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July 13th, 2009
baronmind
 | 11:57 am - Greatly Improved
I've returned from the ComedySportz National Tournament! It was amazing. I'd like to write about the overall experience, but I haven't got any idea where to start. Being part of a gathering of almost two hundred people for improvisation workshops, games and general celebration was an incredible experience. Over the past week, I learned more, enjoyed myself more, and drank more than I'd expected to, and I had very high expectations for all of these things.
The final match, Milwaukee vs. Minneapolis, was incredible; both teams were at the absolute tops of their games, and it was fantastic to watch. I've been to full-arena concerts that have had less riotous applause after the show. After the week of learning, the feeling I had wasn't merely that I wanted to be playing at that level, but that with enough practice, I really could be. It was an inspiring moment.
Several of the workshops I took really helped me, as well. I hesitate to describe them with the word "revelatory" only because it seems over-the-top, but they assuredly provided me with major breakthroughs. I have a hard time singing in front of people, because I don't understand it. I know that sometimes what I'm singing sounds good, and sometimes it doesn't, but I don't know how to get from the latter to the former. I don't know what to do when I've gotten off the beat, or overtaxed the meter. And of course, once I've screwed up, I start thinking about that instead of about the singing. This makes me likely to make more errors, so it feeds on itself.
I've got a lot of practicing yet to do until my singing skills are on par with some of the shows I saw this week, but I've been given a new set of tools to help me understand how to get there. Most of these are metaphorical tools, but I did get a CD of beats to practice rapping to, which is probably going to work out poorly for pretty much everyone else I know. Assuming that they want non-rapped answers to their questions, anyway, which might be a silly assumption on my part. I'll let you know! Probably in rap.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/baronmind/MoodCreatures/monster127.png) fantastic
Current Music: Repo -- Testify
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lispsugrl
 | 08:06 am - Checkin' in
So marathon training is moving onward. This one has been harder than all of my previous ones. I think it is the whole thing of life happening. However, I finally feel like things are starting to click. I'm settled in my new place (hooray for no more house stress) and the sun remembered it is summer!
Last week I incorporated a 9 miler from work to home. It's actually a gorgeous route with the water views and of course the BK Bridge. I felt really good which was encouraging. My runs have just been fair really since Philly.
Friday I brought in the crosstraining. I biked to and from work. I forgot how tough it is on your muscles when you're not used to it! It was a good workout but I need to remember food for when I get to work. I was famished - and a small granola bar doesn't cut it!
Saturday was an off day so I could prep for my housewarming. That was an exercise in itself - started at 8am and didn't stop til cleanup at 1am!
Sunday was long run day. Now that I'm a BK girl I need to be wise with my runs and incorporate Manhattan activities. I signed up for the deal so kill two birds with one stone! I ran from Brooklyn to the Boat Basin up on west 79th. It felt good and I am still in shock I could run at 11am in the middle of July! Run totaled between 13-14 miles. Not bad!
This week will be a lot of morning workouts with all the post work activities. Crazy!
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July 12th, 2009
obsqurity
 | 09:03 pm
I did the Night Ride last night. It was really fun, except for getting two flat tires. Fortunately, they both occurred at areas with immediate professional support available, so getting them fixed was super convenient.
The first one I discovered right at the start. The guy there pulled a chunk of glass out of my tire and showed it to me. The second one I noticed as we were getting ready to leave the second rest area, about 10 miles further down the road. The second guy pulled another chunk of glass out of my tire, but also acknowledged that it could have been a pinch flat from the first fix.
The second guy then went on to tell me that he was familiar with my tires and happened to know that that particular tread pattern had been discontinued about 3 years ago. He very politely suggested that it might be time for new tires. I mostly just thought it was adorable that he was so familiar with the subtleties of tire treads. And this was after he admitted that he had built a bike nearly identical to mine for his girlfriend, including the pink handlebar tape.
So, anyhow, I still need new tires. According to Amazon.com, the replacement tires I am looking at come in Black and null, and are not available in Black. hmmm.
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ruthling
 | 12:51 pm - Happy Birthday ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) thunderslug!
I hope you have an awesome day!
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July 11th, 2009
ruthling
| 02:31 pm - more photos
Sidewalk art @ Boston Common:
Longfellow in the fog:
Some Somerville fireworks:
Glowing stick toys:
Sunset before the fireworks
Someone in favor of the green line:
Ethiopian food:
Current Music: Kinda I Want To - Nine Inch Nails
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July 10th, 2009
smileyali
 | 03:01 pm - CBT & counselling
CBT this week addressed sleep difficulties, so now I have a regular sleep pattern to impose on myself. Basics are 10pm turn off the light, and be out of bed 7am regardless of the quality of the sleep. I find I'm at my best with an 8.5 hour sleep. I'm supposed to have 9:30 to 10pm as a chill out calm down slot - not supposed to spend time on the computer or watching TV, and not supposed to do anything in bed other than go to sleep or have sex (no thanks right now). So, what do I do for that half hour. One night I had a bath - which is nice, but I don't really want to do every night. Last night I read in bed (disobeying the rule) for half an hour - easy reading, nothing challenging. Need to consider possibilities going forwards.
Counselling I went in with one theme and it developed into another. Nasty but had to be faced. Because I am now in touch with my anger I realised I was angry with BF a lot, and I mean a lot. It seemed to be every time he did something different to Dave, and I had reached the conclusion I was simply angry at him for not being Dave. Turns out he's a dick. Well, that's my summary. He wants to be the child in the relationship whereas Dave & I had an adult to adult relationship. All the anger points focus on the difference between the types of relationship not the people. What would Dave say to me now if I were to honestly talk to him about my current relationship. He'd say bugger him off. It's hard and it's shit and I'm stalling.
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July 9th, 2009
gothhippiegrrl
 | 10:59 am - For shits and giggles
(Nikki pointed this out to me the other day, but it used to be that I'd have to skip back anywhere from 80 to 120 entries to read what everyone posted in the 12-24 hours since I last read. Nowadays, I have to skip back 20. WTF? I miss reading everyone's posts!!!)
So we'll play an old game.
Anonymous commenting enabled. No IP addy logging.
Confess something.
Ask me a question you've been dying to ask me - about me, Andrew, my life, my opinions, my past, whatever.
Compliment or insult me.
Tell me something you've never told anyone else.
We'll see if anyone responds. I'm hoping so. :) I'm doing my best to keep up with my friends page, but as I already mentioned, that's not too hard these days. ;)
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/charitycam/suns/confused.gif) curious
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ellinoora
 | 09:55 am
Happy Birthday athenalindia!!!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/roshi/palefaces/determined.gif) determined
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July 8th, 2009
ellinoora
 | 10:08 am - Call for help!
So, within the context of my PhD project at Philips Research and Eindhoven University of Technology, I am developing a questionnaire that will help me to look at the relation between multimedia and feelings about the content. I would like to invite you to help me in validating this questionnaire.
The goal of this questionnaire is to gain further insight in the relation between multimedia and feelings, mostly with regard to how your feelings about the shown multimedia is determined by the content itself.
The test will take about 50 minutes. If you want to participate, please pick a time where it is unlikely that you will be disturbed by incoming email, people or phonecalls. You will be asked to register first before moving on to the test. Please write down your user name and password, you will need them again later on in the test because of the online tool we use. Before you start, make sure your sound is turned on and your browser is maximized!
You can find the questionnaire at: http://www.formdesk.com/philipsresearch/multimediaquestionnaire
Please help me out here :) I need 200 respondents!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/roshi/palefaces/happy.gif) accomplished
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