You probably read the title of this post and thought...huh?!?!?! Of course, if you know me, then it probably would not surprise you.
Awaaaaay we go....
I was looking at the stats for this blog and am surprised at how many hits my blog has had. Right now it;s about 15 per post. I thought I would be lucky to get five. I also saw that I have had one hit from Germany and one from Canada. I wonder who those could be.
I went for a 40 mile ride on Saturday and averaged 16.1 mph. Sounds pretty bad doesn't it? It was an out and back and on the way back I averaged something like 22mph. Yes, the wind was so bad that I averaged about 13 mph into the head wind! I knew it was bad when I was going 12.5 mph and my power meter said I was pushing 300+ watts! This was supposed to be just a long medium paced ride, but I was wiped out from it. I actually took Sunday off rather then ride into a stronger wind. I need to write my "in-season" training plan now that we are the thick of things with potential races every weekend. I am planning on racing the Sherman Park Crit this weekend with my Psimet teammates, probably the Masters 30+ 4/5 race since it seems like more teammates are doing that one rather then the regular 4's race.
Well, the Blues have been eliminated from the playoff hunt. It's tough to miss the playoffs but it's obvious the Blues are on the right track. They have a ton of good, young talent and some solid veterans. A tweak here and there and they are going to be a very good team. The positive part of them not making the playoffs is two fold: A lot less worry/stress and more time just enjoying the great hockey in the playoffs. No disappointment when the Blues get knocked out. A side not on the Blues is that JP has become such a big fan that he says "Blues" whenever he sees my Blues calendar, when he sees them on TV (even a highlight or commercial) and even yesterday when I was playing Eastside Hockey Manager and their were only words and the Blues logo on the screen! He knows the Blues logo! I told you he was a smart kid.
I am so frustrated with this job search. For the second time I have had a phone "interview" and not heard anything back. This time it has been almost two weeks, last time it was three weeks and, when I called to ask about it, was told that they had sent me an email the day before. I still have yet to get an email, even one in my junk folder. I had another person call me, leave a message and when I called back to leave a message never bothered to call me back. Another company called to schedule an interview (local, temporary job), I told them my school schedule, when I could meet and could answer my phone, didn't hear anything for a week, then got a voice mail during school asking me to come in the next day at 10am...seriously?!?!?! That's ok, I would say at least 50% of the jobs I have applied for have not even sent a "thanks but no thanks" email or letter. I remember when professionalism was alive and well in America.
Occasionally I get on YouTube to look for a particular song or video and end up just goofing around for a while, looking up songs that pop into my head or searching for sound checks, acoustic versions, live versions, etc. Usually this starts with me looking for a particular video, Subdivisions by Rush, for instance and ends up with me watching videos of all kinds of music like 30 Seconds To Mars, Colin Hay, some talent show video, etc. The other night I found myself watching a Debbie Gibson video that was from a concert in 1988 (I started watching the video to "Closer To The Edge" by 30 Seconds To Mars). Yes, I do like Debbie Gibson, deal with it! Actually anyone who knows me knows I have extremely varied tastes in music, a mix playlist on my iPod is all over the place. Watching the video a few things struck me:
1) She can actually sing, unlike many of today's pop singers who sound awful live
2) Her outfit didn't show half of her ass or all of her cleavage, it was just stylish, not all about sex. Heck, she even put on a t-shirt in another video from the same concert, imagine today's artists doing that.
3) Her lyrics were not all about sex.
4) There was some choreographed dancing, but mostly just her doing her thing. It wasn't just a stage show.
5) She actually, wrote and produced most of her songs.
To end on a cute not, yesterday it was very warm so we let JP go outside on the patio and he cried when we brought him in, so we took him out and stayed outside for a while. It was so windy I was sure he was going to blow over a few times. I took him out front so he could walk around more and he took my hand and walked to the edge of the driveway. I stopped him and told him we don't walk into the street, so he turned and started heading down the sidewalk. When the sidewalk ended he turned into a driveway, walked to the end and stopped before the street...turned around and walked me back home. I am truly astonished and amazed at how smart he is and how quickly he picks things up. My one worry about getting a job is that I will be living away from him while the house is sold and I will miss out on all the new things he lears/figures out every day.
Have a great day and I hope the wind isn't as bad where you are as it is here!
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