They Just Seem a Little Weird

I’ve been trying to consistently go for a really long run on Monday mornings and a “regular” run on Thursday mornings. I’ve done a pretty good job at it for about three months now; I even managed to get in a five-miler on Thanksgiving.

This morning while coming down Century Park towards Olympic, a man on a bike came towards me wearing a black hoodie and a frighteningly realistic skeleton full-face mask. At six in the morning, just about everyone you see is scary. So you can imagine how much that guy freaked me out.

I also saw a crushed and empty box of Trojan Magnum condoms in front of the “European luxury” hotel on Westwood, and a half-full, uncapped gallon of milk sitting next to a bus bench on Santa Monica.

My right knee was killing me by the time I got back to the house, which concerns me. It seems that about twelve miles is the maximum I can travel before something twinges in there and starts hurting. (It’s fine now, though.)

Here was the soundtrack for my run this morning:

• Dragula — Zombie, Rob
• Job Opportunities — Pimps, The
• Add It Up — Violent Femmes
• 99 Problems — Jay-Z
• Jesus Walks — West, Kanye
• Homecoming / The Death Of St. Jimmy / East 12th St. / Nobody Likes You / Rock And Roll Girlfriend / We’re Coming Home Again — Green Day
• Lose Yourself — Eminem
• The Ballad of John and Yoko — Beatles, The
• It Ought to Be Easier — Lovett, Lyle
• When You Were Young — Killers, The
• Monkey Wrench — Foo Fighters
• Help! — Beatles, The
• Numb / Encore (featuring Linkin Park) — Jay-Z
• The Last Song — Foo Fighters
• Bruises — Chairlift
• Rocket Science — Pimps, The
• Los Angeles — Sugarcult
• Death and All His Friends — Coldplay
• Man Like That — Gin Wigmore
• Remember the Name — Fort Minor
• End of the Line — Traveling Wilburys
• Surrender — Cheap Trick
• Head On — Pixies
• The Tijuana Jail — Kingston Trio, The
• Take a Look Around — Limp Bizkit
• Light of Day (live) — Springsteen, Bruce
• No Sleep Tonight — Faders, The
• How You Like Me Now — Heavy, The
• Devil With the Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly — Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels