my all-star fantasy team had a freaking awesome pitching day yesterday. jarrod washburn, mark mulder, john smoltz, and tim worrell combined for 2 wins and 2 saves in 20 innings, with 12 strikeouts, a 0.85 whip, and only one earned run. wahoo!
this week is flying by; i can’t believe it’s already wednesday. my sims are humming along nicely with only a few speedbumps so far, and hopefully will be done and maybe even processed by the end of the week.
i left work yesterday at 4 and nacho and i headed downtown to bike sport. i rode a cannondale r400 while nacho checked out the $3000 and $6000 bikes (good lord). anyway, the r400 was quite nice, with the added benefit of being on sale (from $850 down to $750), since it was last year’s model. but now that i’ve gotten used to the idea of spending that much for a bike, i am having an impossible time deciding what i want! do i want hard-core road bike (aluminum frame, longer top tube, shorter seat tube)? or do i want a road bike that’s slower, but a bit more geared for comfort (carbon fork and seat post, shorter top tube, longer head tube)? i am leaning towards the second option, but can’t rule out the first yet.
decisions, decisions. when i decide to make a big purchase, i usually end up doing it quickly, but trying to do as much research as i can beforehand. such was the case when i bought my digital camera, only i knew what i was looking for. this time i’m having trouble clarifying what it is i actually want. and i think the learning curve is steeper…
if anyone wants to look into it with me, here are the bikes i’ve test-ridden so far:
- specialized sequoia sport (this is the one i’m leaning towards buying at this point in time)
- specialized allez sport 27
- trek 1200c
- cannondale r400
- marin portofino
- masi nouva strada
anyway. on another note, for those who are interested, some of my footprint data finally made the caib‘s website! check out this presentation, and especially slides 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 and 19. i generated all that data, and i made the maps three of those slides, and gavin mapped the rest. and becca did slides 10, 20, and 21. how cool! i did that! that’s my work! i’m so excited to see my stuff being presented and making a difference.
