The Mighty T (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tiasworld) wrote,@ 2005-09-10 07:18:00 |
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May through July
Getting closer…May is less than ½ a year ago. That is making some progress on the Tia timeline…
May:
April started it and May continued it: the beginning of my bicycle obsession. I have liked bikes many years, but I have never really let them take my life over. But now I have. I continued riding to work. I started riding with 3 different cycling clubs. Through Cycling Sisters I took a “Clean Your Bike” workshop. So I now know more about my bike and how to care for it properly than I ever did before. I signed-up for Ride for Aids Chicago. And started my fundraising for this 2-day 170 mile bike ride to Wisconsin and back.
Just a few good reasons to commute by bike:
1. Better for the environment.
2. Little need to support oil wars.
3. Better for my body.
4. Satisfaction of knowing I got to work purely powered by me.
5. Money, money, money.
Other than being obsessed with bike riding I also was spending a bit of time preparing for a couple of job interviews with Google.
June:
Well I completed 2 phone interviews with Google, but unfortunately the only thing that came out of these interviews was a lot of nervousness on my part and good solid phone interview practice. Maybe next time.
The beginning of June was the Ride for AIDS. I raised $2000 and ride 170 miles in 2 glorious days. Thanks again to those who sponsored me on that ride. When my gallery pages come back-up I will be posting pictures there. I already have them digitalized so it will not take me long. Here is a sneak peek of the pictures to come
July:
I brought in my 31st year with a small party in my backyard. The drought hit Chicago so hard that I was afraid that the kids in the neighborhood setting off bottle rockets were going to set my lawn on fire.
A couple of weekends after that I headed out to Michigan to join Sara on One Helluva Ride which is a hundred mile bike ride starting and Chelsea and looping through Hell, Michigan. I was happy to join Sara on her first century ride.
At the end of the month I volunteered at Lollapalooza. Day 1: I handed out leaflets and guided people to the lines at the entrance for a couple of hours. Then I had the rest of the day to a few bands that I really wanted to see such at the (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Black Keys (who had the hair tossing thing down to an art). Day 2: I cleaned rock stars bathrooms. I ended in a paid position where I went through the trailers of the performers when they went on stage to prepare them for the next performer. So instead of being out in the sun dealing with people all day, I sat in the shade and for 10 minutes each hour I would run through and air conditioned trailer and straighten and clean it up. All this time I was behind the 2 bigger stages listening to music. It all worked out for the best for me. Unfortunately, none of the bands grabbed my attention on this day.
One of the best things of July: the Perimeter Ride. What’s that you ask? It is a hundred mile bike ride along the perimeter of Chicago. Along the way I saw such sites as the Car Stack, the Leaning Tower of Niles and of course the ride ended with a dip into Lake Michigan.
Phew…this update is getting long. That keeps happening. So, I am going to end this update. And come back to August on the next one. We are so close to being caught up I can taste it!
Getting closer…May is less than ½ a year ago. That is making some progress on the Tia timeline…
May:
April started it and May continued it: the beginning of my bicycle obsession. I have liked bikes many years, but I have never really let them take my life over. But now I have. I continued riding to work. I started riding with 3 different cycling clubs. Through Cycling Sisters I took a “Clean Your Bike” workshop. So I now know more about my bike and how to care for it properly than I ever did before. I signed-up for Ride for Aids Chicago. And started my fundraising for this 2-day 170 mile bike ride to Wisconsin and back.
Just a few good reasons to commute by bike:
1. Better for the environment.
2. Little need to support oil wars.
3. Better for my body.
4. Satisfaction of knowing I got to work purely powered by me.
5. Money, money, money.
Other than being obsessed with bike riding I also was spending a bit of time preparing for a couple of job interviews with Google.
June:
Well I completed 2 phone interviews with Google, but unfortunately the only thing that came out of these interviews was a lot of nervousness on my part and good solid phone interview practice. Maybe next time.
The beginning of June was the Ride for AIDS. I raised $2000 and ride 170 miles in 2 glorious days. Thanks again to those who sponsored me on that ride. When my gallery pages come back-up I will be posting pictures there. I already have them digitalized so it will not take me long. Here is a sneak peek of the pictures to come
July:
I brought in my 31st year with a small party in my backyard. The drought hit Chicago so hard that I was afraid that the kids in the neighborhood setting off bottle rockets were going to set my lawn on fire.
A couple of weekends after that I headed out to Michigan to join Sara on One Helluva Ride which is a hundred mile bike ride starting and Chelsea and looping through Hell, Michigan. I was happy to join Sara on her first century ride.
At the end of the month I volunteered at Lollapalooza. Day 1: I handed out leaflets and guided people to the lines at the entrance for a couple of hours. Then I had the rest of the day to a few bands that I really wanted to see such at the (International) Noise Conspiracy and The Black Keys (who had the hair tossing thing down to an art). Day 2: I cleaned rock stars bathrooms. I ended in a paid position where I went through the trailers of the performers when they went on stage to prepare them for the next performer. So instead of being out in the sun dealing with people all day, I sat in the shade and for 10 minutes each hour I would run through and air conditioned trailer and straighten and clean it up. All this time I was behind the 2 bigger stages listening to music. It all worked out for the best for me. Unfortunately, none of the bands grabbed my attention on this day.
One of the best things of July: the Perimeter Ride. What’s that you ask? It is a hundred mile bike ride along the perimeter of Chicago. Along the way I saw such sites as the Car Stack, the Leaning Tower of Niles and of course the ride ended with a dip into Lake Michigan.
Phew…this update is getting long. That keeps happening. So, I am going to end this update. And come back to August on the next one. We are so close to being caught up I can taste it!
