beyond the concrete chaos

Maintaining peace is a fine balance in the city. It is possible that I attract this type of urban experience by attempting to complete an absurd amount of errands and chores in a small amount of time. Today there was too many stop lights.
Too many one way streets.
Too many Target-Panera-Nail Salon malls.
Too many off ramps.
Too many things to take my money.
Too many shut-down bike stores…ok, just one of those.

I could feel the stress-level begin to snowball. Unable to kayak—not just because there are no rivers in downtown Denver—and unable to bike on a flat, I dropped my car off at the shop, grabbed my longboard and ipod, and took off.
Two hours later, exhausted and elated, I remembered that stress is often a useless and fake emotion. I also remembered that for me, this epiphany usually comes with the release of adrenaline.