Last weekend, I participated in the Ride to Montauk on Long Island, NY. We were worried about Tropical Storm Danny hitting us, but of course John's whole family is stubborn as all hell. I rode a shitty bike 72 miles in the pouring rain. There was rocks and grit flying in my eyes, and worked into my old seat with loose fabric. I had a painful rash ( Read more... )

Gabriella is an ingratious doormat with a bad poker face.

So, getting ready to write this, it being the second time in a month that I wished I had a blog to write something in, and amazingly having discovered that my account here was still a month and a half from deletion, and after an ordeal trying to recover my password,  livejournal asked me if I ( Read more... )

Hi. I'm doing well. In WL for three days visiting the parents, went to downtown Portland by myself today (first solo trip there ever). Title Nine is a cute store, full of happy women. Go there (if you're an active woman). It's near the big REI on 14th. The following was written for myself, and also to help with a class this term. You can read it if ( Read more... )

Two things of note from the BBC today: The #$%@#$ Chinese killed off all the freshwater dolphins, and a 10-month-old in Illinios was granted a gun permit for the shotgun his grandfather gave him.

Stupid Chinese.

Oh yeah, and the Fishr Price guy hung himself in his factory.

I like So. Bend/Chicago. I also like the giant, fancy pool I have free reign of, and yummy food, and museums, and reading, and all that summer stuff. I've been working a lot at getting in shape, and I've learned the butterfly stroke, though I'm terrible at it. At this point, travel plans for the next year are Whistler/Vancouver in December for ( Read more... )

Mr. Libby, who was once one of the most powerful men in government and was heavily involved in planning both Iraq wars, stood calmly in the well of the court as Judge Walton said he appreciated his long service to the country, the record of which was put forward by his lawyers as an argument for probation and no prison time.

But, the judge said, “ ( Read more... )

The areas in which water stress is highest are areas that either have high population, or low precipitation. In the Americas, the two areas with the highest stress are the areas where precipitation in those continents is at its absolute lowest. In South America, this is the central portion of the west coast as well as a stripe across Argentina. In ( Read more... )

Why is the world sad today? I'd like some happy news.

So I'm in this Physics and Renewable Energy class. Which is cool. Only it kicks me in the rear whenever I look the other way. But whatev.

And I'm reading the textbook while sitting at work (where I still am) and it's this chapter about biomass fuel. The introduction is talking about all the different ways to harness energy from nature --> My thought ( Read more... )

In classic copying-other-ppl-on-lj style...

Dear March 16th,
Hurry up! I'm done with this term.
Love, Me.

ps, my thumb that i fractured five weeks ago is mostly healed, and I'll be rid of this nasty brace in five days! Hooray!

And I can't wait to LINDY HOP!!