Yep, I've cleared my Jesus/Alexander year and reached 34 without being crucified or conquering the known world. And I guess I'm OK with that, though it'd sure be nice to have at least seized control of all of Western Washington by now.
My music calendar informed me that I share a birthday with Joan Jett. Strangely, it left out King Sunny Ade. Not so strangely, it also left out Billie Piper.
What am I doing for my birthday? Working. A large insurance company in town that may have their name slapped on a baseball stadium gives people their birthday off, and honestly, I don't really like that idea. I'd rather just work through it and do stuff later in the week, or else get the whole damn week off. But yeah, I'm working. And that's as much fun as it has been as it's getting increasingly clear that my vision for this job and the nature of the web are incongruous with the beliefs of the organization as a whole. So, maybe by next year a change or two will be made, a few years too late.
As for the weight, I was at 254 this morning, -11 overall. So, I seem to be holding to a 2 lb/wk clip at this moment. I got in 40 minutes on the elliptical and a 10 minute run on the treadmill last night, netting me a 700 calorie burnoff. I am getting fitter and I'm getting more work in, but I'm still a long way from a 10 minute mile -- after 3 minutes on the treadmill at 6mph my leg muscles were in open rebellion. They're still a little tight this morning. That's actually one of the things driving me nuts right now -- 10 minutes into exercise my calves and gluts tighten up and knock me off pace, but then 10 minutes later I'm pretty much through that. I wish that would stop.
Anyway, here's a playlist for today. Consider it a bit like a soundtrack for my life. I ain't sharing the tracks with you, so you'll have to use one of those illegal filesharing things to assemble it yourself.
"The Everlasting," Manic Street Preachers
"Be Thankful For What You've Got," William DeVaughn (though Yo La Tengo also acceptable)
"Lucky Man," Verve
"On Fire," Sebadoh
"Piazza, New York Catcher," Belle and Sebastian
"The Beautiful Sea," Hem
"California One/Youth And Beauty Brigade," Decemberists
"Sandusky," Uncle Tupelo
"Time After Time," REM
"Tangerine," Buffalo Tom
"I Need Love," Sam Phillips
Comments
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appreciated your comment over at curmudgeon con. the more i read that guy the more i come to realize he is just the most recent re-incarnation of "compassionate conservatism."
you forgot to mention lauren hill.
Posted by: mike | September 24, 2006 01:34 AM
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How about a nice birthday gift: Reading 1:1 Man. United
Hope you had a happy one - and good luck on your fitness goal. I'll probably join ya.
--R
Posted by: Yo middle brother | September 24, 2006 08:14 PM
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You forgot Rolling Rock...
Happy belated b-day.
Posted by: James | September 25, 2006 05:09 PM
