O Captain! My Captain! Well said Adri! DarknDirty FEELS to me like the dead poets society, coming out at night, doing something that FEELS illegal, and then writing reports about it.
See ya soon, The Mummy Man On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Adri Van der Westhuyzen < [email protected]> wrote: > So this is morning time after DnD. I did not ‘earn’ the report writing > privilege, but had to write about a feeling I get… And also had to > write about it before the day turns as I might forget about the > feeling. > > After 2 days of rain, I spent at least 2 office hours on Thursday > afternoon conversing with a few colleagues whether it would be raining > Thu eve in Centurion or not. Everyone said yes, and the nifty hourly > weather man on HTC said yes for 16h, 19h and 23h. But working in > Fourways gives a better forecast than all of the above. Our weather > generally moves North, so Joburg gets the handout about an hour or so > before Pretoria. At 3h30 it stopped raining and from the office back > door the rolling green hills and back yard of the Northern Suburbs > opened up and there was it again… the horizon. Earlier on Thursday I > was going to see what the weather looked like at 15h before confirming > with the others if I was going to do the ride or not. At 16h55 my dog > was getting a walk, at 16h57 I opted to go see Avatar, but at 17h02, I > stepped out the office and as I walked under the cloudy skies that has > been crying its heart out for the past 2 days, I had a feeling. I have > the same feeling when I pack my bike & gear for DnD on a Thursday > morning. I have the same feeling when we ride through the MooMall boom > gate on our way out every week. I have the same feeling when I run. I > have the same feeling with Ciro Dinner Date coffee, home made pesto > and the music of Bon Iver at the moment. And I wanted more. > > My car left the office and drove down Cedar Rd towards Lanseria to get > more of the feeling. Skies didn’t open up completely, but the clouds > lifted. There was a window of opportunity, and I had a feeling that > it’s gonna be a good night. Down the N14 a combination of Parlotones, > Die Heuwels Fantasties, Viva La Vida and Bon Iver set the mood for a > perfect ride. Get to the MooMall and the cars trickle in very slowly. > Everyone probably hosting the last feelings of should I or should I > not. But we did it again: talk about the weather of course, but also, > we did a Mild-to-Wild again. Donald as trailmeister, Eric as his > advisor and Oupa Gert wearing the green light at the back. Counting 17 > riders and no new-comers we set off round the corner through the > veldt, breathing in the fresh smells of luscious green bossies. Half > way up left, to the tar road and to a greeting face of a former rider > parked next to the road. The oldies greet him, talk about riding and > Oupa Gert tells me he’s good on the down hills. We go left down > Cornwall and right up the tar road for speed. Left up past the shebeen > for some speed and status of the queen. Slippery slide to Blair Witch > and first low speed collision and fall just before the road. > > A few conversations later we came round the back of Quad Busta and > easy to the top. What a great feeling. It was Eric(Gadget)’s birthday > in the week and after our hiep-hieps and whoop-whoops, the “blanc de > noir” JC Le Roux made a quick pop on top of the hill. Everyone > complimenting the evening for treating us well and the view a treat as > always. Big boeing with “Happy Birthday Eric” and “Go Bokke” flags > cross us whilst the white caramel cupcakes lace our throats for the > Busta, backwards. From Smuts the tar road down to the green light for > another speed zone along the railway. Last part heading home: a tight > single track with a thorn bush on the right, couple stops and some > explaining they’re not good on single track, even not when in front. > Couple rocky sections, last portions of kakiebos, something lemony, > something tropical in Nando’s water bottle, something herbish and at > the fence we count 17 again and head back. Window of opportunity well > used. We didn’t clock 35kms or even 25 I think, but we did it; despite > the weather forecasts. We used the opportunity. See, they come and go > and you can feel for it, or not. But act upon it, whilst it’s around. > You can get this feeling when holding your guitar, your wife, your > kid. Perhaps whilst traveling or buying a new gadget. But act upon it, > use the opportunity to tell others what you feel, write about it, so > that those who were there can live in the feeling a while longer… And > those that were not, can maybe at least smell or experience a couple > minutes of it when listening us. > > Life happens now. > Shalom > > > ------------------------------------ > > ********* > "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If > you love what you are doing, you will be successful." > -Herman Cain > ********* > www.darkndirty.co.za > > To subscribe to this group, send a mail to: > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [email protected] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/advracegn/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/advracegn/join > (Yahoo! 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