i swear i had something to say...

[_fool]

i had one of those thoughts, earlier, the kind that makes me want to pick apart my feelings on a topic in public and request the pleasure of your commentary. and then i failed to act upon this urge immediately and like a dream interrupted by the sounds of a cat getting sick, it evaporated in the instant of distraction, action, and reaction. of

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[_fool]

triathlons are easy, once you can swim. i never got formal instruction (after age 7), but just started going to the pool at the gym and worked up to 1.5x the distance i'd have to swim in a race and then just did it...and it was fine.

re: running, you don't have to. you can walk =)

i'm in no way *good* at triathlons, but i enjoy pushing myself and find the people who are not riding $10k bikes and trying to place to be really friendly and encouraging--in fact, that's what keeps me coming back to what is supposed to be a "competitive" sport--most folks (again, at my level) cheers for everyone else, even as they get passed!

bar camp isn't about computers. it's about geeks. portland barcamp always features a session on bikes and technology, something to do with textiles, hacking reality (rather than computers), and some stuff you really would never expect--last year we had a dude with a strange interactive digital photo history gadget that he explained the design of, then let you play with, then talked with you about what version 2 might do differently. i'll never own such a thing, but it was a neat experience and maybe he'll come back with v2 and it'll be even cooler. who knows? lots of neat ideas, lots of conversation (much of it not in a session, but just hanging out talking between talks or over a beer at lunch/dinner).

so yeah, make some time to come to one-i guarantee you'd get a lot out of it! they're only once yearly, in portland..