So. . .

I'm in a cast for the next two months.

Rather than wallow in the Doldrums of Self Pity I plan on looking at this as a vacation of sorts, a chance for me to actually do many of the things I keep "meaning" to do. Sure, I can't play drums or ride a bike (two of my very favorite things to do) but I can, and will:

1. Finish Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, a 845 page historical fantasy novel.

2. Organize my iTunes.

3. Make a golden age hip-hop mix cd for my friend Sarah and an Arthur Russell mix cd for my friend Pete.

4. Attend as many events as possible at the San Francisco Zen Center.

5. Read Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki.

6. Start a regular daily meditation practice.

7. Listen to the last 12 podcasts of This American Life.

8. Take pictures of the day to day happenings in and around my neighborhood.

9. Become a tea aficionado.

10. Listen to all the crazy japanese psych I've been voraciously downloading these past few months.

11. Watch the first two seasons of True Blood.

12. Visit the Alemany Flea Market.

13. Visit the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

14. Visit the Exploratorium.

15. Visit Alcatraz.

16. Take a boat under the Golden Gate Bridge.

17. Take the train to Los Angeles and spend a week visiting with my friend Kevin.

18. Have lunch and/or dinner with many of the people I have not seen for many moons, including (but not limited to): Rusty, Arvel, Brett, Jem, Andrew, Devin, Drew, and Cody.

19. Go to Glide Church to hear the choir on a bright Sunday morning.

20. Go on a walking ghost tour of Chinatown.

21. Become a regular at the cafe down the street.

22. Write a letter to Grandma Beegee.

23. Bake a pumpkin pie.

24. Purchase a pet fish.

25. Write a play.

26. Stroll the headlands.

27. Look at the sky.

28. Take my time.

Consider this a promise both to myself and to you, my two faithful Nackebuhs followers:

I will not be bored. I will not be sad.

I will not be bored. I will not be sad.