#113 - #103 (10)

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It has been unseasonably sunny and warm these past few weeks. I am sure if I was a farmer I would want a good soaking. The grass is now dry enough to sit on - it leaves no puddles on the seats. It is time I checked the running gear. I really want to go for the run now. It will be my last run in Belvoir Park before I head out to the rest of the day. Running is the one constant in my life. I am so grateful for it. I have loved it forever. Forever.

My god that dream last night was awful. I have watched some videos of the Johnny Depp trial. I read the Amber Heard op-ed piece and was shocked that Depp didn't just let it slide. At 57 he is ready for retirement. He comes from a different generation of men. It is not like that anymore and he doesn't understand it. That generation of men whose fragile egos need bolstering by the vampiric like need to feast on young flesh. In order to feel young they gloam on younger people - women, men. They have not understood what it means to age.

What was really shocking was the amount of drug use. Clearly Michael Jackson's death was due to his being terribly unlucky. The dependency and the sheer volume... it appears that the entirety of American society is riddled with opiate addiction. I did not know who to feel appalled or disgusted at. And also sorry. That it has come to this...

You can be incredibly rich and famous and you can lead this utterly messed up life. I think that of all in that generation, probably Matt Damon and Keanu Reeves made it out relatively in tact and alive. The rest of them... lost. 

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