tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340770552009-10-09T03:39:20.919-07:00this is a web log of my going-ons and random things i like to share.brenbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174520235703038538noreply@blogger.comBlogger635125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34077055.post-75462667105469861862009-07-27T01:11:00.000-07:002009-07-27T17:05:23.486-07:00

Biked 55 miles this weekend with the Campbells. Bruce is a maniac. Burned 2500 calories and rode by the largest alpaca ranch in California. Plan to go back the 2nd Saturday of August for their open house.Getting ready to sign up for tri #3 - my first road bike triathlon. It's in Carpinteria. Chickening out of Olympic distance (1.5k swim/40k bike/10k run). Going to do sprint distance instead

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Just picked up my new road bike today. Thinking of getting one of these cat cocoons so Craig can bike with me.Description from the designer's site:Cat at home?Cocoon allows it can transport its cat not only on foot but also in cycle.

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This looks good.

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I was driving home from work. I wanted to stop by the post office to drop a package in the mail. Autopilot kicked in and before I realized, I was turning on my street. I forgot to make the turn for the post office. This has happened before but it freaked me out today. How our brain will just automatically do what it’s used to doing. What if I don’t want to? It seems easy to just be on

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Past weekend adventures included seeing the corpse flower at The Huntington Library. It did not stink like a corpse because it had not bloomed yet. It looked like this:It's grown about 4 feet in the past 2 weeks, now over 6 feet tall, and is expected to bloom tomorrow. They had a squeeze bottle full of corpse flower scent available for squeezing and inhaling.

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Pretty amazing day yesterday. First went to the Indian Point Ostrich Ranch and let a few ostriches peck at my hand. Then off to the Feline Conservation Center where I saw so many cats! Highlight of the day being the Pallas' Cat, otherwise known as a hybrid monkey cat. Look how cute the babies are!

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So many people say/write the following sentence:Wow, have you read the new Kaz Cooke book entitled Living With Crazy Buttocks?when it should be:Wow, have you read the new Kaz Cooke book titled Living With Crazy Buttocks?Last time I noticed it was an NPR reporter. I just did a search for "entitled" in my Gmail to find offenders:Atheist United newsletterOrganic Consumers Association newsletterSimi

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Here are some videos of my triathlon in Vegas. I did the shorter distance "sport race" - 700m swim, 15k mountain bike and 5k trail run. While I do have a fear of YouTube videos, the music in these calm me enough so I can watch them.In this one you can see me at 2:43 safely walking my bike down death hill (top left in pink).In this one you can see me at 4:53 sitting on the ground behind Melanie

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I made and gave this little notepad to my Mom last year for Mother's Day. I saw it at her house the other day, nicely worn in.

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I keep meaning to post pictures and story of how I gave my Mom a black eye while she helped me build a square foot garden.I also plan to post pictures of the many injuries I acquired the day before my triathlon. I bailed hard on my mountain bike twice while doing a practice ride on the course. One time flying over my handlebars landing on my face. Was sort of convinced I cracked my kneecap

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My arms are dead thanks to a guy in my cardio kickboxing class. The only guy in the class. Probably in his 40s. I really don't like getting paired up with him for focus mitts. Last time my hand started bleeding. Got paired up with him again last night. I punched first. He said I threw some good punches. Nice. His turn. I told him not to hurt me. He punches so hard and sloppily. It is

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Seriously, chamomile tea's powers never cease to amaze me. My chest has been hurting, particularly the left side. Convinced myself it was from doing push-ups yesterday. Decided to get a massage at lunch instead of going for a swim. Didn't help. Kind of got worse. Could be from drinking too much coffee, could be from birth control pills I just started taking, could be that my heart is going to

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Wow I really want to make one of these for Craig.

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I see a lot of critters when I’m mountain biking, running and hiking around the hills here. Normal sightings include butterflies, stink bugs, lizards, bunnies and squirrels/chipmunks (I don’t know the difference really). I’ve seen deer, bobcats and rattlesnakes on special occasions. Last weekend I saw a tomato worm and this weekend I saw an alligator (might have been a large lizard), a wolf (

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Finally attempted to make my Mom’s pinto bean recipe. It calls for 3 beef bouillon cubes. Was going to use veggie cubes but got scared when I saw MSG as an ingredient. One time after I ate pho, my mouth started salivating like crazy. It was very similar to the feeling I get right before I barf. It ended up being a false alarm and someone told me it was probably just MSG. I decided to use

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I have been having a lot of bloody boogers lately. It started with a feeling in my left nostril a couple weeks ago that can only be described as a booger that wouldn’t come out. Snot rockets in the shower and neti pot use has resulted in some good booger dislodging, most of them bloody. Last night my left nostril was running while I was sleeping. I woke up to find two small blood spots on the

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I would be afraid if I met one of these narwhals.

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Just signed up for triathlon #2. The shorter distance sport race.

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I've heard a few times about guys growing gnarly beards to repel girls. I think I found the girl equivalent. Patchouli. Seriously, no one likes it except me it seems. A girl beard would probably work too.

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Played Clue on Sunday. I have a lot to learn.

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I had jury duty on Friday. Comments:I dressed up (skirt and heels)!Pretty awesome that my work pays for jury duty (1 day at least).Got some dinosaur knitting done (making another one).Got some sex reading done (Jen is letting me borrow it).I got called in the first group (always happens).For the first time I didn't get dismissed right away because of school (Spring Break).Lunch break at Chams (

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SIMI Night is tonight at my house. I want to make silk tie dyed eggs.

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No school this week. Also no working out because I am taking a recovery week. Good timing because I tipped over while mountain biking Saturday, sprained my ankle and a boulder rolled by my head. To fill up my time I am going to learn to prepare some raw food, plant a square foot garden and probably take up some other hippie hobby.

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