Out With A Bang.

Tonight will mark the start of my last official weekend here in Kansas City. My list of things to do/eat before I leave is getting longer -- mostly having to do with eating at particular restaurants -- and more unrealistic, so I need to get my ass in gear. Let's do this!

KC at night

Escape.

I've been feeling restless and needing to do things lately, which is somewhat foreign to me 'cause I'm usually more of a homebody. So it's weird, but over the past few weeks I've just been wanting to get away somehow.

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With the advent of my three-day weekends (due to working 4 10-hour shifts at the hospital), I'm starting to actively look for things I can get into, especially in the Kansas City area. Someone dear to me once said that I'd missed out on too much of what cities had to offer, most likely because I didn't look hard enough (or just didn't want to look). It was true; I'd only really stuck to the things I knew I liked to do and unfortunately wasn't very adventurous or spontaneous. Obviously this led to plenty of missed opportunities, experiences and memories. This makes me sad, because I like to think that I would've learned from those experiences.

So I'm trying to be more proactive. I'm saying "Yes, okay, let's go!" more often. I've lined up the next couple of weekends, with an out-of-town bachelor party for a close friend and then a 2-day float trip with lots of acquaintances (I'm basically the "new guy" hanging out with a members of a close crew). I'm looking to see what else I can do here in the metro area over the next couple of months. I don't want to waste any more time, nor have any more regrets about not having done something. The experiences will definitely be worth the effort.

It's the weekend, PM readers. Time to escape.

Insane Crazy.

Okay so I'm thinkin' this was the agenda that day:

1. Wake up
2. Have a good breakfast
3. Put on your best powder blue suit
4. Hitch a ride up Claremont Canyon Hill with a buddy and an HD camera
5. Scream down the entire hill going 40+ mph on your longboard, passing the camera back and forth
6. PASS A FREAKIN' CAR
7. Ride the resulting endorphin rush for a week

So put on some damn clothes and go do something fun -- it's the weekend. Scram.

Tear Something Up.

Not literally of course, but because IT'S THE WEEKEND:



Yoooo. I love the purely visceral ENERGY in this video. Several songs on Justice's album † (Cross) make for good, high-energy workout material. However, "Stress" -- taking its cue from the ultraviolence in A Clockwork Orange, among other influences -- is personally the most powerful. This joint makes me want to go crush some weights or abuse the speed limit.

To my great dismay, I have to work tomorrow and Easter Sunday, so I'll be lounging at home tonight. But for those about to tear something up, whether it's tequila shots, dance floors or Guitar Hero songs, this is my salute to you. Turn this way up.