And then there were two days left

17 weeks down, 2 days to go. Sunday marks my second run at Ottawa, the race that brought me to my knees last spring. Its also the first marathon since my appendectomy, so it will be a great feeling of redemption to cross the finish line.

Been working a lot lately, but part of that work included a week long sojourn to California, where I filled my head with new ideas for 4 days, and then rolled with Chazzy for 2 days.

By the time I got home, spring had sprung... the trees still look strange with leaves on them. For some reason, this winter tricked me into thinking that trees never had leaves, and the overwhelming green is always a shock when I look outside. The view from the home office is incredible in this weather... Now i just need a couch to sit on, so I can stare into the ether.

Been working too much lately. Not complaining, just a statement. Lots of projects on the go, and each one of them is worthwhile, but I've gotta learn to do nothing. Even for a second.

Musically, my headphones have been exploding lately with the sounds of Feeder. The greatest hits disc packs everything into a tasty, pop package, rife with riffs. Buck Rogers.

I have a 500GB LaCie disk on order, with the new AirPort Extreme base station ready and waiting. Can you say home network media center?

Too many toys, not enough furniture.

Watch this space. TECHNOLOGIE is coming.

Allegro (I hate running where there are lots of buildings)

Awesome Sunday... and most of it was spent outside. even better.

Woke up and Chazzy reminded me that it was Earth Day - well, he showed me the Google Doodle, and that reminded me.

I was supposed to do work today, like real work... but when the sun shines, and adventure lies outside the house, if work doesn't get done, maybe thats a good thing. Barely watched any of the NBA playoffs... barely saw any pixels on a computer screen... barely saw the inside of the house. CC always talks about these "away from technology" days, and man, it felt good. Definitely gonna do it more often.

M and I grabed rakes, and ho's (insert Don Imus joke here... ) and went to town on the disaster that is the backyard of the meth lab. Years of being ignored turned it into a briar patch of raspberry vines (thorned tentacles of death if you ask me), dead grass, dead trees and general broken-down things. Put in a solid afternoon of it, and it looks somewhat respectable now. A trip to purchase green, pretty, flowery things will make it look that much better.

Then I washed off most of the mud, cleaned up my raspberry thorn wounds, and took off on a 20 miler. Felt great, used CarbBOom gels instead of Accel, and they were so much more palatable. I'd link to CarbBoom, but its late, and you can google search it instead.

20 miles in 2hrs 44 min. 4-5 miler scheduled for tomorrow at noon... will be good to stretch out tired legs and brighten up my day.

the Gramma's

Stadium Arcadium? What? First item of business tomorrow - listen to that album again (damn, its a double LP) and figure out what all the fuss is about. All along, I thought it was just another album by the Chili Peppers - another iteration of the formula they got right 2 albums ago. Californication got it right... By The Way pushed it a bit too far, but moments of Frusciante brilliance (read: "Can't Stop") made it tolerable.. but Dani California? Its a Tom Petty hack, note for note. Snow (Hey Oh) is like an early working version of "Otherside", before it became awesome.

How did this album just rake in 4 Grammys? I know, I know - the Grammy's have sucked for a long time. But, why was this album even nominated? Is it a career payback sorta thing?

Going to rack up the iPod with some new albums tomorrow and pray for sunlight. Spring is coming, I can feel it. Its hiding somewhere behind the grey skies. Buried beneath snowbanks, trapped in the frozen soil. At moments, I can feel it slowly coming to life. The water leaking from the glittering snowbank. My jacket zipper's 3 inch descent at noon. The blinding sunlight replacing blinding darkness on those few days when I make it out of work on time.

February is nearly half over, thanks to its lack of days. D'you think February was ever made fun of in public school for being short? I doubt it.