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It’s been on CNN all week, but I didn’t actually see it on YouTube til today – Canon in D is one of my favorite pieces of classical music, and I wouldn’t have ever imagined it on electric guitar, but it is pretty impressive:
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Yes, because I get mistaken for Liv Tyler ALL THE TIME. *snort*
Yeah, it’s more “look, they all have brown hair and part it on the same side!” recognition, but an interesting little tool.
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And last night’s 4 mile run put the lid on my best training month to date. Over 5K of swimming, 43 miles on the bike plus trainer time, and 20 miles of running. (The running mileage is definitely lower than it’s been this spring, but the swimming has been much MUCH more necessary.) 15K on tap this Saturday and then a mini tri Sunday – it’s just a 250M indoor pool swim, 4 mile bike ride and a 1.4 mile run – should be an fun & insane free for all. (This is assuming I am not in too much pain from the 15K, in which case, I may just go and volunteer.) Overall, just incredibly pleased with what I’ve accomplished last month.
On tap for June is to keep the training volume up and the following:
6/2 – Volunteering at packet pickup for the mini. (I am writing this down because I keep worrying that I’ll forget.)
6/3 – 15K down at Quantico
6/4 – Manassas Mini (depending on if I can move, LOL)
6/17 – Tim Harmon 5K
6/25 – Lake Montclair Olympic distance tri.
I just registered for the 5K this week, they had flyers for it at the 10K last weekend. I’ve never done a stand alone 5K before, and it should be fun. It’s also a whopping 20 minutes from the house and starts at 8:30, so I don’t have to be up at 5AM. Lake Montclair is why my swimming volume has been upped so much – it’s a 1 mile lake swim to start things off, so I’m shooting for 3x a week in the pool. I’ve added in a speedwork day on Tuesdays for running – just around the block (1.5 miles) and it’s walk 1 minute, sprint 1 minute. Did that yesterday w/ a 10:56 pace, not too bad considering half of it was walking. :)
Oh, since I’ve stopped the whole “work” thing, I moved the laptop out of the office down to the living room. The dog is MUCH happier with this setup as he can chill out on the sofa with me instead of cramming himself under the desk. He’s becoming a fan of the Late Late Show as well.
Oh, and this was sent by a friend of the family – damn funny video – it’s like they have seen me & my brother go at it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhcA4Ry65FU Work safe.
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1. When was the last time you drank?
I have a beer to my right at the moment.
2. Who was the last person you drank with?
Peeps at Glory Days, Sunday night. (Sounds bad to be drinking on a Sunday night, but I went in for hockey playoffs)
3. What is your fav. drink?
Guinness
4. Are you an alcoholic?
Pretty sure the answer is no on that one, though I think there is always someone out there that thinks everyone is an alcoholic.
5. How many drinks does it take you to get drunk?
Seems to depend on what I am imbibing, but a lot regardless.
6. What is the last drink you had?
Negra Modelo
7. Have you ever gone to school/work drunk?
No. Hungover? Yes. Sleep deprived to the point I probably might as well have been drunk? Yes.
8. Do you get hangovers?
Occasionally – mainly if I forget the Gatorade & Advil before bed. Dehydration is a bitch.
9. When did you start drinking?
Sophomore year in HS. Everclear KoolAid… Way to get started…
10. Have you ever thrown up on someone cause you were so drunk?
Thank god, no. (Near someone is another story altogether.)
11. What is the craziest thing you have ever done while drunk?
Hell, I have no idea, everything seems perfectly reasonable at the time.
12. Have you ever hooked up while you were drunk?
I plead the 5th.
13. Do you wish you were drinking right now?
Again, NM to my right.
14. Have you ever been so drunk that you dont remember what happened?
Somewhat fuzzy details that sharpen up later, yes, no full on “can’t remember” blackout type stuff.
15. What is the worst drink?
Tequila. Well, cheap tequila. Cheap tequila straight.
16. Do you drink during the week?
Yes, cause why wait til Friday for a beer?
17. Has someone asked you to stop drinking?
Not that I recall. Or was listening to.
18. Have you ever been kicked out of a bar?
Once, but it was with a group, so I had to go with the rest of them.
19. When is the last time you were drunk?
Full on? It’s been a while. Super happy? Final Caps home game.
20. Have you ever been in a fight when you were drinking?
Does helping break one up count?
21. Does your family drink?
Yeah.
22. What is your favorite drinking game?
It’s been years since I played any drinking games – I sucked at all of them.
23. if you could only drink one drink for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Guinness works.
24. Have you ever had a drink named after you?
Wow, that would be cool.
25. What is your favorite day of the year for drinking?
Look, there’s a hockey game on tonight!
26. What is the earliest time that you’ve started drinking?
Around 11 AM, but that was also right after a 10 mile race. Guinness – the recovery drink of champions.
