Jun

30

Quotes of the Week

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This one is not exactly a quotable per-se, but I am SUPER proud of my cleverness. All week long a certain Transformers-obsessed friend has been calling himself various robot characters - Optimus Prime, Galvatron, Grimlock...WELL, I am now calling him Dingletron. Up next might be Nerdimus Prime. If you have any ideas for me please let me know (and yes I do still have my favouritest Transformer ever, Jetfire).***********************Overheard...Girl 1: Her ring was so gorgeous! It was like this antique setting, with all these little diamonds around it, but it still looked totally modern.Girl 2: The one I have want has (some diamond-ring-speak I did not understand) and ...
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Jun

29

Steer Clear

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I am having one of those weeks. I'm tired and have tons to do and I am being a total Grumplestiltskin. A.k.a. bitch.Examples of said attitude problem:On IM with my sisterMe:... and I got one of the leaves on my shoulder filled in with pink. (see "before" photo below if you are confused)Scare: Ooo, pretty! What kind of pink?Me: Um, the pink kind.Scare: That's helpful. *****************To my co-worker who was playing music on his computerMe: Is this HOLD MUSIC we are listening to?! Are you on HOLD?! When did you even call someone?Him: It's my music. It's Miles Davis!Me: Oh. It really sounds ...
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Jun

28

I Saved the Best for Last

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So, I am at the tail-end of my Nature Valley blogging. Although, I am not even remotely near the tail-end of my Nature Valley recovery. For some strange reason I am still way tired (might have something to do with my running-around-like-a-chicken-trying-to-get-stuff-done).Anyway here is my favourite photo of the trip, it's Katie Mac in our lake after the Stillwater stage:I love it... The nails. The laugh. The omnipresent Blackberry.Like I am one to talk though. While I was taking this photo Sharon was teasing us. "This is so typical," she said, "we go in the lake for 5 minutes, but Courtenay and ...
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Jun

26

Nice Shirt

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Still loving my cameraphone... this time, in the MPLS airport

Jun

25

Am I Quite Good At This?

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So I am safely home from Nature Valley, and my computer is finally able to get a much-needed (ok, essential) charge so I can blog properly with photos and everything! Get psyched.Or not. I am actually kinda running out of steam.Here's Sharon. She has great taste in outfits and reading material, and she's an expert at stage-race recovery:That is In Touch Magazine, those are tan lines not white spandex, and Sharon your hair looks greatShe can't get mad at me for posting this because I totally made her ...
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Jun

23

Not Quite Cracked Any More

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I was in a terrible mood at the beginning of the race today.Ready to pack it up and peace out of this crashfest suffer-party of a quote-unquote sport, in which I have lately felt like little more than a suffering crash-avoiding passenger, and which continually RUINS my hard-earned non-tan lines, anyway I was ready to kiss it goodbye and go have some temper tantrums in a corner by myself or something. That's me in the middle, Crabby Appleton, rolling off the start of the 85ish mile Mankato Road Race today.Then somewhere around mile 8 I ...
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Jun

22

More Minneapolitan Excitement

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Tonight's crit was fast and painful, but blessedly dry in comparison to last year (scroll down, couldn't get just a picture link alone, sorry).And, being a big important stage of a big important race and everything, there were plenty of gossip-worthy moments. For example the call-up situation that got totally botched, and the Theresa Moriarty fan in the crowd who started freaking out (which is the main theme of this blog post, btw) and yelling at Dave Towle to hold everything because Theresa couldn't move up to the front of the start line or whatever. There was plenty more, BUT:I am going to tell you about the drive home instead. Sharon is driving, with ...
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Jun

22

You Might Have Had To Be Here

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So we are in the midst of the double day here at NVGP - the time trial was this morning and the second of three criteriums takes place tonight.Phew.Barely time to sleep let alone be funny, but nonetheless we have had some moments....************************Yesterday while we were cruising, pre-shammy time, at the Cannon Falls Road RaceMartina: You know, it's probably not a good idea to look too cute at a bike race.Me: Well what if you are naturally cute looking?Martina: I run into that problem all the time actually.************************Sitting at the kitchen table, Katie Mac playing twirly-whatever with a pencil Katie: ...
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Jun

20

Eek

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Well. Today was Stage One of NVGP. I don't really like to be a whiner on this blog, I prefer to save that for in-person dramatics, but right now I am going to be a whiner because Stage One Was Awful (aside from guest cheerleader appearance by Smithers and super support from Super-Rookie, of course - those aspects were not awful, but most others were).Anyway to recommence the whining let's do some bike arithmetic:125 starters+1k course+90 something degrees outside+tight tight corners+your typical omnipresent midwestern wind+approximately 20 manhole covers per square foot of asphalt (only a mild exaggeration here)+2 riders called ...
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Jun

19

Land of Ten Thousand Churches

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So far I have seen way more churches here in Minnesota than lakes. Whilst driving today:There is aNOTHER church!'Blessed Redemption' seems to be its name. Jesus.Oh my god I just said jesus.Oh my god listen to me...GAHThis is reminding me of Gila last year, where our host mom's second words (after Hi I am So and So!) upon my arrival were "Make yourself at home, eat whatever you want, stay up late, drink, all I ask is that you not use the Lord's name in vain." My totally gauche response included at least one 'oh my god', followed by at least one 'shit', and it went further downhill from there.
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