Longboarding high

I went out on my board for the first time in months. I was gone maybe half an hour, probably a little less. It's a beautiful day, currently 59 F. Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer, so I will most definitely be going out then as well.

You know how runners rave about how good it feels and the whole runner's high? Yeah, longboarding definitely gives me that. I've never had a runner's high, nor do I ever really want to, but if it feels half as good as a longboarding high does that'd still be pretty good. How I longboard is sometimes how I wish I felt running. My mind becomes so clear. I hardly think about anything, even when I'm trying to work things out. I get distracted to the point of thinking about nothing. I often like going out on my longboard to figure things out a little, but the actual figuring doesn't last long.

I distinctly remember the last time I went out longboarding before it got too cold. It was a night late in October. I'd gone on a date the night before, a first date, and had a really great time. No one was really around that night and I had a lot on my mind so I took out my board. It was probably around 9, maybe even later. Riding at night is definitely better than riding in the middle of the day but not quite as good as riding when the sun is beginning to set, like it was when I went today. My figuring out of the whole date situation and other things was weighing heavily on my mind but once I got out on a smooth road, nothing else mattered. The feeling your feet and legs get longboarding is crazy. I love it. I get so relaxed on my board. Eventually I did figure out how I really felt, but it took awhile. If I have the intention of going out on my longboard to think, I usually spend a lot more time out.

One thing I wish I had was my own soundtrack while longboarding. I have running playlists, or for tennis, or for walking home from school, or just really chill things. But I don't have a longboarding one. I don't often bring my iPod w/ me since a) I want to be aware of traffic, b) headphones can get annoying and c) I love the sound of my wheels on the asphalt. Said playlist would definitely include songs off the new Coldplay album Mylo Xyloto, all the songs from Imagine Dragons' new EP Continued Silence, and I can see it having a couple Weezer songs.

So try longboarding if you like skateboarding, snowboarding, wakeboarding or any of that stuff. Even if you don't like those things, you should still try longboarding. It's magical.

Last YouTube video I watched: Meeting Charles Barkley

Tuesday night nonsense

I start this post at 10:40 PM, a much better time than most to blog. I've spent most of the evening/night cleaning & reading for my history class. And now I'm writing this and catching up on hours of Shaytards watching. So fancy that.

I titled this blogpost before I wrote anything, something that almost never happens. I guess the post had better live up to its name. From this point on, anything I write about will be on the fly.

-I've no idea how I've gone this long without watching the Shaytards. It's been about 5 days. It feels super weird.

-For dinner I had rice. That was nice. I like rice a lot. I probably should have eaten more than just rice but I really wasn't into it. I also had some Ovaltine. It was the perfect temperature and perfectly choclate-y.

-I thought I would want to write more but I really do not. At all. I feel like I need to write something serious but I can't bring myself to it. I think it's my coping mechanism: when things get serious in school life and in my personal life, suddenly everything needs to be a joke. Occasionally I'll share a thought w/ a close friend but for the most part I get overly sarcastic and just want to make fun of things. For all the things I do share w/ people that are personal, and for how many times they think they're getting the whole story and that I'm opening up, yeah, not so much. That is just the tip of the iceberg.

-The past few days have been a time like what I previously described.