I am steadily building up large amount of flex time that will enable me to go to the Bingham Cup.  I usually get to work around 7am and leave when I feel it's time to go (or in time to make other appointments like trivia or training.)  To some degree I wonder if I am actually all that productive, but I don't dwell on that question too much.

Flights ( Read more... )

Today's workout was adapted from a Crossfit workout named after an American Paratrooper who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 ( Read more... )

I'm still waking up early and having a hard time getting back to sleep.  I hope I've got it sorted now because being back on Australian time would be a plus.  The cold is leaving me too, but it's not gone yet ( Read more... )

I managed to sleep five hours straight aided by nighttime cold medication and then a couple more hours after watching Black Swan (which was awesome) so I arrived back in Australia more rested than I normally would be after a flight across the Pacific ( Read more... )

Last year when I was out with my fellow Australians to observe the American elections, we went out on the Saturday before Halloween and in the process I met MCat who was dressed up as Lady Gaga.  We spoke for a little while and became Facebook friends.

For the past few days, I stayed with MCat and her cats (who reluctantly got used to me.)

I suppose ( Read more... )

And then there was Washington.  On my first night I went for a walk up to the Adams Morgan area which was quite a walk but it was worth it for the excellent slice of blueberry pie and then a visit to a pub.  People in both the cafe and in the pub were very friendly and I found myself happily involved in a number of unsolicited conversations ( Read more... )

I left New York on Sunday morning for Philadelphia where I planned to spend a short time getting pushup photos before heading on to Baltimore.

Unfortunately, there were traffic delays so it looked like I would only have time to get to the art museum that was made famous in Rocky.  I collected my gear, got into a taxi, and said I wanted to go to my ( Read more... )

A lot of my general sightseeing and pushups were done last November when I was around, so my visit was less centreed around sightseeing and more oriented towards socialising with people I already knew.

On the Wednesday I came down from Boston on a Megabus which had free wi-fi on board.  Wonderful.  Every place I have stayed on this trip came with ( Read more... )

I had a great time in New York.  I wanted to tell you all about it but I am really coming down and not feeling myself at the moment.  COming down from the high (not literally) of New York and the stresses of travelling are making me feel all up in the air.  The other night I considered moving back to Canada or finding some pretext to live in ( Read more... )

The trip to Boston was pretty uneventful aside from a group of brotards who wanted to get on in Burlington, Vermont.  They had been drinking and their 2:00am attempts to join us on the bus south were denied.

We arrived on schedule and I got more rest than I expected (and did pushups in two states along the way.)  Before long I was out on the street ( Read more... )