Friday Jan 13th- day 7

Went for a run this morning. There's a park nearby and I trudged through the morning drizzle listening to David Bowie on my ipod, looking camp in a grungey-type way. In fact, I looked a lot like this-



Many thanks to Brian for finding this photo! In the park, there seemed to be a lot of squirrels- grey, with a bit of a gingerish tone (yes, yes, I know, that sounds like me...). In fact, they were eyeballing me a bit too much- they were probably disturbed by my Bowie impressions and, having seen the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", I was not inclined to stop and be friendly. Sadly, my new trainees did not propel me at high speed up the hills as I had hoped, and I wheezed home for a shower.

In the evening, I had food at Ruby's on the Ave. I am perfecting the art of dining alone, and wrote several postcards before during and after a fantastic vegetarian dhal. I am sure all the other punters were wondering
"Who is that guy over there? Do you think he's, like, a famous writer?"
"Looks to me like an English loser with no mates, dude."
I have been trying to keep eating healthy, although it's easy to see why there are so many porkers over here. There is food everywhere, and portions are giiii-normous.

Then I went to see "Walk the line", the film of Johnny Cash's life story. I have a soft spot for the Man In Black dating back to the early years in the States when we used to sing along to Cash songs in the car- "dyin', dyin', dyin'... for water!" I was worried the film wouldn't do the great man justice, but it just about pulled it off. And Joaqin Phoenix did, at times, look and sound eerily like JC. I was welling up during some of the songs, and the scene at Folsom Prison was real good.