*shiver shiver*

This article I read recently in the London Review of Books sent shivers down my spine. It's over 20 pages long but well worth the slog.

Motorcrash

My fellow grad student Jack and I were out riding yesterday afternoon when we saw this. I guess one can't be too careful...

The Canal Classic

A handful of us Ithacans went to Little Falls in the Mohawk Valley over the weekend to compete in the Canal Classic 2006 bike race, including yours truly. It was good fun and really hard, especially since it was pretty windy and I rode all alone the whole way (~54 km). I guess I was pretty pathetic towards the end as I found myself yelling, in Icelandic, at the wind. Anyhow, much to my surprise I walked away with a prize! It might have had something to do with the number of participants in my category *hóst hóst* but what the hell, who cares?? A plaque's a plaque, right?

Much less surprisingly, Shan also got a prize. We're so cool ;)

The night before the race we spent at a friend's parents' house. For inexplicable reasons we ended up watching 'Hostel'. I'm still having bad dreams. Yikes.

Friday night

Uhhh... I'm looking forward to going home. Just a little more desktime. Thank heavens for Björk and Pagan Poetry, how would one otherwise make it through grad school?