in regards to your 5 year old

every parent thinks their child is the best. it's only natural. it's also quite comical. working at a climbing gym i often get to hear about how physically gifted people's children are. and how they're so great at climbing EVERYthing. trees, walls, stairs, corporate ladders... i'm reminded of this as i spoke with a mother yesterday who's five year old is "LITERALLY a better climber than any ten year old" she's ever seen.
i wonder if my parents thought i was LITERALLY the best something...
i'm sure...

my first stage race!

the tour of walla walla 2010.
two days, three races. 6000 miles!
jk just kidding. three races in two days, yes, but not quite 6000 miles.
day one is tomorrow, saturday, and has us doing a 9 mile time trial and later in the day a 25 minute criterium.
on sunday we'll do a 58 mile road race.
i'm not too worried about the road race as i've done a few of those. i've never done a time trial. and it's been a while since i've ridden a crit.
but as is the case with every race i do, i'm nervous as hell. and this one makes me tripley nervous. it'll be fun and a good experience to see what i need to work on and how i handle multiple races in multiple days. so i'm excited and scared.
oh, and my second stage race is NEXT weekend.

bo jackson!

the greatest two-sport athlete of all time. except maybe jim thorpe. and myself.

on blogging

everyone in this day and age blogs. so i'm going to as well. but my blog will be better than everyone else's blog. those other blogs suck. like the ones with pictures of cats. or the ones with porn you can look at while you're at work. or blogs about the color green. or the blog about that one guy that paints. man, those blogs are tired and mostly retarded [forgive me, retarded readers, if i offended you. i just used the word "retarded" to signify something that was dumb or gay (crap! sorry to you, my homosexual audience, as i used the word "gay" to signify something that's unenjoyable or a waste)]. anyway. what i'm trying to say is that my blog is gonna be super bitchen. and will be about stuff like rock climbing, and bike racing, and drinking PBR, and flexing in the mirror, and love, and meerkats, and working.

we all have our toast