Superficial Lacerations

This is my favorite photo from 2011. Grandpapy Wolvo Thistle.

Hello December skies, if it wasnt so cold out I might be able to emit more energy but it just aint there when I go to make another lap around the planet, one'll do it these day. Beaming from fire soaked branches and candle sticks brings out my intensity more so that making a bold entrance on the morning horizon

Both Metro and Alex trying to send simultaneously

Mr Ed, v8, The Master Bedroom (NY)

So I rummage around rooms finding what I might illuminate; the corner of a couch or a long end of a book shelf,

but by far, and by far I mean far, the most celestial sheen has these days come from the strings of a my guitar

said the little photon

Maxamillion

2011 folks, was a good year. 2010 kinda supremely sucked but 2011 made up for poor focus and failing tenocytes (forgive me tenocytes I will give you more eccentric training and less ramen in 2012) and a vacuum that swallowed many good question

The Claw, v10, Ice Pond (NY)

2011 was South Africa and Lincoln Lake and Harriman Park, was me leaving a long sought-after job in orthopedics for a not so obvious choice in community health, recovering from my worst climbing injury (-ies) to date and still somehow climbing v10 in South Africa, having an epic backcountry (spring 2011) season, finally getting a job in the ER, connecting with people I shouldnt have lost touch with, realizing I'd lost a few good questions and welcomed some home, Replacement Killers and Grand Tension sit and The Amendment, starting an anusara practice but flowing more with my spanish speaking patients, reaching the compete bottom of motivation like never before but correcting that abysmal nonsense right quick, fingerpicking on the porch, my first garden, and joining 8a.nu.

My yoga conclusion for 2011; I think the philosophy in yoga in way more vital to me than the practice because honestly, after 10 years of practice nothing changes but my mind ('cause the overweight soccer mom here for her first yoga class is sticking the position with a smile that I've been working on for over 2 years... without progress), in fact my shoulders and hips may get worse with intense yoga, so just take in the teachings, accept that I'm not a skinny-jean yogi, and go run a mountain, sit a bit, and mix in a weekly class that gives what I need, which is essentially a reminder and a hammock.

ER in Clanwilliam (S.A.) where I lost my first attempt at leading a cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Best book: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe or.... Blood Meridian. That said I havent finished "Cutting for Stone" yet and Dr Gosh is a complete badass.

Best Album: Tyvec "Nothing Fits" or Phosphorescent "Here's to taking it easy" or Mumford and Sons' "Sigh No More"

Topside's perfect stone

For 2012? Rock Rodeo? Will I take the MCAT, transition to full time ER, keep working in community health? V11 or v12? Have I climbed v11 is a damn good question. Goddam I need to train my fingers more. Keep up the guitar and more painting are mandated! China and Japan at my the top of my list for this year... but I would love to go back for another month in S. Africa, for Topside and out towards the Indian Ocean coast. I also want to explore Harriman Park, NY.
Did I fail to report sports med journal update again? Sorry, coming soon, maybe next update. I've got 1 article about female (joint) laxity and a couple about PRP that should be shared.