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ps/ bacon is life.
My people, this has been a crappy month. Not all of it was bad, but the things that stick out suck more than I’d care to linger much longer on.
First things first: unstimulated.
Projected deficits resulting from Hope and Change(tm)
But, I’m sure it will all work out in the end… I mean, it is not like The One will let us down or anything. I just hope the distractions don’t carry on much longer. I’d also like to point out, still no unicorn. Maybe it just has a lot of other stuff to do?
On a more personal note, the last month can be summed up like this:
Shamrock half marathon: sucked for me. My first ever DNF after taking an awkward step on the road. Initial diagnosis, bad sprain.
Post-Shamrock: hurts when I walk. RICE. Did not help.
Yesterday: Doylestown Duathlon (5K-30K-5K), in the cold, in the rain. Foot still hurt at the start, but I’d be damned if I DNFed again. Early season races in the cold/rain suck. All the slowers peeps stay home and the hardcore fuckers all run (a lot) faster than me. I’m pretty sure I was the last dude in my start wave to finish the first 5K. Came in at 28:43–not too shabby for me. Bike at 1:10:00. Foot didn’t hurt too much on the bike but there was some discomfort. The wet and cold at least numbed the bastard up. Second 5K finished at a butt-slow 33:00. Much shame. More pain. Can’t put any weight on it. Already called my MD for a some professional help. Crap.
This will probably screw up the entire tri-season. I can see Columbia (5-weeks) not happening. Black Bear, even if the foot gets better, won’t be able to run the 13 miles at the end. And, those were pretty much all my tri’s this year.
God-damned foot better get it’s shit together by mid-July so I can start training for the fall marathons!
So, let me explain: Foot broken. Season ruined. Unstimulated.
Joy.
On a more positive note:
Signed up on a whim, and the more I think about it, the more stoked I get.
2010 is starting to fill up fast with cool racing with the Goofy Challenge and now Ironman on tap. You want moar? I’ll give you moar. If I don’t get into the NYC marathon this year, 2010 will be my guaranteed entry year. Hell yea. And, you never know, 2009 or 2010 could be the year that the Kona lottery pays off. How sweet would that be? Kona, Goody, Utah, NYC Marathon.
/me drools
I’ve moved from simply not stimulated to outright horrified.
Why? Sure The Chosen One/Pelosi/Reid have made a mockery of our entire economy and seem to be working harder than ever to undo 200+ years of economic policy, but, you know, that was sort of expected. The latest bit of foolery: AIG bonuses:
The Democrats in the House rammed through a 90% tax on bonuses paid to employees of companies that have accepted government bailout money, even if the Secretary of the Treasury insisted on the “investment” in the first place and put restrictions on its repayment. In so doing, the House Democrats have guaranteed that nobody in their right mind would invest private capital in a bank or other financial institution that has taken government money. After all, how will any investor know that the Congress will not just change the terms after the fact? More directly, we trust that the Congress knows more people who, like Ed Liddy, are willing to be humiliated on national television in return for $1 per year.
Seriously, how fucked up is this? If the Fed takes 90%, you know the local and state guys are going to try and take “their share”… of money that was earned as part of a contact everyone involved agreed to. The poor bastards who got bonuses are probably going to end up owing money and/or going to jail.
And, what happens when the next unpopular groups gets a windfall?
Will the U.S. Goverment and Nancy Pelosi get to decide if your worthy of of the income you agreed to work for?! No one smart enough to do the type of work that requires bonuses like this will ever, never agree to work for any company that took TARP funds… and if those companies can’t hire competent workers, they’ll simply fold. $1 Trillion down the crapper so the DNC can score political point on the 6 o’clock news.
We’re fucked.
OBtW: Financials tanked, again, on this news. Hope and Change my ass…
Over the last few days, I was both busy and un-stimulated. Sorry for the lack of updates about the lack of stimulation.
Lots of stuff happened over the weekend. First off, I got in a bitch’in long bike ride on Saturday (Day 18). Weather was perfect and it was the best 55 miles I’ve ridden in a while. 3:20 for a loping ride through the hills. Could have been faster, but we’re still months away from a real race, so might as well enjoy the steady riding in the hills.
Then on Sunday (Day 19), it was down to DE for more riding.
Now, on Day 20, it seems having the goverment own a controlling interest in your company is like a Wonka Golden Ticket. Go figure. At least someone now makes the appropriate t-shirt for just such an occasion. Go Citi!
OBtW: Not stimulated today.
Feel less than stimulated.
Yes, the weather today was pretty amazing. Yes, I did get out for a wee 55-mile ride in the hills. But, it wasn’t enough. It is like, I’m feeling overwhelmed and don’t know what do to… could happen to anyone, I suppose.
Then again, you’d have to be a complete fucking moron to take a job like the President of the United States and not have some type of idea of the amount of work you need to do. My people, if this effort we’re seeing out of The One is his best effort during crunch time, we are all fucked.
I’m starting to really hope the Myans have that end of the world thing right.
Feeling undermedicated.
This, my people is what happens when you go to the doctor:
Don’t say I didn’t try an warn you…
Not. Stimulated.
/sigh
When will we wake from our collective nightmare? Hopefully 2010. If not, I understand the world is scheduled to end in 2012. I do kind of hope that happens before Dec. 21st… it would suck to get that close to Christmas and not score any presents. I’m kind of hoping for a end date some time in late May as that will allow us to skip over the hot and humid months. Got to have goals, right?
At the very least, we should try and rally the schools to better prepare our youths for the coming apocalypse.
