Roost sucks, Rocks hurt, But 2 seconds of Flight is Freedom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1fQQCfNJCo

   This video was taken with my Gopro Helmet Camera last year. About 2 weeks later, I had a major crash while practicing for an upcoming race at this very same track. I was apparently knocked unconscious and unresponsive for over 2 minutes. By the time the track's EMT got to me,(he told me later on that) my pupils were unreactive to light and that I had possible(apparent) Agonal respirations (being an EMT myself, I've had the training to understand that these are very bad signs.) He was most concerned though, and very upset when, after being loaded into the ambulance(at this point conscious again), I decided to refuse transport to the hospital, unstrapped myself from the spine board, left the back of the ambulance, and then ultimately proceded to drive myself home. The Track's owner threatened to ban me from riding the track for life when I did, but his threats didn't deter me. In hind sight, it was very reckless both for myself and the public around me, to take the risk of driving home with a possible major head injury(I did seek medical attention the next morning when my signs and symptoms worsened.) I suppose we all have to live and learn our own lessons in life, sometimes the hard way. A facial bone fracture(Handlebars to the goggles), fractured ribs, abbrasions, lacerations, a bruised body, and a bruised ego later, and I'm still here living this awesome life!

   I met this band AWOLNATION (that I used the music for this video), when a friend of mine and his Band opened a show for them at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Az. It was one of the greatest live shows I have ever been to. The energy was palpable, intense, and electric. I could tell that the band truly lives by the music that they write. Lyrically speaking, the entire song strikes a chord with me on a deep level. The Lyrics inspire me that no matter what happens in this life, even the things that may not go the way I want or wish they would go.That I owe it to myself, those who preceded me, and those who will bury me, to live my life to the fullest and to the greatest potential that I can. So that on that unknown date, when it comes for me, that I leave this beautiful, wonderful, sometimes crazy place with no regrets at all.                          



(no copyright infringement intended or implied for music used in this personal video, and I have no affiliation with the band AWOLNATION)