Last night I tried out my new Speedo Baja Goggles at the Briggs Y. They made all the difference in the world.
I had splurged and bought the most expensive goggles Fred Meyer had to offer (~$19) and scrimped on new headphones (~$4). The over-sized lenses and quick adjust strap cinched the deal. I only do underwater laps, so I appreciated being able to have more peripheral vision in case other swimmers entered my lane thinking it empty. One did just that yesterday.
However, I most enjoyed them when I joined Trish and Orion in the activity pool. Orion will now put his head underwater with his goggles and hold his breath for several seconds.
I taught him to have a tea party down there, miming eating cookies and drinking tea. He loved that and kept asking to do it!
He has been swimming with his kick board and roaming around the pool on tippy toes for several weeks now, but yesterday was the first time I actually saw him voluntarily go underneath the water.
It was also Tuesday night, so I listened to Radio 8-Ball until my question was answered. It was also Fall Pledge Drive at KAOS, and I had donated a couple of gift certificates as pledge premiums. I may wind up putting a pie in the face of Andras Jones if his co-host, Tammy T decides to redeem one of them. In order to call in my question for the week I decided to pledge $8.93 [in honor of their frequency 89.3 FM]. My question was: “Where will I be on Halloween?” The answer was in the form of the song “Last to Die” from the new Bruce Springsteen album Magic.
LAST TO DIE
We took the highway till the road went black
We’d marked, Truth Or Consequences on our map
A voice drifted up from the radio
And I thought of a voice from long ago
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The kids asleep in the backseat
We’re just counting the miles, you and me
We don’t measure the blood we’ve drawn anymore
We just stack the bodies outside the door
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The wise men were all fools, what to do
The sun sets in flames as the city burns
Another day gone down as the night turns
And I hold you here in my heart
As things fall apart
A downtown window flushed with light
“Faces of the dead at five” (faces of the dead at five)
Our martyr’s silent eyes
Petition the drivers as we pass by
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who’ll be the last to die
Who’ll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Darlin’ your tyrants and kings fall to the same fate
Strung up at your city gates
And you’re the last to die for a mistake
They suggested that I might be in L.A. for the live Radio 8 Ball Halloween show because it’s kind of like a game show, like the city of Truth or Consequences, NM which was named after a game show. I find that unlikely.
I might be surrounded by the dead. I might choose to protest the war(s).
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