Pick #148

Senses Fail - Can't Be Saved

Coacksucker?

Interesting Prague graffiti. I'm not exactly sure what they were going for.

Remote Desktop

Whoa is technology amazing. I've been videochatting for free over long distances. I just took remote control of my desktop machine at school and had the power to run GIS and Stata from the comfort of my own house. This opens up possibilities. Could make me way more productive. I hope it does. I can check on the status of a Stata program (and fix it if it breaks). I can do one thing on this computer and another thing on another computer and check in on them both. Shit, I could overtake a few computers and use each of them for a different task. Amazing. I love technology. Except when the battery falls out of my laptop and I lose whatever I was working on.

Triathlon Nightmare

Last night I had a nightmare that I had a super crappy T1 in my ironman. My swim went well, but when I got to T1, it took me forever to put on my running shoes. I was like "crap, I'm in my trainers." People were passing me all over the place as I'm sitting on the ground. I took them off and put on flats then ran out of transition before I realized that I was supposed to be getting on the bike. When I turned around to go get my bike, other crazy stuff happened. I found my cross country spikes, but not my bike shoes. Then I realized that I hadn't picked up my packet. I've spent about 15 minutes in T1 and I'm getting really frustrated with myself. I had to go find the packet pickup lady, who was at a merch tent. She tried to sell me a hoodie. I finally got my packet (which was amazing: it was a biking jersey with all the stuff they give you shoved into the pockets). I woke up before I could put on my numbers and hit the road. It made me realize that I really need to think about my transitions before the race. Maybe even practice them a little. I've been thinking about making a list of what I want to put in the bag for each of the transitions and the special needs bag. I think I'll write that list down today.

Pick #147

Oasis - "She is Love" from Little by Little

Pro Lithic

Interviewer: Boy, Stephen King, you sure have written a lot of books. You're pretty much the definition of pro lithic.
SK: I think you mean prolific. A pro lithic would be someone who gets paid to be a rock.

Runner Dog Friend

When I was running today, a dog came running at me about 5.5 or 6 miles into the run. It turned out to be friendly and followed me down the street. I thought it would stop there, but the dog ran the next 5 or so miles with me...most of them alongside me. Friendly dog, but no tags so I didn't know his name. I tried to get the dog to go home when I was leaving his neighborhood, but he kept following me. I tried to give him water at my turnaround point (I was wearing my Camelbak), but he ran away from the water stream. Anyway, this dog went out on to Capital Circle NW (a fairly busy road with 45mph speed limit) and wasn't mindful of the cars. I figured that if it followed me all the way home I could feed it and keep it in the back yard. Fortunately I saw a cop car and flagged it down and we ended up loading the dog in the back of the cruiser and I gave the officer directions to where the dog and I had first met. I think the cop took the dog back home. I wonder if I'll see that same dog again next time I run through that neighborhood.