I have no words...

I can't write tonight for some reason?

So, this is just a quick report about my swimming lesson this morning with Jason: He tells me that I have to learn to sink. I am apparently wasting a lot of strength and energy trying to swim too high in the water. He thinks that this is why I feel so fatigued after only about 50 metres. He says I need to learn to breathe with much less of my face out of the water and gave me some training exercises to try.

Turns out Jason is also a tri coach. Coincidence? Not likely.

Have a great week all.

R.I.P.

Shaun Joseph McGill

December 23, 1961-March 23, 1992

IDENTIFICATION AND BIO: An ice dancer and choreographer, Shaun McGill performed with the John Curry and Torvill & Dean companies. He was also a longtime member of the Baltimore-based Next Ice Age company. Dance critic George Jackson (see below) lauded McGill for "intricate footwork, fleetness, and his streamlined silhouette," further commenting that "McGill suffused his technique with a demonic intensity that made him right for the role of Carabosse in the televised ice version of Sleeping Beauty, Drosselmeyer in the Chicago ice spectacular of Nutcracker, and for the personifications of character or mood in the solos he set for himself." McGill lived in Toronto but often performed in New York. McGill died of AIDS-related causes.

Shaun was my best friend (and also a blood relative) in the whole wide world. I miss him to this day.

This video is from a hughe AIDS awareness tribute concert to Freddie Mercury that was staged at Wembley Arena outside of London in 1992. If you ever see a copy of the video or DVD - buy it. It is a treasure.