Erik Amundsen's Blog, page 59

Bicycle

The standard 50 minute ride, done in the standard 50 minutes.  Feels easier every time, which, I expect, is a good thing.

Cookie Monster's Away on Business

Ayelish Flies Again! #submissionsdontmatter

"Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #4: Lily of the West" has been accepted for Not One of Us, either issue 46 or one TBD!

Run Blogging Wants to be Your Secret Hater

Well, that was not bad.  I am always disappointed when it comes time for the accounting when I push  past 5K.  It always seems like a longer distance than I ran, and it always seems like a shorter time in the running.  But I got a little over four miles, including the HILL, I feel good about the distance (really, everything from 4-7 miles feels about the same to me).  I am sitting at my desk, briefly, to rest, but, beyond that, I do not feel bad as a result of the run.  I have no call for shame and so I will feel none.

I have put in a bit of a program for my runs.  I have a playlist that I have on my courtesy-of- skogkatt  player with about 30 songs on it, divided pretty evenly into "just keep running and don't worry about anything else" songs and challenge songs.  The challenge songs fall into a couple of different categories.Rise for the Chorus Songs (Florence + The Machine and the Kiss/The Gossip mashup) - These I have to try and sprint through the chorus (or when Beth is singing in the mashup).  I'm pleased to report that "Cosmic Love" does not kill me the way it did when I tried this with that song last year.Race the Devil Songs (Jen Titus "O Death," Amanda (Fucking) Palmer "Ideotheque," and the German Cello version of "Smooth Criminal") - When one of these songs comes on, I look at the furthest point I can see (or pick the next corner) and race the end of the song to it.  Stride Lengtheners (Ane Brun, the weird French hip hop song).  Match my stride to the rhythm of the song as best I can, which usually means lengthening my stride to keep pace.There is No "I" in "Faster, Faster, You Fool, You Fool" (All the techno and the pop/metal mashups).  However fast I am going, I need to go faster for as long as I can.No, I don't really think it's that interesting to anyone who isn't me, but it seems to be working.  If nothing else, it keeps me from getting bored and boredom kills my running dead.

cucumberseed @ 2011-08-14T12:58:00

Looks like my gmail was accessed by Serbians.  I've changed the password, but if you get something from me you don't think I would have sent, I didn't.  Let me know.

I want to be your secret hater...

I am on tumblr .  Not sure what all I'm going to DO with it, yet, but I'm sure I will do something.

Mythology Question

ETA sometimes red on cyan sites are correct!  csecooney  confirms that it is asphodel, a daffodil relative.

What kind of flower was it the Persephone picked that pulled up Hades?  The internet is giving me answers (leaning daffodil), but the places that do answer are... well... Red text on cyan background kinds of places, so I don't find them very trustworthy.  I did find out some interesting bits about daffodils.

Run Blogging

I ran.  About 3.5 in Forever-and-a-Day, but I ran it, including the death hill, no stopping, no walking.  Threw a couple of sprints in there when Florence was singing, but that's about it.

MLK on rioting. (by asim)

Originally posted by asim at MLK on rioting.I confess I have not followed, with the alacrity I should, the story of the UK rioting -- work, birthday party prep, and other issues have made following that story a challenge. Yet, when I look upon this video that's spreading fairly virally:

Autumn War Designs in Watercolor

Snori, who's is one of the setting's Orc-expies.  Played on Monday nights by skaorn  . 

Lower level is someone in traditional Ash garb (could be divideby0  's Wrauch) and PFC Dodger/PFC Rick/PFC Exposition.