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Books Read in 2008
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September 20 The Joy of... NKOTB
So Friday night I went to see the New Kids at the ACC as they start their World Tour.
The first real concert I ever went to was the New Kids at Maple Leaf Gardens. I remember being overly concerned that the sign the girl I was with was blocking fellow concert go-ers views, and I remember I didn’t really know too much about them (I’ve never been hugely into the personalities behind the music).
Well today apparently they confiscate signs going in but you can have a text message appear on the video monitors. How times have changed J
The concert itself was actually pretty awesome. I love to dance (despite sucking at it) and most of the concert was spent dancing at my seat along with the rest of the oestrogen heavy crowd.
The ‘boys’ take the whole thing very seriously with the dance moves, costume changes, and cautions that ‘Montreal had been dissin’ you’ (I guess they have some research department which looks up what city is the official rival of another… and I imagine in every other city in Canada Toronto is the one that needs to be put in their place).
Overall, going to the show was an fantastic trip down memory (who knew Steps were still buried in my brain) and a very entertaining night out.
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On the down side, I bought some Panasonic batteries for my camera and they died after like the third song. Not an impartial review (I work for the company that doesn’t employ the bunny) but when they say their AAs are suited for alarm clocks apparently they really mean it.
September 02 The Joy of… Backing-Up the Back-upSo it’s been a while but works been hectic with two trips to Cinci in the last 3 weeks. I don’t know if Cinci is getting better or I’m getting older but I am liking the place more each trip.
Yes, the booklist is still accurate… I’m on a bit of a hiatus from Bob but hopefully will read some in the near future as I pull my act together as part of the ‘Great September Plan’. I’m still slogging it through Gone With the Wind which I am actually quite enjoying although I can’t believe how darn long it is. It does make me rethink some of my perceptions of the South (and start to realize why it is the way it is today thanks to post-war ‘Reconstruction’ ensuring the educated were excluded from power).
In terms of other updates check out photos, I’ve added Toronto Zoo pics from this weekend and hope to add others in the near future. Sadly my Lacie hard-drive back-up died this weekend but luckily my rule about photos in two places means I think I have CD back-ups of my photos at least. Sigh…. July 13 The Joy of... RunningSo I’ve been working all weekend (how sad) but figured while I waited for data to be saved I’d complete an entry.
Ironically the one I’m currently working on is about running… which I have fallen off track on since going on a business trip last week to LA (more on that later). But as a general update here are some recent runs I did and some babbling about running in general.
First off the runs, after a winter hiatus I signed up for three runs this spring/summer:
Mississauga ½ Marathon – May 10th: Done by myself (who’d have ever thought I’d go to a run without someone dragging me) Waterloo 10k – June 15th: With Barbara Whitby 10k – July 27th: To be run with Heather
First up the Mississauga ½ Marathon The good news is it was very well organized. They had gates for different times (with reasonable groupings vs <2hr and everyone else), they had tons of toilets at the start line (although there is no such thing as enough), and they had the right number of water stations along the way.
In terms of complaints the only big issue was that the end is pretty far from the start which means a long bus ride back, and there could have been more buses (but the baggage check is very efficient at the end so if you are going be sure to pack some warm clothes just in case, a few people around me were pretty miserable waiting). My other (minor) complaint would be the t-shirt was white and ridiculously transparent which you have to be in pretty good shape to pull off… maybe the organizers assume this will be the case. Anyway, very few people were wearing it so I guess others agreed with me that it was a no-go.
I spoke with someone later who complained that the middle of the course was boring but I didn’t find it that bad, mainly because I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. Let me explain. I had a ‘surprise’ business trip to Newcastle in the UK and ended up flying back, in economy (the horror ;) on the Saturday before the race. While I was ridiculously good on the flight (turning down free alcohol!) and don’t generally suffer from jetlag about half way through the race my legs started cramping, not generally an issue for me, and then the walk breaks slowly started to eclipse the running sessions. Very sad to walk up a hill only to spot a photographer at the top, there to capture you in your running glory.
Net, I ended up being ashamed of my time which was worse than my previous two 1/2s.
Of course stepping back I shake my head at myself and wonder why I can’t be happy I (mostly) ran a ½ Marathon. I recently received a newsletter with some statistics regarding races in Ontario.
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