Seeing the sunrise, well sorta

It is a rare thing for me to see a sunrise. I am not much of a morning person. I feel like this is due to the fact that I am having to leave a warm, comfortable bed to expose myself to the riggers of the world, first of all is the cold floor. Today is a different story however. Today, I was up to see the sunrise (except for the fact that it is a cloudy, overcast morning.

I am up for a twofold reason; 1 is that I didn't get home until around 2:30 and I needed to be awake around 7, 2 is that I knew that I wouldn't get to sleep until probably 4 and having to get up at 7 would just make me grumpy. With that knowledge, I just stayed up, studied, read, stretched, did some basic exercises, watched the news, drank coffee, ate breakfast and prepared myself to have a GREAT day.

So, that is what I am going to do. I am going to get an 'A' on my exam this morning. I am going to enjoy another day in college. I am going to race my bike tonight and (maybe, just maybe) podium. But I am going to have myself a GREAT day. Grumpy people, just stay out of my way!

Econ and Stand Up

So, I am taking a short break from my econ studying to write this. But there is nothing like good, slightly dirty stand up comedy to help you focus on Economics. Tonight's act is featuring Mitch Hedberg.

Mitch Hedberg was a very funny man. But like most comedians, his life came to an extremely premature end. Drugs are bad children. Just remember, say no to crack.

Ode to Ugly Runner Face

Ode to Ugly Runner Face:
I see you running with a face like someone at mile 24,
I know this is not true as I just saw you at the door.

Your pace is slower than a snail
On top of that you are extremely pale

You rock short shorts like you have a bod,
yet you eat more than a football team.

I respect the fact that you are trying to better yourself,
I really do, but can you run at night so no one has to see you?

Your face looks very much like death,
Yet working out should be something fun.

Please keep up the run, I hope that it can eventually,
maybe one day, possibly become fun.

Please do not get upset,
I just need a way to vent.

Like you with running,
this is how I show my Ugly Runner Face.

Cows, the sure sign of spring?

Well, today I went out for about 2.5 hours on a bike. I hadn't been out since Thursday and it was just a great afternoon to be alive. I left and did a modifided version of my standard ride from the house, climb up and over the hills to Todd, NC and then do it backwards. Along this ride, I see a few different herds of cows.

Well, along with these herds, I saw more than enough cows (both behind fences and roaming free- this was a shock, seeing such a large animal roaming free) this weekend. After seeing so many cows and calves this weekend, I realized that cows tell you the season!

Now, I know that spring is the time for calves to be born, thats not what I am talking about. What I am talking about is you can look at the cows, their physical appearance and know that spring is come.

As spring arrives, the cows are more frisky, they will climb into their hay, chase after each other and then nap in the sun. But they also tend to stare you down as you ride past, ofter uttering among themselves "you may be able to ride faster, but I'll knock you over" and "small people may be fast, but I don't give a Sh*t, I'll still knock you over". Add with that, their winter diet has them in great fighting shape and you have the makings of disaster.

But they are all talk and no action, preferring to just eat their lives away; eat, poop, eat, eye passing cars, poop...... it just never stops.

But really, next time you drive/ride/walk/ crawl/dance or any other mode of transporation past a cow, look it in the eye. See the vast amounts of badass-ness that the cow throws off and be thankful that it is (hopefully) behind a fence.