This time next week, I will have crossed the finish line of my first ever half-marathon. 21 kilometres, 13.1 miles, 12388 smoots. I'm starting to get pretty excited ( Read more... )

I'm back! Vacation was wonderful. Dad's Spitfire is a fun little car to ride around in. (And it gets us free admission into classic car shows. (: ) I hope he keeps his motivation and gets it working better ( Read more... )

Tomorrow's the big race! My sister, the person who inspired me to take up running, is spending the weekend here with me (her husband came along too (: ). I'm excited about the big day, I'm looking forward to my first race. I know it'll be awe-inspiring. Just think, eight thousand people all running the same race! It's a chip-timed race, which ( Read more... )

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Happy Easter, everyone! Here's hoping you had someone else to buy your candy for you. d ( Read more... )

Holy crap. I bought a car ( Read more... )

Linux talk to follow. I expect that you won't care unless you're captainspam (or possibly scottphyrebird). I won't be offended if you don't read.

( A badger wearing a fedora )

Apparently, like with piggybanks, it's bad luck to give an empty toolbox as a gift. But my family didn't know what tools I already had, so they weren't sure what to put in the toolbox before they gave it to me.

I ended up discovering a box of Batman bandages within.

( My weekend, the long version )

Tomorrow I head to my parents' place for Thanksgiving weekend. I'm really looking forward to the vacation. Hopefully it will be a good restful weekend ( Read more... )