Saturday, April 25, 2009
1:47pm : Picked up my race packet and bib number: 2804. Carboloading with mum and dad on the pier. Dad ordered a bourbon on the rocks. I am jealous.
I forced down shrimp raviolis at lunch. Then more pasta and steak at dinner. I have no idea what my parents ordered for meals [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Big Sur – the aftermath – part ii
Posted in all, tagged big sur marathon, life, moving on, running on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Big Sur – the aftermath – part i
Posted in all, tagged big sur marathon, life, moving on, running on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Four weeks ago my racing status in the Big Sur marathon was anything but certain – again. Despite careful training, I was sidelined with what appeared to be the same injury I incurred before last year’s race – a blown out calf muscle. I thought the marathon was cursed. I assumed my body was not [...]
Dear Apple,
Posted in all, tagged apple, iphone, iPhone problems, technology on April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
People like me should not be allowed to purchase iPhones.
I am only two months into phone ownership and I already broke it. How? I have no idea. Pulling some amateur move trying to sync it I suspect.
But aside from the interruption to my day this has caused, something rather alarming occurred to me. [...]
new leaf
Posted in all, tagged coffee, Earth Day, green practices, life, new start on April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I finally succumbed to feelings of extreme guilt about my morning routine. Everyday I take a bus to the Caltrain station, exiting one stop early to run into my favorite coffee shop. There I purchase a coffee, yogurt, sugar raised donut and banana. And everyday I feel bad about.
Every time I reach for the tall [...]
Confession
Posted in all, my people, tagged confessions, friends, love, the adorable stalker on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been keeping something from you. I wouldn’t say I have been outright lying, however, I have been withholding information. Look, it’s not like you ever asked. Still … I feel guilty. So here it is. The whole truth – shameful as it may be.
For the past two months I have been stalking someone. [...]
the little things
Posted in all, tagged appreciating the little things, life, photography, san francisco on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I usually refrain from posting images on my blog. Most of the time I consider photos a distraction from whatever writing accompanies it. Most of the time the actual images never seem to live up to whatever expectation I already built up in my mind from the text. (It could also be because I am [...]
RE: the Sox need help
Posted in sports, tagged red sox, sports, the sox suck right now on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Tito,
I am writing to you today to offer my services as a motivational speaker for the Boston Red Sox. You don’t even have to pay me. You see, for the past few months I have investigated potential volunteer opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area – from tutoring high school students to advocating for [...]
the countdown begins
Posted in my people, tagged family, friends, life, what kids can teach us on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Most of the time I don’t feel 3,000 miles away from my family. I probably talk to them now more than I ever did in college. Scratch that. I definitely do. In college, my parents used to call my roommates and ask if I was still alive and receiving mail at that address. Now, they [...]
Recapping the past – part ii
Posted in love, my people, tagged family, grandparents, love, marriage advice, more lessons from the old people in my life on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was never able to have a sit down conversation with my grandfather Buzz. That is what people used to call him. It was a name he inherited in the military. I should probably find out why.
I regret not being able to ask him about being raised by his grandmother in Nebraska. I wish [...]
Recapping the past – part i
Posted in my people, tagged family, grandparents, heritage, what i learned from the old people in my life on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago I traveled back to Boston and Florida to visit the old people in my life. My goal was to interview them, learn their stories and capture the past on paper.
I spent several days taking notes and prodding into their personal lives with questions like: tell me about being pregnant, what [...]
