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DIY - iphone vs symbian

you're shittin me!

so work seems to be picking up a bit. good. i work better when i have a solid load of work sitting on my desk.

after a nice long rest week, im back to training. and things didnt start as well as i would have liked... im not sure if i was just stale from coming off a rest week, or it was the 110degree heat, or i was coming down off of my coffee high... but last night's ride sucked. my HR was thru the roof, and i was barely moving. not all that encouraging. I'm hoping tonights ride will be better.

on the training side... i decided that i wanted some more input on my training schedule, so i hired steve from cycle-smart. I have used CS in the past with good results, but had originally planned on recycling my old plans and going at it solo... easy to do on base training. but i want to make sure im right now track now that im adding the intensity.

damn. i want a nokia n95.

Mervar Kennel Online! Long time breeder of Champion bred Giant and Miniature Schnauzers, as well as Golden Retriever dogs and puppies.

How cute are these little guys? my aunt just got another one... he is in there somewhere, but i cant tell them apart.

new doggie??

my aunt is getting another mini schnauzer.... my parents are going with her to pick him up in boston... i have a funny feeling that my parents ill be getting another one soon :)

test pitting with the elderly

this morning i had to meet a client on site to dig test pits. basicaly its a 6' deep hole in the ground. i record soil characteristics such as color, structure, texture, etc. necessary for planning a development.

anyways. the guy who was digging was like 102 years old. lets just say he was not the smoothest backhoe operator i have seen :)

i kep hearing this loud, deep noise. i thought i was from the machine... but then i realized that the guys mouth was open every time i hurd it. conclusion: he likes to clear his throat in the loudest possible way. yikes.

headin down to boston for IBC party tonight. yay.

listening to: moby "animal rights"

Union Leader - Man beaten with claw hammer

damn. manchester is turning into dorchester.
last week, some 20yr old kid got beaten to death couple blocks away.
ugh.

gimme a break...

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well vacation is just about over. as is typical, i didnt do nearly anything i had planned on doing. but i did do the one more important thing, and that was training. lots of it.
21 hours on my bike. actually almost 27 if you include last sunday. today i could definately feel it. about 60miles into a 90mile ride, i was hurting...and hurting bad.

this week i spent alot of time out in the seacoast. i used my parents house as a launching pad & headed out to exeter, hampton, portsmouth, durham, newmarket, lee, and several other towns. its some of the best riding around... and for the most part, long rides go by much quicker and easier when there are great views of the ocean.


earlier in the week, i was out riding with my mom & she showed me were i grew up...well, for the first couple years anyways... cute little house in newmarket.




just heading into portmouth




ok... im gonna go lay down & watch some TV. i am totally zonked right now!!



oh yeah... here is a picture from my ride on thursday.. it was cold, windy, and kinda rainy... the beach looked alot different:

im waaay too old for this...

so one of allies co-workers is leaving & they were having a going away party for him... really great guy (in fact, he raced suckerbrook last year).. anyways, started at shorties...and then went to Shaskeen on elm st for some drinks. i walked in and was immediately handed a shot of jager. aww yeah. then another. then another. yeah. then some beer.. then some more shots. lucky for me, i had on a Showcase Showdown t-shirt & the bartender was a fan & gave me a couple of free shots. aww yeah. :) after a couple hours there, we headed down to Strangebrew. at this point i was just about done... i guess the bartender thought so too, cause pretty much everyone in our "party" got shut off.

now im supposed to go out for ride?? hmm... this is going to be rough.

this is how i feel:

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hmmm.

its funny how sunday i felt sooo good on the bike and today i just felt like shit. worse than shit. i bagged all the planned intensity work & just rode easy for 3hrs. ugh. hopefully tomorrow i will feel a litlte better... planning to head out to the seacoast for some good milage.

