So I turned my cell phone on this morning like normal after I woke up. Lo and behold, amazing news! My younger sister got in Boston University’s high school summer program so she’ll be up here for a couple months this summer. YE-freaking-S! This program is a toughie to get into apparently so the plan was for her to get into her backup choices and move to Boston for the summer regardless. I think she mentioned Northeastern and Emerson as backups, I don’t really recall. But she’s wicked smart, so go her.
I also signed up for the 2008 Let’s Run Series. Five races, all 4.2 miles, all throughout the summer. Doing this with a buddy, just because. They’re all in the evening, so hopefully it won’t be too warm to run, and hopefully I won’t be too tired after work and will actually improve in my race time. But then again, I don’t really know my “best” time for a 4.2 miler, the only timed races I’ve run are the 5k ones.
Also, I’ve got a Kills concert on the 30th that I want to go to. I’ve got an extra ticket, but nobody wants to come with, what the hell? It’s at The Paradise, which is a pretty good venue, plus there’s good food around that area. So don’t be a dork and come with, they’re a good band people!
Tags: concert, running
So I’m off to run again, this time at two races, back to back. The Husky Run on March 29th and the Luv2Run Boston 5K #1 on March 30th. The worst thing about all of this? I have to be there by 10AM, what a pain. So if you’re around that day and want to maybe grab something to eat afterward (or meet me in the hospital), ping me.
The Independent Film Festival of Boston also started advertising today (at least I noticed it today). I remember last year I missed it and was hella pissed, I think I either had interviews or was out of town or something. This year I’m hoping to catch a lot of the flicks, but also hoping I’ll be able to skip out on work to do so. Will probably pick up the all movie pass instead of standing in line. Anybody want to join me? Going to movies alone is boring, ironically, especially since nobody talks. There was a pretty good line up of films last year, I’m sure this year will be the same.
Tags: festival, running
OK, lets get to the meat.
How’d I do in the 5K (3.1 miles) race? Well out of 478 folks I got 112, here are the stats:
- Place: 112/478
- Time: 25:14
- Pace: 8:08
- Age Group: 18-29
- Place/Group: 48
- Place/Sex: 85 M
So I did “OK” for my first race ever, I’m hoping my next one I’ll do much better, considering the no food/water thing most likely hurt me this time around. OK, so not so “OK”, but gimme a break, my first time you freaks.
Tags: running
So last week a buddy came up from VA, hung out with him for a bit. Got some shawarmas and some Christina’s Ice-Cream. I’m trying to get him to move to Boston, just like all the rest of my friends (I’m looking at you Letters, Squire, and Deeds…), we’ll see. He did love the city though, so who knows, maybe next summer. I’ll keep at it.
Friday night I hung out with Bets at Pathryn’s place, hadn’t seen her and the gang for a bit. That was fun, gotta love geek parties, plus made some plans with a couple folk there to see Ween this November. But seriously, we did discuss the Monty Hall Problem and Internet social networks, literally just sitting around shootin’ the shit. It was fun because it was in the middle of conversations about drunk freshman throwing microwaves and recipes about vodka cake and biting girl’s melons.
Saturday was Patryan’s birthday celebration at her place. Let me tell you, her and her roomie make the best dip ever. She made two different kinds, one was spinachy and the other was bean/cheesy stuff. I wish I had some right now… Plus I finally got to see her place, especially considering I almost moved in with them a couple months ago.
This past Wednesday I got kinda annoyed, the Blonde Redhead concert at The Roxy got canceled. This information was emailed and voicemailed the morning of, fudge. Ruined my night, had plans to go catch em with a buddy, especially considering I bought the tickets literally two months ago. I’m going to wait and see if they reschedule the concert since that’s an option Ticketmaster gave me, refund now or wait and reuse the tickets.
Tomorrow I’m running the Samaritan’s 5K Roadrace in Boston, so wish me luck and hope that I don’t die, since I’m currently a food vampire. Shouldn’t be too bad, I’m more disturbed about waking up so early on a Saturday.
Tags: running
