some kind of hero

so it's inevitable that you are going to wonder where the name comes from.  it's something i've tossed around for a while.  not quite as long as wearyourtruth, but a while.  i took a class in college  entitled "intro to contemporary music."  part of the curriculum was composing original music on a midi keyboard program.  i came up with s.k.o.h. as a "name" for those projects.  i've long had aspirations of being a musician, but i don't have enough stick-to-itiveness to overcome my lack of natural talent.  

i was telling my friend theresa last night that i tried to learn the guitar, but my fingers could take learning the guitar or rock climbing, not both.  now that i'm off climbing for a while, it would make sense to pick it back up again, but ultimately i've learned that the only things i really become good at are the things that are enjoyable as a journey and not just a destination.  when i was teaching myself how to build/maintain bicycles, i enjoyed the whole process, even early on when i didn't know a damn thing.  rock climbing was the same way, and, most recently, trials riding.  the same cannot be said for music.  i can't stand sucking at playing an instrument, it is no fun for me at all.

why this discrepancy?  who knows.  it's one of those things that will come to me on a random occasion in a random location and then i'll come home and write about it in a blog.  stay tuned, i suppose.

anyway, i don't have much to say about what 'some kind of hero' means.  i'll just leave it at an accurate example of how i often relay myself to others.  half self-depreciating, half self-aggrandizing.  we'll see if i ever live up to the truth of the name.