I ran approximately 4.2 miles with a 0.2 mile walk after the first 3.7 miles, between Sparks and Garden St. After the 3.7, I was feeling a bit overheated. After a block or two, I'd cooled down and kept going.
Here's the map:
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The morning run
I went for a run this morning at 7:00 AM or so. It was hot and muggy (approximately 83 degrees) though I felt pretty good. Well, mostly.
I ran approximately 4.2 miles with a 0.2 mile walk after the first 3.7 miles, between Sparks and Garden St. After the 3.7, I was feeling a bit overheated. After a block or two, I'd cooled down and kept going.
Here's the map:
I ran approximately 4.2 miles with a 0.2 mile walk after the first 3.7 miles, between Sparks and Garden St. After the 3.7, I was feeling a bit overheated. After a block or two, I'd cooled down and kept going.
Here's the map:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Wednesday's Jaunt
Went for a short run on Wednesday morning around 7:15 AM or so. It was a muggy morning.
Diversity
Today started with a brief run around the river. Maybe... 2-3 miles or so? It was an off day.
I got to work by about 9:00 am or so, and decided I should flip my desk around so that I can see everyone in the office, rather an have them all sitting behind me. Good move, so far. It's nice not having everyone and their mother sneaking up on me and tapping me on the shoulder all the time.
Today was relatively productive, and definitely better than yesterday. Oh! And I had tofu yellow curry for lunch, which always makes a day better.
I ended up leaving the office around 6:15 pm, biked back towards Porter with Mr. Daniel on my tail. I got home, decided to make myself a tasty wrap of awesomeness, and found that half my veggies had gone rotten. Total bummer. And they were the ones I hadn't cut up! Grumble. But I had enough for a thang anyway, and it was tasty.
All that said and done, I was kinda late getting out to Framingham - maybe 7:45 or so. But, regardless, we had a great time and did more general jamming than playing of specific songs. We keep jamming on all sorts of random styles. Today was a sea shanty and a sorta funk groove. It was more or less awesome.
On the way home, I listened to The Aeroplane Over The Sea on my way, and proved to myself that I can sing the whole album, straight through, at full volume, whilst hitting all the notes. This makes me pretty happy.
And once home, I had some ice cream. Woot.
I got to work by about 9:00 am or so, and decided I should flip my desk around so that I can see everyone in the office, rather an have them all sitting behind me. Good move, so far. It's nice not having everyone and their mother sneaking up on me and tapping me on the shoulder all the time.
Today was relatively productive, and definitely better than yesterday. Oh! And I had tofu yellow curry for lunch, which always makes a day better.
I ended up leaving the office around 6:15 pm, biked back towards Porter with Mr. Daniel on my tail. I got home, decided to make myself a tasty wrap of awesomeness, and found that half my veggies had gone rotten. Total bummer. And they were the ones I hadn't cut up! Grumble. But I had enough for a thang anyway, and it was tasty.
All that said and done, I was kinda late getting out to Framingham - maybe 7:45 or so. But, regardless, we had a great time and did more general jamming than playing of specific songs. We keep jamming on all sorts of random styles. Today was a sea shanty and a sorta funk groove. It was more or less awesome.
On the way home, I listened to The Aeroplane Over The Sea on my way, and proved to myself that I can sing the whole album, straight through, at full volume, whilst hitting all the notes. This makes me pretty happy.
And once home, I had some ice cream. Woot.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Foo and the bar.
Today felt like one big exercise in awkward, frustrating, and/or embarrassing situations. Sometimes that's about all there is to say. At least the evening was nice and I got to meet Julia's friend Doug, who was awesome.
Meh. Yep. That's all I've got. Here's to tomorrow.
Meh. Yep. That's all I've got. Here's to tomorrow.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Kinda crazy.
Been a couple of days. Last Thursday, in fact. It's been a pretty nutty weekend, in its own special ways.
Saturday involved a trip to Target with Julia's family, followed by hitting up
TJmax, Newbury Comics, and Whole Foods. Lots of shopping. When we got back, we found Julia's bike had been stripped of its handlebars and cables. Argh. It was a total bummer for everyone on an otherwise great afternoon. She called the po pos, who came and took a report. I took he opportunity to tell them about my stolen seat as well, not that there's a chance they can do anything about that.
After all that business, I went home and spent the evening cleaning. I rearranged my office room a bit and took down the second table. The plastic one. There's a ton more room in there now, which seems pretty cool.
Saturday morning I bummed around for a bit, and then joined Julia on her apartment hunting trip. Saw a few places in Allston which were okay. Following that, we went to her place for a few, where I decided that she should do her laundry at my apartment to save some cash, and also give me the opportunity to make her some dinner. Good plan, right?
So I rode home with the intention of returning with my car to load up her clothes, head over, and have a lovely evening. As I walked out of my apartment, car keys in hand, I closed the door behind me... And realized I didn't have my house keys.
Really?
Yah really.
Sigh.
I called Eric, and he was still in Baltimore. I called Matt, and he was in Miami. I called my landlord, and he was out on the Cape.
Daaaaaaah!
So I returned to Julia's, sweaty and defeated and stayed there until a few hours after Eric got home. Lucky me, he wax returning Sunday.