27. What is the longest stretch of time that you’ve drank?
No idea.
28. Have you ever passed out from drinking?
Yep, high school. I remember telling a friend, “I think I’m done now”, headed upstairs to one of the bedrooms, hauled myself up to the top bunk and out like a light in about 5 seconds. Had the timing been less precise, I would have fallen off the bunkbed ladder and been asleep on the floor.
29. Ever have to go to the hospital because of something alcohol related?
Nope.
30. Have a dui/dwi/minor?
Nope.
31. Have you ever had an interaction with police while under the influence?
Yes… 7-11. High school. Drunk. Getting coffee – fortunately NOT driving or anything like that. Struck up a nice conversation with the officer while prepping my coffee. My designated driver was sure we were going to be arrested. However, it would seem the officer was more amused by the situation, especially given that I wasn’t the driver.
32. What are your parent’s drinks of choice?
Mom liked Vodka Tonics, got her hooked on Guinness, too. Dad like Rum & Cokes. Both liked scotch.
33. Ever done a keg stand?
I don’t even know what it is.
34. Have you ever drank out of a beer bong?
Almost. Chickened out at the last minute when I had visions of beer coming out of my ears.
35. What is your favorite alcohol related beer commercial?
The “Brilliant!” commericals from Guinness, and most Corona commericals, cause who doesn’t want to be at the beach?
36. What’s your favorite karoake song?
Only made that major mistake in judgement once.
37. Do you have a favorite bar?
Definitely.
38. Have you ever woken up in a strange place after a night of drinking?
I suppose you’d have to discount the fact that my life is strange in general… So, no.
39. What types of alcohol have a bad effect on you?
Can’t do straight tequila anymore. The smell of Jager also doesn’t do good things for me, and yet I’ve never had it.
40. What is your favorite hangover cure?
Gatorade. Tons of it BEFORE you go to bed and a couple Advil.
Sooooooo close to the weekend…
I really should be in bed, but I’m kinda glued to the Eagle Cam at the moment. (It’s also better than most things on TV these days.)
Oh, and if anyone out there happens to know that
The eagle is now making noises, maybe calling for a shift change? The dog is utterly confused.
For a 4 hour day, today lasted much, much too long. One of my coworkers did point out that I look more relaxed already. I don’t doubt it. 10 workdays left. (I’m taking next Friday off!)
Well, the sun seems to be setting in British Columbia and Mom eagle looks like she’s about to crash out for the night, I suppose I should do the same.
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It’s in the pacific time zone, so it’s still light right now and the feed is live – it apparently goes into replay overnight. In the forums there is a sticky topic keeping track of who is on the nest – currently it’s Mom.
Link courtesy the My Cup of Joe forums at BeginnerTriathlete.com
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Comcast SportsNet does a little series called Capital Living where they go the various player’s houses – I’d seen this one when they initially aired it and it added to my absolute adoration of Ovie – just found out today it’s archived online – best is when they start talking about him & his brother attempting to make dinner…
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“The message of Team Hoyt is that everybody should be included in everyday life.”
http://www.teamhoyt.com/
I can’t do it justice – just click and read, especially the “Who are we” link.
Link courtesy of fark.com
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71 things about me – stolen from
1. Initials: CDC
2. Name someone with the same birthday as you: Glenn Miller
3. Last thing you ate: Rice Krispy Treat
4. For or against same sex marriage: For
5. Last person who texted you: Tasha
6. Last person you hugged: Matt.
7. Do you believe in God: Yup
8. How many US states have you been to? More than 5, less than 25
9. How many of the U.S states have you lived in: 2
10. Ever lived outside of the US: 3 years in Japan
11. Name something you like physically about yourself: Eyes.
12. Something non-physical you like about yourself: Can’t realy think of anything off the top of my head, but it’s not like I loathe myself either.
13. What is your dads name? Dad
14. Why are you still up?: They frown on my napping at work.
15. Who made you angry today: Coworkers
17. Favorite holiday: I don’t know that I actually have a favorite.
18. Do you download music: Yay for iTunes
19. What illegal things have you done: Nothing, of course. ;)
20. Where would you want to go on a first date? Old Town in the summer
21. Would you date the person who posted this before you? I suppose anything is possible, but she’s really not tall enough.