Nokia Podcasting

Nokia Podcasting
just found this cool little program :)
you can subscribe to just about ANY podcast out there. just subscribe to a few NPR segments. now lets see if can get some Toddcasts on there - thats the real test.

yesterday, i headed to the seacoast for a longer ride. i was a tad hesitant because i was feeline like shite after saturdays threshold workout in the rain. i had planned a 4hr ride.. but playing it by ear, depending on the legs... i guess i recovered ok. less than 3hrs in, and i had already done 60. got back to my parents house at 70m and my mom wanted to go out for a bit. did another 30 with here. legs felt fine. actually better than fine. hammering up hills after 98miles and still feeling good? hmm. this is kinda scary.

im a retard though. put the sunblock on my upper arms (tattoos), face, neck, ears... but nothing on my forearms. they are toast. ugh. im a dumbass.

summary of my morning

6am: wake up; no rain
7am: still no rain...eat breakfast
8am: me & allie go get coffe; no rain
8:30 get suited up for a ride; no rain
8:45 walk out the door with bike: DOWNPOUR
8:47 decide to ride anyways... DOWNPOUR
9:30 thunder starts. DOWNPOUR
10:30 you guessed it... DOWNPOUR (still thundering)
11:30 a few miles from home... light steady rain (but not downpouring anymore)
11:35 pull into my house. NO RAIN
12:00 take shower. no rain.
1:30 eat lunch: no rain.

why do i feel like there is a black cloud over my head??
i had planned a 3hr ride... i was a little short.. oh well.
ill make up for it tomorrow :)

i cut out the intensity of tuesday's ride... i was feeling a bit tired. im glad i did, because i did a 70mile ride last night & felt great... even with 30mins of threshold work. by the time i got home, it was late, so i didnt get to eat a ton... i paid for that today, as i had to work out in the woods for 10hrs straight. i was starving!!

i did a quick tick check before gettting in my car... fine.
i did another before i got in the shower... hmmm... what is that litle thing on my "precious area"?? muthafukin tick bit me on my junk. whats up with that? ugh. he must have just got there, cause he came off suuuuper easy. head still intact. im sure im fine. but also scared to death that im going to die of lyme desease.

to flip or not to flip

so after my nokia 6682 took a swim a couple of weeks ago, i have been trying to decide on a replacement. ill be the first to admit that i am a dork when it comes to cell phones. i always have to have the latest/greatest. on top of that, i am a fan of nokias. more specifically symbian OS equipped nokias.

so, currently there is ONE phone out there that is symbian-equipped AND is 3G capable. that phone is the N75. it basically took everything that was in my 6682 and made it better. sounds good right? yeah it is. but its a flip phone!! ugh. i HATE flip phones. i am limited on choices, here...
a) keep using allies old LG phone (it really sucks... this is not an option)
b) buy a used 6682 on ebay for almost what i am goign to buy the N75 for (ugh)
c) spend MORE money and buy a N73 (i dont have more money)
d) just buy the N75 for $200, use it for a year or so, then get sell it and get something new...

Its not often that i have good luck. especially when it comes to riding and the weather. but somehow i was able to get all my riding in last week & aside from some light rain yesterday, i was relatively dry :) i even rode an extra 2hrs more than scheduled.

friday i cut out of work early. real early. 12:30 early. it was way too nice out to be stuck in the office. i got vacation on the mind, and its hard to focus. my boss has other things on his mind, and its hard to get a good work schedule out of him. add those two things together, and i leave early. anyways, hung out for a while, then got one of the best massages ever! having about 4 massage schools in manchester is nice. a $25/hr massage is even better.

Saturday, i rode early, then headed to my boss's son's graduation party. saw alot of my old teachers from high school. they all were happy to see me, so i guess i wasnt that bad after all :) me and allie were gonna head to boston to see CSS play....buuuuuutt... we were soo stinking tired, we just stayed in and watched CSI.

Yesterday, again with the riding.... then grocery shopping, then to Spiderman3?? well, that was the plan. lack of time cut spidey AGAIN. oh well, maybe next week. we did rent "El Laberinto del fauno" (Pan's Labyrinth) damn. what an amazing movie. i was worried i was too tired for subtitles, but the movie quickly grabbed my attention. watch the trailer. rent the movie. you wont be disappointed.

for some reason, i am totally toasted this morning. sooo tired. hmm. hopefully a light spin tonight will help get things moving again.

sweet....

new fuel efficency record. 45.04 mpg on a full tank.
aww yeah.

yay.

i havent seen this in a while...i forgot how freakin cool this is!!

i got lucky with no rain last night... so it was a nice 3.5hr ride. my threshold power seems to be improving. yay.