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Today was without a doubt my best race so far. Not that my finish was all that super duper great (I think it was just plain old great) but my body felt great afterwards (the first race that I actually thought I would do great if they added a lap).

Anyway….3rd place out of 8 riders in the Beginner 19-29 category. 4th place out of around 30-40 riders in all beginner and junior categories (there was a mass start so we all took off together).

A shout out has to go to Craig who took 2nd in Beginner 19-29 and 2nd out of the whole group. He also took home a Missouri State Champions jersey. (Thanks for the ride there and back also…)

me: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293884

Craig: http://www.pbase.com/stlbiking/image/34293880

Grandmas are always right…..

Thank you God for making Fridays.

You know what I’m talkin’ ’bout

What I’m up to this weekend:

1.Some road riding today, Saturday and maybe Sunday

2.Possibly a mountainbike race close to Rolla on Sunday

3.Catching up on homework

4.Relaxation!

What are you up to?

Thanks Brittany….

And don’t be hatin’ on my irresistable sexuality!

I don’t get many things right the first time

In fact, I am told that a lot

Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls

Brought me here

And where was I before the day

That I first saw your lovely face?

Now I see it everyday

And I know

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

What if I’d been born fifty years before you

In a house on a street where you lived?

Maybe I’d be outside as you passed on your bike

Would I know?

And in a white sea of eyes

I see one pair that I recognize

And I know

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Next door there’s an old man who lived to his nineties

And one day passed away in his sleep

And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days

And passed away

I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong

That I know

That I am

I am

I am

The luckiest

I’ve been very lucky/blessed in this life of mine. My man Ben knows what’s up.

Andrew’s thought for the week (yes..he only has one for the whole week):

So much to do………..so little time

I am going to teach. Ok, in some sorts or another we all teach…but I’m going to make it my profession.

What does this have to do with politics? I consider these teaching and politics to be almost exact opposites.

I think of teaching as a sort of “pure” thing. You’ve got a subject to tell student about and that’s what you do. You’ve got facts and you try to get those facts crammed into your students heads. There shouldn’t be any room for BS in there.

I think of politics as a very very very “unpure” thing. You(assuming “you” are a politician) have certain things you want to do. I’ll assume the things you’ve got in mind are good as I’m normally an optimistic person. So here’s where my problems with politics start.

1. They have to rely way too much on other people. For example, politicians don’t know the first thing about education. Some might have been involved in education at some point in their lives (and I’m not talking about being a student) but that was most likely many years ago when things were much different. So they’ve got to be told what to do about education. I supposed if they chose to listen to actual teachers (hmm..what a brillian idea..you want to learn more about what’s going on in the educational system you should talk to teachers) then we wouldn’t have some BS out there like NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED (thank you Scott for renaming No Child Left Behind…I shall use it many times and never give you credit again :).

2. Number two goes with number one…many times they’re talking to the wrong people.

3. Way too much evil stuff going on….and all of it probably has to do with money. (NOTE: realize I am going to teach. So I must not think that much of money because I’m pretty much setting myself up to not make much) Corporations giving politicians money and basically buying a vote and whatnot….this pisses me off so I shall stop here with number 3.

4. I can’t think of a number 4 right now because number 3’s still got me pissed off.

My thoughts on the articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/11BLOG.html (requires account setup)

I never would have guessed the degree that youth today (wow that makes me sound old) interact online. I can understand how posting something online, whether you think someone is going to read it or not, can relieve some stress. Definately an interesting article worth reading!

http://www.trinity.edu/adelwich/3344/levy.htm

Hmmm..never heard of an “A list” blog…actually the sound of that bothers me.

Presidential Candidates blogs:

http://www.georgewbush.com/blog/

http://blog.johnkerry.com/

I hate politics. Enough said. I would read these (as opposed to skimming them) if I thought there were actually thoughts of either one of these men in them…but I’m pretty sure its a bunch of BS so skimming works or me.

However, I like layout of Kerry’s site much better so I will vote for him…..oh yeah…and because “No Child Left Untested” is the one of the worst creations ever. Leave the education to the educators.

http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040615-032535-1189r

All I’m getting right now is “Internal Server Error”. If the page is ever back up I’ll let you know what I think of it. Based on the fact that the title is “The Web: Blogs Reshaping Political News” and my dislike for politics, I’m pretty sure I’m gonna dislike reading the article.

“Today” - the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); “Today is beautiful”; “did you see today’s newspaper?”

www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

Andrew’s Defintion of “Today” - a day full of studying for his Drugs & Behavior test tomorrow.

Class, work, studying at work, riding the bike (while thinking about how he should be studying), then studying until its bedtime.