Reznjun

i can see why indians lost america. we believe anything. too damn trusting. all last week i was reading the hype bout this mile runner named alan webb that was gonna break jim ryuns record at the ku relays. the record has stood for 40 years or so. this dude has run many sub 4 minute miles and has broken other ryun records. he broke ryuns high school mile record. so i motored over to lawrence to see the record fall. the relays have been running most of the week. i only attended saturdays event but i had to pay the full price of 10 bucks for a ku relays button.the button got you into the event. i kept it for a souvenir.  i figured it would be worth it. i remember when ryun was at the top of his game. track and field, especially the ku relays, ranked high in the state of oz. i thought the stadium would be packed like it used to be. seemed like just the athletes and their families showed up.  didnt matter. i wanted to see the mile run. the race was alright. it was like a 2 minute half mile. so it was conceivable the record could fall. it didnt. webb won with a 3:58 mile. it was a good race, anutha dude finished under 4 minutes also. i was slightly disappointed tho. i wanted to witness history. to see ryuns record get broke. in a way though i am glad it wasnt. it will give me a reason to go back anutha day to watch the mile run again.

after i left the relays i walked around the stadium and to the parking lot. i needed to get some walking in. ku campus has alot of hill to climb no matter where you walk. i remember i went to school there years ago. i didnt last though. i still had my alky head on. just wasnt disciplined enough to attend class and hit the books. still regret that. i went to an auction after that. i bought a slot machine bank  there. then left.

i met my boys and my sister to eat. we had mexican food. not that taco bell kind. thats gringo food. we had a good meal. we headed over to haskell to see the boxing matches. it didnt start on time. surprise there eh. so we ventured over to the gym where they were suppose to have a pow wow. it was gourd dancing. they had about 5 dancers. so we watched the indians watch the indians. they had a blanket dance to pay the singers. they got 36 bucks for 7 of them. not a big payday but is a fortune compared to what some get for running a ceremony.

we headed over to the old gym to watch the boxing matches. it was billed as the missouri state championships. why they had missouri state championship bouts in a small gym in kansas escaped me. but it was a good show. i always did enjoy boxing. i liked the look in the eyes of some boxers. they had that look of determination. you knew they were focused on what they were doing. they didnt have all weight classes. i enjoyed the bouts they had, they even had some women box. you have to wonder why would someone enjoy watching two men or women trying to put each other out. kinda like why laugh at americas funniest videos when someone gets hit in the nuts. you know that aint funny but laugh anyway. boxing is kinda like that, why watch someone fighting. there is an art to it when it is done right. its not like a bar fight, where they just throw punches til one quits. boxing requires some skillz. though not all boxers have skillz. the ones that do are good.

i heard they mighta had better fights at the general council meeting. didnt go. someone was gonna slap the ugly off a council person or sumthin. good thing we got peacekeepers. they probably cooled things down. or not since they aint paid. maybe the ethics folks chilled them out. but they aint paid either. at any rate no violence erupted. no wonder we cant get people to run for office. our own people make it so undesirable that some dont want any part of that. wonder how much we could accomplish if we worked together instead of against each other.

i guess they were mad that the minors trust fund lost millions. not surprised there. people have lost money all around the country. maybe our investment strategy wasnt right. did we enter into high risk investments. payoff is higher but so are the consequences if it dont pay off. i dont know. it is part of the economic crisis we are in. it was in all the papers. someone wanted the tribe to replace the money. didnt happen. guess if they would, then the tribe would have to make up what many lost in their retirement accounts. some lost 1/4th of what they had saved. others more, others less. some wont be content until the tribe is broke. then there will be nothing left to fight over.

after a weekend out i stayed in sunday. had a nice dinner. visited with some friends and family. i’m glad i am not around all that negativity. why expend so much energy into something so counter-productive. there is so much more to life. i think life is meant for us to enjoy. and i am enjoying it.