We rolled into Gonzales around 10:45 and parked in the designated area.  We began milling around--hitting the bathroom, changing clothes, eating, and generally trying to gear up for the race.  Some volunteers inquired where we were from and upon hearing we were "the" NYC team, they told us that they had read about us in the local paper.  An ( Read more... )

don't even know where to start...2 deaths in 3 weeks...i don't even know what to feel.  had to see her last night.  i realized that i was her snow globe.  i was a novelty...when it wore off, that was it.  it REALLY pisses me off that all i can think of is how much i can't stand her when i should be much more upset about my grandmother.  it makes me ( Read more... )

and he's gone.

my mom just called.

the doctors are giving my grandfather 3 days :(

its been coming for a long time, so i guess its a little easier, but it still sucks to know i'll never see him again.

my mom called yesterday and told me my grandmother had a stroke.

everyone is falling apart.  fuck.

i'm not suicidal or anything like that...just want to lead with that ( Read more... )

2007 was arguably the best year of my life ( Read more... )

i just got dumped.

wonderful.

Chicago experienced the hottest temperatures ever for the marathon this year. It was absolutely brutal. Here's a detailed report ( Read more... )

Its been a little over a month now and things are goign well, so I figure I'll actually post about Megan. We met through work...we both work at JackRabbit, but she only works saturdays and I don't work weekends so we never see each other at work. She's very tiny...5'2 and a little under 100 lbs. She runs. She likes to drink. She sarcastic as ( Read more... )