An alien insect!

Holy sh*t!!! Google maps has just discovered a 50 meter arthropod in Germany! Run for your lives!

Dance Dance Revolution / PIU

Watching people dance can be just as motivating and inspiring for me as watching athletes give their all in their sport. I've only tried playing DDR at an arcade once just this past summer and had quite a delight with it. If only I were two decades younger, I'd be aspiring to jive like that guy in the video above. (I watched it closely and I do believe he lands on most if not all of the correct lights dead on!)

He's definitely got the moves and is the coolest DDR Pump-It-Up (PIU) dancer I've seen yet.

Groove on!

Update: 9/30/06
It's not a DDR but rather a Pump It Up (PIU) machine in the video--both of which are arcade competitors with different dance pad layouts. Also, I've found out that the guy is James "Smidget" Devito, arguably the top U.S. competitor in PIU. I believe he's sponsored and involved in promoting the home console for Andamiro (see interview). Below are youtube links to his other performances:
1. WPF 2005 in Korea (I think James placed 2nd in the freestyle category.)
2. USPF 2005 (?) in Greenhorn, US.
3. Misc (unknown info)

Our 2006 MS Bike Tour

September 16th & 17th: 150 miles in two days.

It's the 2006 NJ "City-To-Shore" MS Bike Tour that three of my friends and I just did. Actually, they did the round trip 150; I only rode Saturday's 75 miles and took a long bus ride back to my car, which is how I signed up to do the Tour. Just can't stand to leave Melinda and the kids for too long, y'know. :-)

My lesson learned: sleep, sleep, sleep and drink, drink, drink. I barely slept 1.5 hours the night before due to a lot of irresponsible last minute preparation; and then on the ride, didn't grab any of my water bottles until the first rest stop. (Good lordie, why the halibut was I not thinking!?) So as you probably guessed, the inevitable occurred: severe fatigue and cramp city in both my calves. Ouch.

But yeah, I made it through thanks to my pals and the miracle of drafting. But I certainly was mad at myself the whole ride home as well as the next day for having such inept hindsight.

Our next tour is October 1st: The Pumpkin Patch Pedal @ 100 miles. So last night, I did an exact two hours on my trainer: hill intervals. A lot of huffing and puffing. It was my penance.

Ride on.

2 blogs become 1

I maintain a separate 'workout' blog that I may soon merge into this one. I'm getting tired of having to bounce among entries. After all, life is the whole enchilada, n'est pas? Might as well dish it all here to convey the bigger picture.

For now, I'm just changing the colors. How pretty.