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If you're a large woman in America, your whole life is an opportunity to feel self-conscious, embarrassed, resentful and way too big. You can hide in the corner or on the couch, you can go to therapy, or you can put on your lycra bike shorts and get out there and move.
—Jayne Williams, Slow Fat Triathlete

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September 19, 2005

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I had a good weekend, but today has been unpleasant. First, one of the cats appeared very ill, then I felt very ill, then I went to a meeting where I learned that some of my coworkers are working towards outsourcing my and my associates jobs. So I'm a wee bit distracted.

Anyways. Saturday morning began really early. I got to the Rose Quarter at 5:20 to get my volunteer assignment. PFit was having their 21 mile benchmark, and I was going to work a water station. It was going to be the water station on Mt. Tabor, our resident slumbering volcano, so I went straight there.

Mistake number one was just wearing a fleece. I froze on the scooter, and I never warmed up. It was chillier too on Mt. Tabor. Anyways, I hung out with Deb, who was also coffee-deprived and cold, and we watched the runners and walkers come charging down the hill. Quite impressive.

While we were standing there, we noticed four or five Japanese monks, in robes, walking up the hill. They were quite impressive too, but I didn't want to be rude, so I tried not to stare. They were interested to learn that we were a marathon training group. Then they went up to the playground and swang on the swings. Too cool.

In the afternoon, I tried to sell my older bike. This would be the one that I bought last August, and immediately became disenchanted with. Someone came by, rode it around, and then left. I was disappointed.

Then I went to ride that bike this morning. My gosh, it's awful. Super uncomfortable. I need to get it tuned up and then reassess.

In the evening, we took part in an Asian beer tasting. I brought sushi from one of my favorite places, and another person made excellent asian snacks, so we were eating very well. And we tried a variety of beer, and had a great time.

Yesterday's highlight was taking pictures of neon. I went and took some pictures of my favorite signs, which I'm hoping to transform into an alt.portland logo. It's either that or tattoos. We'll see.

Posted at September 19, 2005

Comments

Outsourcing. Ugh. Very bad. I'd be distracted too. :(

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at September 20, 2005 8:23 AM