Life

• Ta DA!

  What you see here is not just my relatively new dining table, which is great in and of itself, but the mirror that I got as a hand-me-down from my hairdresser.  I sanded it, painted it a soft metallic-y brown (thanks for the idea, Carrie) and hung it — all by myself.  The idea is

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• Lazy Long Weekend

  I've very deliberately left myself a lot of unscheduled free time this weekend — all the better to see what comes up.  Last night was much-needed nachos, margaritas and conversation with Jenn D. and Carrie (with a cameo appearance by Carolyn), and today so far I've been to the Greenmarket and Trader Joe's (which was

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• Battered, Broken

  Yesterday morning on my way to work I heard the Jude song Battered, Broken, which was then stuck in my head all day.  I've been feeling pretty battered and broken lately — for the moment, I'll focus on the physical.  I recently bought a new pair of running shoes.  For years, I've gotten whatever the

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• Reminder

   This image is etched into my body in ink for a reason.

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• Eleanor Roosevelt

  As we're approaching Memorial Day weekend, I've been thinking back to 2000, when I bought my first bike (well, my first bike as an adult).  I decided that weekend that I was going to attempt to ride my bike from Boston to New York as part of the AIDS Ride.  Now, I may be a

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• Salve for the Soul

  – long runs– good conversation– family– friends– having things on the calendar to look forward to– a hot shower– flowers– sweat– tears– belly laughs– hugs– hearing the words "I love you."– singing at the top of your lungs– even more hugs

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• in Bloom

  And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. –Anais Nin

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• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

  This was not a stellar week, generally, and in particular, training-wise.  Sure, I ran, swam, and went to a spin class, but that's not enough anymore.  Time to double up on workouts, throw in a brick or two (I did run for 10 minutes after spin, so I suppose that counts), and step up.  Something

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• Keeping Busy

  Work, tri training, blogging, the aforementioned Tweetup, dinner with Jon, LOST finale with Jenn, Num Pang with Dave, Underground Food Collective with John, Queens dim sum extravaganza.  Still wishing for that fast forward button, though.

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• Lessons from Joe Strummer

  I was out the other night at a brown booze "Tweetup" (yes, I'm that dorky — if you want more where that came from, follow me on Twitter) and was telling someone my Joe Strummer story.  I have always been a Clash fan and also really got into Global a Go Go when he was part

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