22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally: Yes
24. Do you like Bush: Not particularly
25. Have you ever bungee jumped: Nope
27. Has anyone ten years older than you ever hit on you? Yes and ick.
28. Has anyone fifteen years older then you ever hit on you? Yes, and ick again.
29. Have you met a real redneck: Yes
30. How is the weather right now: Beautiful, sunny & 70 and I’m inside.
31. What song are you listening to right now? Computer Fan
32. What are your current fav songs?: Float On/Modest Mouse, Figured You Out/Nickleback
33. What was the last movie you watched?: I think it was the Zorro movie
34. Do you wear contacts: Yes
35. Where was the last place you went besides your house? Gym
36. What are you afraid of?: Not much of anything at the moment
37. How many piercings and tattoo’s do you have?: just the ears, 2 in one, 1 in the other. No ink yet.
38. How many pets do u have: 2 cats & dog
39. Have you ever loved someone: Yes
40. What turns you on?: No, you have to figure it out on your own.
41. What do you order at Starbucks? Large Latte
43. Are you missing someone: Yes.
44. Fave TV shows?: My Name Is Earl
45. Do you have an ipod?: Pink!
46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb?: Yes, have gotten Alanis Morrisette and Fiona Apple
47. Whats your mom’s name: Mom
48. Who would you like to see right now: Pretty much anyone I don’t work with.
49. Favorite band of all time (ONLY ONE): Rolling Stone
51. Have you ever been caught doing something you weren’t supposed to? Hi, I was a teenager once.
52. Favorite flower: African Daisies
53. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn: Butter, Salt, bring on the fat & calories.
54. What books are you reading: On Strategy, A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, Theives of Bagdad, and Dogs of God.
55. Have you ever ridden in a limo: Nope.
56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away? Too many.
57. Do you watch MTV? They’re still on the air?
58. What’s somethings that really bugs you: Dumbasses
59. Whats your favorite hobby? Does training count?
60. Do you like Michael Jackson: Note really.
62. Favorite team: C-A-P-S CAPS!CAPS!CAPS!
63. Favorite cereal: Rice Krispies
64. WHAT Do you drive: Jeep Liberty
65. What’s the longest time you’ve gone without sleep: 45 hours
66. Last time you went bowling: Years ago.
68. Who was your last phone call? Client
69. Last time you were at work: Um, that would be right now.
70. Whats your favorite state to be in: Deliriously happy.
71. Whats your favorite color: Green. No, blue. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Answer the twelve questions and then do a Google image search for each answer, choosing one result image to post in your journal.
1. Your age on your next birthday:
2. Your favorite color:
3. Your middle name:
4. The last meal you ate:
5. Your bad habit:
6. Your favorite fruit or vegetable:
7. Your favorite animal:
8. The town you live in:
9. Name of your pet:
10. Best friend’s nickname:
11. Your first name:
12. Your last name:
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(SFW unless your boss hates things that might possibly make you smile…)
Likely only of interest to tri folks, but…
A very nice video put together by Joe M over at BT.com – http://media.putfile.com/Tri—Your-Pain – set the resolution to Original, and you may want to just let run once in the background to get the buffering out of the way.
But, damn, I cannot wait for the season to start. 98 days.
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StrongBad’s Intro to Technology…
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail143.html
(Is it wrong that I immediately noticed that the 5.25 disk had the write protect notch on it?)
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2005 in review:
Take the first sentence of the first entry of each month of 2005. There’s your year in review.
January: 2004, you can kiss my cute ass.
February: I find it HIGHLY amusing that there are vultures literally circling the AT&T building next to my office.
March: Can I PLEASE just go back to bed and just skip today?
April: One step forward…two laps back.
May: Very, very fascinating site: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
June: The new folks are gonna be the death of me.
July: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to retire from Supreme Court
August: I’ve decided I am going to demand some sort of ransom for my return from next year’s vacation.
September: Oh thank god my ears finally just popped.
October: My tastes in music are completely all over the place. (This post resulted in a marriage proposal)
November: There was a runner there from Texas, that I “know” from my training site.
December: We’ve made it to Friday.
Mine didn’t come out nearly as interesting as hers did…
Top 11 Signs You’re Having Thanksgiving Dinner with a Geek
From BBSpot, via fark.com
11. Dark meat is separated from white meat using a light probe.
10. Everyone mentions broadband, Linux or dual-core processors in their “I am thankful for…” speech.
9. A round of Counter-Strike: Source determines who gets to carve the turkey.
8. House decorated with plush microbes to celebrate the pilgrims bringing diseases to the new world.
7. Someone constantly keeps saying “The pilgrims had coffee, didn’t they?”
6. Plates have a heatsink attached to them so you don’t burn your mouth.
5. The cranberries are caffeinated.
4. Whipped cream for the pumpkin pie made with Dremel.
3. Three words: Lego gravy boat.
2. Pilgrim decorations have red hats instead of black ones.
1. The turkey is given the opportunity for a saving throw before being butchered.
Your inspiration for the day.
Courtesy of my TriRats mailing list:
Marge: Homer, the plant called. They said if you don’t show up tomorrow don’t bother showing up on Monday.
