costs......

 Up at 6.  Out of the house at 7.  Arrived at Downtown Inglewood at 7:40.  First called in Dept 6, Superior Court where I was able to get my narrative (finally) in the process of ending this case with the 'proviso' that  if and when (and the when is actually just a matter of time) Berg verbally accosts us next, we'll get Court assistance when starting a new case. Our property is 1,668 Square Feet.   We'll measure the width tomorrow and then do the math to back into the length.  I'll take pictures over the weekend........but basically, both meetings (first with Public Works, then with Planning) will be dependent upon what the arborist we've hired to consult with us on 3 September has to say...... Tomorrow, also, I will go to SMC and get my bus pass working subsequent to the quarterly $22.50 payment already made....that'll cover me through the end of the year.....

 Tomorrow we go to court.  We've tried but Civil Law is laden with sufficient loopholes that it can be abused....but what is worse:  abuse of civil law where there is no bite to the bark or the jungle out there that causes animals to do what they do? Regardless, we have a full load between this and the trees....for which we are going to be as firm as an old tree trunk - unmovable....... Soon I go to the dry cleaners.....this afternoon I prepare....and after that????

 Peaceful Sunday.....this morning, not to be confused with the translation of the opera singer's name. It was slow on the path this morning.....I didn't really mind as it was sunny outside and while the outside temperature was a bit lower than the past couple of days at this hour, it was enjoyable.....and I rode north to Montana, stopping off at Sam's for a cup of brewed coffee....last time there - that coffee was awful......even though it is a pleasant stretch of land to view waking up and getting out on a Summer Sunday on Montana Avenue, Santa Monica. I read in the paper that Sony has invested in and announced the 2028 re-opening of the Cinerama Dome on Sunset, a block and a half east of my office in the 70s at 6430 Sunset Blvd.  The office before that, 1680 Vine Street, is still functioning as a commercial building but from the outside, across the street from the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, it appears overwhelmingly vaccant.  And there does appear to be a slow ...

 Embarrassed to say that Wednesday evening I got an email from Irv - get a ticket, it will be expensive - for today when they are honoring Reggie Smith.  Lonnie and daughter Sheryl will be there.  Irv and Scott will pick me up...... It was going to be too much for me - the time that I'd be on my own, prior to the festivities, was simply not worth the price. It would have been nice to see Reggie, Lonnie, Sheryl again - little likelihood of getting to see them again....such is life...... Regardless, I trekked - by bus - up 26th Street to San Vicente.  Brought 3 pairs of shoes to RealReal and then walked back home.....12,608 steps recorded on my iPhone today.......