things n stuff
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tropiaveraOh hi.
+ On a field trip to get a proper winter coat forallchildren, I got my first pair of running tights and they are amaaaazing. They feel a little like maternity pants, but whatever. I started my running training early this year, because I really want to break 2 hours in the 2013 half marathon, which means mostly 8:30-9:00 miles, which is...not currently in my power. So! I recently extended my long runs into 6 miles, which feels like rediscovering a superpower.
+ A few weeks ago we drove out east for our yearly college friend reunion - the weekend before Sandy hit, natch, because we can't drive east without incurring a hurricane. I don't normally go in for all the "oh, we're so old now" nostalgia stuff, but storm-proofing a house the day after a party, watching my friend not only use power tools but do so with everyone else's approving attention, was deeply bizarre. "No, that's a good idea, you should definitely be in charge of a power drill to do stuff to that air conditioner. I am not at all alarmed that you own this equipment." - everyone, apparently.
+ I knit a sweater! I am going to redo the bottom half/stomach section because it turned out baggy-in-a-bad-way, but I am really into the rest of it. Sweaters! I have this urge to try to design a pattern to make a sweater for my sister, so turn in for the results of that obviously amazing plan.
+ SO THAT ELECTION, EH? I got my Dad Nate Silver's book for his birthday a few weeks ago, because we both* have this bizarre reaction to Silver's calming use of statistics, which is to say it makes us weirdly superstitious.
*um, and everyone else, apparently.
+ This meme, if you want: i want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. something that should be obvious but you have no idea about, or something obscure you just have to know. ask away. all topics, within reason, are open for discussion.
+ On a field trip to get a proper winter coat for
allchildren, I got my first pair of running tights and they are amaaaazing. They feel a little like maternity pants, but whatever. I started my running training early this year, because I really want to break 2 hours in the 2013 half marathon, which means mostly 8:30-9:00 miles, which is...not currently in my power. So! I recently extended my long runs into 6 miles, which feels like rediscovering a superpower. + A few weeks ago we drove out east for our yearly college friend reunion - the weekend before Sandy hit, natch, because we can't drive east without incurring a hurricane. I don't normally go in for all the "oh, we're so old now" nostalgia stuff, but storm-proofing a house the day after a party, watching my friend not only use power tools but do so with everyone else's approving attention, was deeply bizarre. "No, that's a good idea, you should definitely be in charge of a power drill to do stuff to that air conditioner. I am not at all alarmed that you own this equipment." - everyone, apparently.
+ I knit a sweater! I am going to redo the bottom half/stomach section because it turned out baggy-in-a-bad-way, but I am really into the rest of it. Sweaters! I have this urge to try to design a pattern to make a sweater for my sister, so turn in for the results of that obviously amazing plan.
+ SO THAT ELECTION, EH? I got my Dad Nate Silver's book for his birthday a few weeks ago, because we both* have this bizarre reaction to Silver's calming use of statistics, which is to say it makes us weirdly superstitious.
*um, and everyone else, apparently.
+ This meme, if you want: i want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. something that should be obvious but you have no idea about, or something obscure you just have to know. ask away. all topics, within reason, are open for discussion.