... and another thing that pisses me off - slogans that indicate how much the company doesn't actually give a crap about you:

"Your college bookstore."
"Loyal to the sport."

Why not just make it: "Your [insert college here] bookstore," and "Loyal to [insert sport here]."

At least there's a sort of honesty in it, I suppose.

Speaking of which - do people usually coordinate their bathing suits with their caps? If so, I have some shopping to do.

I think sometimes it's better not to know there's anything wrong with you. Lately my half-assed facial recognition skills have been driving me crazy. I was less frustrated when I thought everyone else was the same as me ( Read more... )

I've been focusing this year on re-teaching myself how to do the crawl. The last time I had to seriously swim, I was about eight, and racing in a 400m medley. I started with Triathlon Swimming Made Easy, took a workshop with my triathlon team, and spent a lot of time drilling and swimming both in the pool and the outdoors.

I got to a point where I  ( Read more... )

Med School: 0, Erica: 6

Short updates on my life since September for the marginally interested, and the attention-span deficient ( Read more... )

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We just passed a sign that said, "You're riding in what thousands of kids call home."

I had to think about that for a while, because I'm riding in a bus.

My goal for this race was a Boston Qualifier. Since I haven't raced much this year, I judged from the speed on my long runs that it was going to be pretty tight. I planned on even splits on the first half, and then to make a decision about attempting negative splits on the second half, but then, I never follow my plans:

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I hitched a ride with a ( Read more... )

My grandfather died on August 23rd, one day after my birthday. He died in his sleep, in the most beautiful place in the world, in the house that he built in his front yard and trucked up piece by piece. Coincidentally, he'd seen all his progeny this summer.

We had a celebration on what would have been his 91st birthday. The official funeral will be ( Read more... )