24 hour run

so it was bad but not as bad as i thought it was going to be. some of us had the good idea of actually sleeping in between runs at night and are not as sleep deprived as past 24 hour runs. i also found out that my Power Song is "Bombs Over Baghdad" by Outkast. That song is boss. But the run was fun, caught up with some friends that i havent seen in a while and met some new friends on the team. Everything went well other than the fact that i thought i was getting a heart attack on my last mile. well thats over with and now ill just be looking forward to RAGBRAI and Urban Assault Race. go summer 08

Song Suggestions

so this summer seems to be pretty interesting so far. ill be doing a lot of races over the course of the summer; the 24 hour run, RAGBRAI, and the Urban Assault Race. out of those three i am the most scared about the 24 hour run. i just know that i can handle some biking events, but running....? we'll see.

in the mean time i am trying to put together some motivation songs for my running during the event tomorrow. here are some of my thoughts and some suggestions from friends so far.

"american boy" by Kanye West
"i gotta get through this" by i dont know who
some led zeppelin
"bombs over baghdad" by outkast
"rock n roll" by led zeppelin
"your hand in mine (w/strings)" by explosions in the sky
"cecilia" by simon and garfunkal
"ha ha" by mates of state
"paradise city" by guns n' roses
"nothing better" by the postal service

if anyone has suggestions for another song, just leave a comment

summer so far

so summer has been awesome. other than not having money im doing just fine. i still need a job and it feels like money is blood for me (if i dont have it ill die!) but i get by with a little help. been biking and running a lot, doing the 24 hour run alumni team next thursday and im going to die. thats all there is to it, plain death. so ive been trying to get up early (sometimes it works) and do some runs. been pretty consistent with the biking though. took a Tour de Elgin solo today and wanted to go further but i had no idea where the trail went when there were detours in downtown elgin. also to note; elgin is a really nice place, bunch of benches by the river to sit down at and really nice scenery. the Tour was about 30 miles but i did fine other than the fact that my eyes started to hurt because of the wind and my gouch was torn apart from the rock solid seat. i need to name my bike. maybe itll be "KW" or something because i put that Key West sticker on it. we'll see if any name rises naturally.

went to the CL bars for the first time tonight. celebrated the going away of ashley powell to her new home in colorado. the friends are starting, and now that i think of it have never stopped, moving away. thats the way things are. you just got to find someone to stick on to. it was a good time in down town CL though. i was DD so i didnt really kick back as many as you might say miskell or even fogerty... hahaha. he was a mess. putting his feet on the table at georgios is just an example. oh well, he was a good topic of conversation.

im loving the show The Office more and more each day. watched a bunch of episodes at mals house and tried my best to hold back that bursting/humiliating laugh i have when i cant control it. then i watched the season finale tonight which, by the way, was an hour long (sweet) and felt like i was a character. thats how personal it was. oh lordy.

planning on heading to naperville with some bros saturday. its going to be a night of pure juicing at the summerfest that they are having. from my history with the fest (that being one year) it should be a great time. really looking forward to yelling out random obscenities at the fireworks again

new from the old

so its 1:43 in the morning. its saturday. im still at the ilstu and not nearly finished packing my room. this dorm (watterson) is one of the biggest in the nation and its fucking empty... really. the only two people that i think are still in it are me and the kid across the hall in the single bedroom that ive had roughly 3 conversations with that didnt have more than 30 words in them. other than that i dont here a sound from any floor, dont see anyone anywhere, and it all feels like a ghost town. doesnt help either being in a room with half the amount of people its supposed to have be in it. oh well, ill make it through. this is going to be a long entry because i havent wrote in it since my birthday. my life had been pretty boring since then actually. it was mostly just class, homework, and repeat. but for my send off of the school year ill say some of my favorite moments of the year according to who did them.
sarah
-watching that horrible japanese movie with you
-dropping my shorts in the stairwell
-"smoke weeeed"
-latino studies and theatre in general
-"put your ..."
mark
-all of the drama
-the "emperor" drinking game ("kill kill kill kill, live live live live")
-being the beer pong tourney champion
-chillin on Dunn 4 and your face behind the door about abby
justin
-johnsons bar crawl
-the jimmy buffett band
-lighter for birthday candle
-courts bday
-winning 8 in a row at rickys
abby
-the photo shoot in your room
-you playing cupid
-your dress for barn dance
kyle
-most epic Hardcore game of halo
-your stupid but awesome beer pong finals win over eiler and i
natalie
-frisbee
-trip to purdue and miami ohio
-wearing my cub scout uniform for halloween
-our marriage talk
-you not showing up when you scedualed lunch
-latino studies moments
andy
-incorporating brian into the scene and the actions that came from that
-my BP partner for most of the year
-challenging my dance moves
vargas
-raging at the pub 2 bodyguards
-starting the revolution in alabama
-"ooooooooh gasmoooooooo"
-pink drank
-the bro walk
-fights with your roommates and anyone who wants to rumble with words
hickey
-always offering even though i will refuse every time
-the hickey shuffle
-arguments with vargas
-professing your friendship through horrible deeds.
-talking about gta
-your cars bass making me feel like an earthquake was coming
lindsey
-olive garden and sushi
-your best game of beer pong at hickeys
-dissing the girls business frat
annette
-"make me drink the salty waaater"
-organizing the "ruck fockford" party
-comparing me to your mother...
colleen
-always shrugging your shoulders and holding the double thumbsup with your smiles
-whatski isski youski sayingski?
-blacking out on multiple occasions
mike
-always sucking at video games
-trying to get into fights the most
-never failing to say "whats up fagnes"
-recognizing how bad brian fucked up
-not having any nice cloths for a good occasion
-feeling 10x cooler to the "hustlin" song
bini
-being the most photogenic friend i have
-talking about video games
-losing everything on centsports...
-sharing hilarious/stupid online videos
adam
-yeaaaaaaaaaaa
-ooooh what up hal!
-epic swedish fish toss
-pinning your finger in the door, bruising it, and never telling me until months later...
-sienfeld everyday and owning in sienfeld trivia
-tripping you when your drunk
-listening to stupid david play halo/listen to music/be dumb
-intervention

and thats all im going to do really. if anyone reads this and is sad that i didnt mention them. tough luck bro. its just a dumb blog