Vinceland

Been grillin’ and illin’.

Made me realize something about the middle of things, the part that matters, the meat.

Almost everything we eat needs to be opened to get at the meat. From bananas to pork to m+m’s it’s what’s inside that’s desireable. Almost everything we encounter has a shell, skin or package that needs to be opened and removed to find out what’s inside and whether it’s worth being part of.

Generally, the shell of things provides little evidence as to what’s inside, unless it’s damaged. That’s usually a sign you don’t want to be part of it. You might run into a great looking package and think “Damn, I bet you what’s inside there is real good. I mean, it looks good from here.” And you get a hold of it, cut it open and find rotten meat inside.

And there are times when, on the outside, fruit, lives and hot dogs look rough, old and beat up. But after you dig in, they’re better than ever. They’re worth eating, nutritious, delicious-o. The idea being, you never really know what’s inside, and that shell, can or skin can be deceiving.

Sometimes, the meat gets infected, by not work of it’s own, and there’s little you can do to reverse the effect. There are times when we’re in control of the meat, and times when we’re at the mercy of the meat. This past week I was at the mercy of meat.

Not only had I a large Barbecue/ Birthday party (My perfect wife’s 35th) to plan and cook for on Saturday, but I also played host to a nasty bacterial infection in my leg meat. It kinda screwed me over a few days and forced a trip to the emergency room and forced a number of days working home with me leg propped.

But by the weekend, I had good meat in my leg and even better meat on the grill. I purchased far too much meat, and ended up saving some for the party after the party, but none the less, a big-ass steak was eaten, as well as many other meat products.

As for the leg, the thing is healing, infection is going, swelling is reducing. As for the party, I think peeps were stoked. I’ll post some evidence of such stoked-ness here and we’ll be sure to plan more such events for more such people. Seems like this past weekend was a good primer for 07.04.07, which looks to be even bigger and more destructive than ever.

I know our crew freaked out a few neighbors up here, I am just glad I am not hosting the July 4th celebration this year. Maybe the after-party…

PS: Decent delay between posts here due to injury, party planning and travel. Shan’t happen again, but if’n it does, don’t worry about it.