Thanks L.L.!

Here is the culprit. Although it looks small, it's actually pretty long making it difficult to commit to.

      Music, it can make or break a skate jam. Recently I've been experimenting with all types of different music when I skate. I find myself listening to Woody Guthrie in the bowl, Janes Addiction on the mini, and Otis Redding when I skate street. None of these things are typical I suppose. Most kids listen to either hardcore (or whatever it's called now) or rap when they skate. That's cool, whatever feels right you know. Well, what does this all have to do with skating? It all goes back to handrails of course. It had been a month to the day when I last hit the handrail at my local park. You may even recall the terrible bruise that I recieved last time after doing the rail. That bruise and not doing the rail for a while really made it difficult for me to try the rail again. Enter L.L. Cool J. So I was considering trying this rail again after a very unpleasant experience and some time away. Suddenly, L.L. Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" started playing on my mp3 player. Here are the songs first lyrics:

Don't call it a comeback
I been here for years
Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear
Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon
Listen to the bass go BOOM
Explosion, overpowerin
Over the competition, I'm towerin

     So being a washed up skateboarder, these lyrics hit hard and I decided to try the rail again. Thank goodness, I was able to do it again. Not unscathed though. Not nearly as painful as last time, I hit my knee in attempting the rail and recieved a nice bump. Nonetheless, I wanted to thank L.L. for convincing me to get back on the Brook Run rail again and not overthinking it. Now that that's out of the way, it's time to get back to Otis and Woody.

You can see the bump on my knee here. It's like having two knee caps.
It didn't actually hurt at all though, just a wierd impact I suppose.