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9/6: Airfest At NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum
Undertow
Terry O’Brien’s legendary column... social satire, shameless plugs — and general self-indulgence
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I
have about 90 minutes to write this week
(after my gym session, before my 5:30
Sunday gig) which is not a lot of time.
As such, I’ll be typing very fast so try to
keep up. May as well start with my Weekly
Weight Watch since I’m still glistening from
my 60-minute elliptical workout. I really wish
my deadline was on Tuesday since that has
habitually been my lightest day of the week, this
time hitting my previously stated goal of 225.5
before drifting back up to 225 on Sunday morning.
Considering all the (relative) junk I ate this
week, I can live with that. (Relative junk means a
couple of PB&Js, a bowl of tortilla chips or some
cereal, not the pizzas, hoagies and bags of fast
food from years past, though I did slip and have
a two cheeseburger meal from McDonald’s last
Monday and spent the rest of the day feeling like
I was going to die.) I stocked up on steaks, pork
chops, fruits and veg and expect to be sub-220
by next week. Or on Tuesday, at least.
I forgot my headphones for my workout
last Thursday, which is a total drag because
my “GYM” playlist makes the time go quicker.
Luckily, they sell cheap-o earbuds at Planet
Fitness so problem solved! Except my new
Android doesn’t have a headphone jack. D’oh!
(This is, so far, a very onbrand Terry O’Brien
experience.) So I ended having to plug right into
the house feed on the elliptical which was set to
The View on ABC. (Did you know those ladies
really hate Donald Trump?) Once I reached my
target heart rate (three seconds) I switched over
to Planet Fitness Radio, where I was equally
dismayed and heartened by the state of modern
pop music. The worst part of this was the Britney
Spears-Robin Thicke glitch that resulted in two
of their songs looping for about 20 minutes. It
was so bad I flipped back to The View to relax.
After my workouts I am WAP. (Wet and
Pasty.)
Listen, I said I was going to write quickly, I
didn’t say Iwas going to write well.
One thing that tanked my diet this week
was the absolutely delicious pupu platter sent
over to Tim Joyce and I (TNT) after our gig on
Friday night by Black Duck chef-owner Chris
Hubert. (I’m sure I’ve written more awkwardly
phrased sentences than that, I just can’t remember
when.) Ribs, wasabi spring rolls, shrimp
toast, dumplings, Asian slaw… just ridiculous.
(It was so good my wife ordered it the following
evening, with Chris refusing payment.)
We’ve had something of a symbiotic relationship
over there on Sunset Boulevard, with
Exit Zero, Black Duck and Viggiano’s all in close
proximity. It’s been our pleasure to sing for all of
you this season. And, if you know Tim Joyce, free
food is his favorite thing after free money (singing
is just something he does between meals,
sometimes during). Viggiano’s, if you’re reading,
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