/life/Running Shoes and Bike Helmets
So Tuesday night I bought running shoes. I threw out my last pair of New Balances on June 18th as I left Finland. They were thoroughly falling apart, having lasted through 18 months of abuse. I bought a new pair of 894's for $80, which seemed to be a fairly good price.
I also bought socks, which is good because I've only had sandals, and I only have a few dark pairs of socks, so they were getting a lot of use.
Okay, not "a few pairs"...two.
I had another piano lesson Wednesday night. It was good. I can tap simple-but-different rhythms with my hands. I'm scamming a keyboard to learn on for free until January, so that's good.
Thursday morning I went for a run. I don't own a stopwatch, but it was somewhere between 5km and 6km, I think. I stopped near the end for a breather, but hopefully tomorrow I can do the whole thing.
Today I learned the word anthropocentric, after trying to make it up as "anthrocentric."
I went and saw Shark's Tale tonight. It was cute and packed full of detailed humour. Worth seeing, particularly if one's offspring constrain one's movie choices. I also ate at Montana's for the first time. In retrospect it sorta reminds me of "Tchotchke's" from Office Space. The veggie burger was alright, though.
I'm trying to do my taxes, but I don't know if I owe for CPP and EI on the money I made in Finland and the UK, and they're on strike so they can't tell me.
I took my touring bike in for a bit of a tuneup. They un-bent the frame from my little accident in Germany. I also got a new headset, and I need a new bearing on my rear cassette, since it's making a funny noise. And my rear wheel is almost true. And I bought a new helmet, 'cause I lost my helmet a few days ago. And I brought in my crappy bike to have its bottom bracket replaced so the pedal doesn't fall off on me again. $170 so far, or so.
And today I found $160 in my PC bank account that I thought was empty. That woulda come in handy a month ago. *sigh* Oh well, free money.
That's my life. I'm boring now. Sorry folks.
Comments
Dana wrote
how is it october 10th in your world?
Tony wrote
Does that mean your rear wheel is false then?
Rob wrote
Yup.
Well, actually, nope.
(For the record, a wheel is "true" essentially if, when you spin it, it doesn't have any kind of wobblage, and if it spins around its hub properly.)
-Rob
