Billy X. O’Brien – (obrien)

Billy X. O’Brien

Just got back from swimming: are you still doing this? every plane i see in the sky is a bomb. the city has been taken over by militant rebel guerrillas from africa. you can not walk the streets of this city without the fear of being shot. Today I swam for 30 minutes (1:40 – 2:10 p.m.) All freestyle 200 warm up 4 x 100 1 x 250 3 x 100 1 lap is 50 so 100 is 2 laps and 200 is 4 laps. It’s not much but it’s a start. My goal for the next week or so is to increase the 1 x 250 to 1 x 500 and get the 3 x 100 up to 4 x 100, and maybe throw in some 50 sprints. It’s 2:42 p.m. I will walk across the city to my acupuncture appointment at 4:30 p.m. I will pick up a sandwich along the way and eat it on a bench, maybe in copley square, yes in copley square. I will listen to european house music from the 21st century. I will imagine that the people walking by are drops of water on a hot skillet. I will think the sky is blue and the future is groundless.

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