Update-y thingy.
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datlowen. But then I realize that that would take too much energy. I'll settle for the random, I guess.
Anyway....
Ran yesterday morning. It was good, and it was fast. The problem was that someone fell into pace 5 steps behind me, making me feel like a rabbit. (The race kind, not the bunny kind.) My stupid stupid competitive streak won't let someone who is close to my pace overtake me, so I kicked it up a notch. Which made that person actually use me as a rabbit. Which made me run about 5 seconds faster than my usual race pace. I need to do that more often. Run faster, not be a rabbit. Although, if rabbiting makes me do that....
The word rabbit has now lost all sense to me. Rabbit rabbit rabbit.
Ahem.
So I ran in the morning, and then biked into work. I love my bike, as it is big and tough and was Robin's, but it has some bad habits that seem to be ingrained (hey, just like Rob!). Chain slippage, gears not quite in place, etc. I'll take it in again, but they haven't been able to find the cause yet. I'm only worried about the MN Red Ribbon Ride. My daily commute is one thing, but I'd prefer it to be in top shape for a ride that is 100+ miles per day.
Huh. Looking at the website, I see this year's Ride is sponsored by Chipotle. Huh. Well, at least I like their food, if not their corporate parent.
The upshot is, I'm biking in to work instead of walking in now. Which means I'm going to try to get in a 7-mile run tonight. We'll see if it works.
It looks like Zach and I have found an apartment. It's within spitting distance of the Walker museum (old Guthrie), garden-level (which I don't like), 2-bedroom, gigantic, etc. My biggest objection to the place is the bathtub. More specifically, the absolute lack of one and the slightly institutional feel of the shower room. Yes, shower room. The shower is bigger than some of the bathrooms I have had before.
My second objection to it is that it was clearly a gigantic studio apartment, and then they decided to put up some walls to make it a two-bedroom, so the interior walls are extremely flimsy.
Zach says it has sort of a bohemian feel to it, and he's right, even if the thought does make me sing "La Vie Boheme" from Rent. We're going to spend a small fortune on fabrics for draping and muffling and whatnot. We'll also probably be allowed to paint, which will be nice. I'm tired of white walls.
The best part about the place? Private entrance. There's a door that leads into the building proper, but there's also an entrance that goes right up and out into the street. You'd better believe that will be our main entrance.
All in all, not a perfect place. On the other hand, as I've been saying, 2004 is all about pushing boundaries. I tend to find places that are already perfect (see my last two apartments). This one can be made to be ours, and I think that's a good thing. I also think that I'll be doing most of the initial ours-making, as Z is, howdoyousay, hella busy for the next 6 months. And if it's truly hellish, we can move in a year. The joys of renting.
datlowen. But then I realize that that would take too much energy. I'll settle for the random, I guess.Anyway....
Ran yesterday morning. It was good, and it was fast. The problem was that someone fell into pace 5 steps behind me, making me feel like a rabbit. (The race kind, not the bunny kind.) My stupid stupid competitive streak won't let someone who is close to my pace overtake me, so I kicked it up a notch. Which made that person actually use me as a rabbit. Which made me run about 5 seconds faster than my usual race pace. I need to do that more often. Run faster, not be a rabbit. Although, if rabbiting makes me do that....
The word rabbit has now lost all sense to me. Rabbit rabbit rabbit.
Ahem.
So I ran in the morning, and then biked into work. I love my bike, as it is big and tough and was Robin's, but it has some bad habits that seem to be ingrained (hey, just like Rob!). Chain slippage, gears not quite in place, etc. I'll take it in again, but they haven't been able to find the cause yet. I'm only worried about the MN Red Ribbon Ride. My daily commute is one thing, but I'd prefer it to be in top shape for a ride that is 100+ miles per day.
Huh. Looking at the website, I see this year's Ride is sponsored by Chipotle. Huh. Well, at least I like their food, if not their corporate parent.
The upshot is, I'm biking in to work instead of walking in now. Which means I'm going to try to get in a 7-mile run tonight. We'll see if it works.
It looks like Zach and I have found an apartment. It's within spitting distance of the Walker museum (old Guthrie), garden-level (which I don't like), 2-bedroom, gigantic, etc. My biggest objection to the place is the bathtub. More specifically, the absolute lack of one and the slightly institutional feel of the shower room. Yes, shower room. The shower is bigger than some of the bathrooms I have had before.
My second objection to it is that it was clearly a gigantic studio apartment, and then they decided to put up some walls to make it a two-bedroom, so the interior walls are extremely flimsy.
Zach says it has sort of a bohemian feel to it, and he's right, even if the thought does make me sing "La Vie Boheme" from Rent. We're going to spend a small fortune on fabrics for draping and muffling and whatnot. We'll also probably be allowed to paint, which will be nice. I'm tired of white walls.
The best part about the place? Private entrance. There's a door that leads into the building proper, but there's also an entrance that goes right up and out into the street. You'd better believe that will be our main entrance.
All in all, not a perfect place. On the other hand, as I've been saying, 2004 is all about pushing boundaries. I tend to find places that are already perfect (see my last two apartments). This one can be made to be ours, and I think that's a good thing. I also think that I'll be doing most of the initial ours-making, as Z is, howdoyousay, hella busy for the next 6 months. And if it's truly hellish, we can move in a year. The joys of renting.
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Now I'm hearing "Living la vida Boheme" which is wrong on many a level.
Date: 2004-04-08 06:56 am (UTC)Since you're doing so much running, is the ability to soak your legs in a tub fairly important? I've never gotten my own mileage up high enough to matter, but I can see where it would be a concern for a more serious runner.
Good luck with the whole housing situation.
Re: Now I'm hearing "Living la vida Boheme" which is wrong on many a level.
Date: 2004-04-08 11:51 am (UTC)So, we might try to find a bench or something so I can at least sit. Or we might find an old-school tub that can be filled up, and bring it into the room whenever I need a soak. Or we might spend a small fortune on Tiger Balm.
The building interior walls are extremely solid. No problems there, luckily.
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Date: 2004-04-08 10:21 am (UTC)See, this is me, wondering last year if Z's cats missed you, if you got to see them, and being all yippy about your getting a cat of your own. I am just a tad more bonded with TC than I am with most people in my life. We were actually discussing this yesterday. I have one friend who admits she loves her cat more, in a strange connected way, than her spouse or her children.
Yes.
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Date: 2004-04-08 11:53 am (UTC)We will be combining cats. My Damien with his Daisy and Hank. The good thing is that Damien will now have cats to play with while his humans are away. The bad thing is he and Daisy are both extremely smart, and the battle for Alpha will probably be protracted. Also, Daisy is a fairly anti-social cat. Hank is just a giant scaredy-cat, so I'm assuming lots of under-the-couch time for him.
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Date: 2004-04-08 11:21 am (UTC)Hope it works out, and can't wait to see pics after you've had your wicked way with it.
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Date: 2004-04-08 11:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-08 04:30 pm (UTC)And duuuuuude, how much fun would a party that had you and me and smonster at it be? SO MUCH FUN, I tell you!
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Date: 2004-04-09 08:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-08 05:19 pm (UTC)Wanted to say hi and also I'm in the general area you're looking to move into (I'm on Lake of the Isles). Good location over all in terms of things to do, and just an overall atmosphere.
K. Done now.
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Date: 2004-04-15 09:34 am (UTC)I love LotI. Favorite running place in the morning.
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Date: 2004-04-15 09:39 am (UTC)And agreed with the running. In the late spring to early fall I try to run it every other day.
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Date: 2004-04-08 06:16 pm (UTC)