Today included a rather productive morning, followed by Kat's birthday dinner at New Ginza in Watertown. Tasty tempura! Huge beer! Fried ice cream! Delightful.
After dinner, I stopped into Julia's for a few, before returning home. It's hot, but I have a fan. Whew. And that is that.
Saturday involved a trip to Target with Julia's family, followed by hitting up
TJmax, Newbury Comics, and Whole Foods. Lots of shopping. When we got back, we found Julia's bike had been stripped of its handlebars and cables. Argh. It was a total bummer for everyone on an otherwise great afternoon. She called the po pos, who came and took a report. I took he opportunity to tell them about my stolen seat as well, not that there's a chance they can do anything about that.
After all that business, I went home and spent the evening cleaning. I rearranged my office room a bit and took down the second table. The plastic one. There's a ton more room in there now, which seems pretty cool.
Saturday morning I bummed around for a bit, and then joined Julia on her apartment hunting trip. Saw a few places in Allston which were okay. Following that, we went to her place for a few, where I decided that she should do her laundry at my apartment to save some cash, and also give me the opportunity to make her some dinner. Good plan, right?
So I rode home with the intention of returning with my car to load up her clothes, head over, and have a lovely evening. As I walked out of my apartment, car keys in hand, I closed the door behind me... And realized I didn't have my house keys.
Really?
Yah really.
Sigh.
I called Eric, and he was still in Baltimore. I called Matt, and he was in Miami. I called my landlord, and he was out on the Cape.
Daaaaaaah!
So I returned to Julia's, sweaty and defeated and stayed there until a few hours after Eric got home. Lucky me, he wax returning Sunday.
Today included a rather productive morning, followed by Kat's birthday dinner at New Ginza in Watertown. Tasty tempura! Huge beer! Fried ice cream! Delightful.
After dinner, I stopped into Julia's for a few, before returning home. It's hot, but I have a fan. Whew. And that is that.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Has either got two glass eyes or he's wearing the patch on the wrong s-s-s-side.
Yeah, yesterday. Wednesday.
As noted, we went for a nice run in the morning. I ended up getting myself into work by around 9:00 AM, which was awesome. I spent most of the day coming up with a way for us to make it easier for developers to create new widgets/layouts/brands. I think it'll be pretty cool. It's always been a process fraught with errors, as it requires a great many very manual edits and copies. With any luck, this will mitigate some of that error-proneness and help us automate the process a bit. Good times.
After work, I took the short way home and gathered up myself, an iPad, some staff paper, two guitars, an amp, a capo, and a guitar stand and shuffled my way over to Jason and Kat's, where we subsequently went out to Framingham to Mark's.
Practice was good - we had a few awesome impromptu jams, one of which was pretty bluesy. Also practiced a few of our classics. Ob-la-de, Ob-la-da's guitar business still eludes me. It's very weird - no matter what I do, it somehow sounds like shit. I'm not out of tune. I'm sure I'm playing the right chord. It just... doesn't work, somehow. I think I need to be playing an acoustic for that song - the electric just doesn't work. It requires more chunka than Mr. Les Paul can provide.
Oh, and my stupid, $10 capo from Target died and wouldn't hold down the strings. That's what I get for buying cheap. Sigh.
We stayed pretty late last night - I think cause everyone was enjoying themselves. Jason sounds awesome on his new drums. I was pleasantly, delightedly, and excitedly surprised. Good job, dude! You rock. I practically thought there was a drum machine in the room or something.
Anyway, after practice, I headed home, unloaded my stuff, and more-or-less went right to bed.
As noted, we went for a nice run in the morning. I ended up getting myself into work by around 9:00 AM, which was awesome. I spent most of the day coming up with a way for us to make it easier for developers to create new widgets/layouts/brands. I think it'll be pretty cool. It's always been a process fraught with errors, as it requires a great many very manual edits and copies. With any luck, this will mitigate some of that error-proneness and help us automate the process a bit. Good times.
After work, I took the short way home and gathered up myself, an iPad, some staff paper, two guitars, an amp, a capo, and a guitar stand and shuffled my way over to Jason and Kat's, where we subsequently went out to Framingham to Mark's.
Practice was good - we had a few awesome impromptu jams, one of which was pretty bluesy. Also practiced a few of our classics. Ob-la-de, Ob-la-da's guitar business still eludes me. It's very weird - no matter what I do, it somehow sounds like shit. I'm not out of tune. I'm sure I'm playing the right chord. It just... doesn't work, somehow. I think I need to be playing an acoustic for that song - the electric just doesn't work. It requires more chunka than Mr. Les Paul can provide.
Oh, and my stupid, $10 capo from Target died and wouldn't hold down the strings. That's what I get for buying cheap. Sigh.
We stayed pretty late last night - I think cause everyone was enjoying themselves. Jason sounds awesome on his new drums. I was pleasantly, delightedly, and excitedly surprised. Good job, dude! You rock. I practically thought there was a drum machine in the room or something.
Anyway, after practice, I headed home, unloaded my stuff, and more-or-less went right to bed.
Wednesday the Runningith of June
Yesterday morning's run was a pretty decent 3.8 mile jog around the river course.
Still felt kinda tired from the weekend, but did decently. Here's the route:
Still felt kinda tired from the weekend, but did decently. Here's the route:
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