speed writing 3

Hi Guys !
I'm still writing fast because I think a neighbour is piggy-backing on my wireless broadband and this cuts out the connection. Since last I wrote I had autoupdates turned off because these also take up bandwidth and cut the connection. Grr!!
I had some negative feedback about my last posting. Mainly that I should not express anger. Now there's an interesting idea, and one in currency with polite society. The ideal is to always be polite, for countless reasons. I agree, and try to be polite at all times up to a point!!!
Anyway, it's saturday morning, I have an hour or 2 before I'm required anywhere, so let's go for it!
It was my birthday during the week - fantastic! I had 20 or so people get in touch - gottalovethat! 57 and still in heaven! 58 I can wait! I bought a kayak roof-rack for my car - it's now much faster and easier to load the yak on and off. had a relaxing time yakking up the torrens for 2 hours.
I'm in a music run atm - have played every night since tuesday and have a gig tonight and tomorrow. I'm reading maybe 100 charts atm - gottalovethat! And meeting people (glt). I'm playing a bit with a brill tuba player - very sympatico - tuba and bass guitar go really well together and we are embellishing each others lines.
I've nearly run out of 'hot off the press' here comes the next layer of thought...
You know what is important to me - music - swimming - running - people.
I was awarded a swimming trophy on my birthday - male with most points in our club (henleybeach masters). this is the 4th year I've won this and I now have another piece of crystal with my name on it. I completed all 62 swims, including 5 x 800 butterfly. I'm not that fit at the moment, swimming losing to music and running, but I was happy to do 3000 m of I.M. a few weeks ago.
Running is coming back okay - still have fluid near toes but that seems okay. I have a bigger run due next time I get out - prob tomorrow morning. 20kms would be good - I did 2 x 12 kms during the week in prep for city to bay fun run, and was happy with my times.
So that's 4 activities dealt with, leaving 'people' to extemporise about - I could say 'pontificate' but I don't like that word. Hey I'm a scot alright! I love how the scots demolished those catholic churches and used the stones for building their houses! In Saint Andrews you can see houses with engraved stones in them 'popus upus youus! lol!
So 'people' - now that's scarey! I might be talking about you! of course we all know I am talking about various aspects of myself - my likes, dislikes, observations, needs, wants and suchlike.
I'll try to look at all sides.
Of course we like people who like us (as a general rule). I like a lot of people and if you are reading this I would probably like you too. This blog is better than facebook because I can find out how many people have read it.
On the positive side, I'm enjoying a fair amount of discourse and friendship.
On the negative side I don't like it when friends suddenly withdraw their contact and ignore me - this has happened recently. To be fair, I am a bit full on at times, if not all the time. I have inspired people in the past, and they have crashed later on, taking my bright ideas and then they discover they don't have the where-with-all to carry them through. Sometimes people compare themselves to me, or compare our life-styles, and they get jealous or upset. I would swear right now but there may be children present!!! As in the parent child and adult of transactional analysis. I said to someone recently - 'shit happens, arseholes do it, what can you do? the reply was 'love life'. Sounds good  to me.
So I guess the thing about people is that we meet, share some feelings, experiences, and begin to form bonds or understandings. I've never been so much in control of my life as now - I'm not stuck in a shitty relationship for the sake of the kids, or expedience, or because I made a marraige vow.
As a parting note - hats off to friends who have made a commitment to stick together through thick and thin, sickness, health...
My view is that people are best set up for serial monogamy. Most of the people I know have been divorced and are in another relationship. Maybe that says something about my society - essentially egalitarian australian, our biggest problem being that we have too much (not a bad problem to have if you had to have a problem).
Congratulations to those who have survived the breakdown of relationships.
For those of you still struggling with death-throws, make a new plan Sam ! You don't need to put up with crap!! Stand up for yourself ! Is that too strong? I used to like 'desiderata' - go placidly amid the noise and haste, and seek to be on good terms with everyone, without surrendering your (opinion?). I might be mixing my memories here 'avoid loud and aggressive people' 'inspite of the sham and drudgery the world is still a nice place' lol! something like that. Google it if you're interested!
Bye!!!