Homer: Woo-hoo. Four-day weekend.
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No idea *how* this is actually possible, but OK…
My blog is worth $1,693.62.
How much is your blog worth?
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So, the cleaning folks call this morning, say they need to come tomorrow as the car broke down – no biggie, this would only be the second time in over two years of using them that they have had to reschedule. I don’t think anything more of it, a little while ago I hear some crashing and banging about downstairs and think “Damn, WTF are those cats getting into??!?” Then I hear a “Hello?” which scared the crap out of me – seems the crew got the car started again.
In the “someone at the office has finally gotten a clue” department – this is cleanup week. Which translates to “don’t take any new calls and ignore everyone and just get your crap cleared out.” Granted, we can’t actually stop incoming calls, so we each get a blissful day to ourselves to do this. Me? I get two days… Possibly something to do with the fact that there are 128 calls in our queue, 97 are assigned, and 37 of those happen to be mine. Tuesday and Thursday are my days. :-D
In other work related news, I have actually put in for a day OFF so I can have a long weekend next weekend. Now if my manager would just email me back and say “Yes, of course, because we really would rather your head NOT explode” that would be good.
I have discovered that when I work 9 to 6, it doesn’t really get light early enough to run and be ready to work on time, nor is it still light enough when I get off work… So, looks like outside running is going to be limited to 11-8 days and the weekends. This means I get to go learn how to use the treadmill at the gym without killing myself…that should be some good entertainment. Managed to swim 550 meters last night *after* doing 30 minutes on the LifeCycles. WOOT!
Thank god for hockey and the gym right now – work has been just so downright screwy lately it’s good to have stuff I want to focus on outside the office, otherwise, I really think I would lose my mind.
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Sure that was a Monday?
Granted, it was slow because of the holiday, but the clients that did call in were exceptionally mellow. To a near frightening degree… But hey, I’ll take it.
Weather cleared up nicely for lunch, got out and rode around for a while, crap speed, but still nice to get out. Couple hills towards the end I was asking myself why I am doing this… Oh yes, good health, bikinis, men. Not in that order. I’ve never really realized how few flat grades there are in this neighborhood until I started riding it…
Courtesy fark.com: Did you ever wonder what it would be like to see a water balloon pop in space? I didn’t ever think about it until I saw the question, and then suddenly I really needed to know…
Maybe it’s the endorphins from the workouts, but I was thinking today about how I’ve kinda landed in a nice happy zen spot in my life. Work is settling back down, non-work is going well, things are good. Now I have to just make sure I don’t get complacent…
From <lj user=”motivationquote”>
“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)
1. When you look at yourself in the mirror, what’s the first thing you look at?
Pretty sure it’s my eyes. But I’d never really thought about it before either…
2. How much cash do you have on you?
$195. Bartenders at the Ballroom love me, cause I don’t waste my time and theirs with putting a $4 beer on a credit card)
3. What’s a word that rhymes with “TEST”?
Guest
4. Favorite plant?
Hmm, I don’t know that I have one.
5. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell/home phone?
My broker
6. What is your main ring tone on your phone?
Weezer’s Beverly Hills
7. What shirt are you wearing?
Black cami
8. Do you “label” yourself, or could you?
Heck, I don’t think there is any one label that would fit anyway.
9. Name brand of your shoes currently wearing?
Barefoot :)
10. Bright or Dark Room?
It’s going to depend on what I’m doing.
11. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
12. Ever spilled the beans?
I’m sure I have, I just can’t remember any specifics.
13. What were you doing at midnight last night?
Dancing.
14. What did your last text message you received on your cell phone say?
“You’re trying to text message a landline, you idiot.”
15. Do you ever click on “Pop Ups” or Banners?
Not intentionally
16. What’s a saying that you say a lot?
17. Who told you they loved you last?
My grandma.
18. Last furry thing you touched?
The dog.
19. How many hours a week do you work?
Between 40 and 50. Closer to 40 these days cause it’s gotten so intense I just don’t have the go left to do more.
20. How many rolls of film do you need to get developed?
All digital baby.
21. Favorite age you have been so far?
So far, it’s right now.
22. Your worst enemy?
Myself.
23. What is your current desktop picture?
Windows Coffee Bean theme
24. What was the last thing you said to someone?
“Love you and I’ll talk to you next week” to my grandma.
25. If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to change a major regret?
Ooh, tough one. On the one hand, yes, changing a major regret could be good, but it would probably cascade into a lot of other things changing too, and I don’t know that I want that.
Link courtesy of fark.com
Ah, yes, dealing with the phone company…
(As pointed out on fark.com, best enjoyed if imagining John Cleese reading it.)
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Foamy the squirrel says what we’re all thinking on Hurricane Katrina…
http://www.illwillpress.com/kat.html
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