Almost Duffy

So Ashee was chillin. We were watching Karate Cop with Louis (bext movie ever). Duffy calls and is all like "Oh, I had an idea, but nevermind," after I let Ashlee say nothing to her on my phone. I finally got her to tell me that her idea was that I go to her house and get a blow J. Nah, I'm kidding. The idea was that I go hang out with her at her house. She sounded a bit disappointed/embarrassed maybe? I'm pretty sure that i'm reading this all correctly now. She definitely sounded a little in the negative when it occurred to her that I was going to be busy. I told her that if Ashee left soon, I'd call her. Ashee stayed forever. Lol, just kidding, I don't even care. I'm gonna hang out with Duffy tomorrow instead, which will give me time to get all nice smelling, and wash some clothes.

"Just thinkin' about
Tomorrow
Clears away the cobwebs,
And the sorrow
'Til there's none!"

Tomorrow from Annie

Plan for the Night

Ashlee's on her way over right now. We are going to go eat sushi. It's been a while since I've had sushi, actually. I mean, not like years or months, even. Weeks. But I think that considering that I only started eating sushi about 6 weeks ago, going a few weeks without it is more or less momentous. It didn't change my life. I sort of expected it to. I enjoy it, but it's all tofurkey to me. I know that there is something I'm missing. There has to be. Sushi isn't just cucumber, avacado, carrot, asaparagus, rice, and seaweed. Great brutes with their wasabi and soy sauce. Teriyaki for amerikans, even. I think that there is some sweet fish somewhere. White flesh with no bones. I have a collection of fish bones that I'm looking to get rid of.

Heroes: Blue Planet Runners

from blueplanetrun.org/run :

The Blue Planet Run covered 15,200 miles, across 16 countries and 3 continents, 24 hours a day for 95 days to deliver an extremely urgent and important message: we can and must begin today to alleviate the catastrophic burden placed on over a billion people who, every day, must drink unsafe local water, or travel long distances on foot to search for safe water for themselves and their families.

Starting in New York City on June 1, 2007, a team of "20 ordinary male and female athletes doing extraordinary things" ran around the clock along a route that included the U.S., Ireland, the U.K., France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China, Japan and Canada. Each runner sprinted 10 miles a day. The Baton was passed at more than1,500 exchange points. The Run ended back in New York City, on September 4, 2007. Each exchange point and heartfelt moment was captured in the media, fueled by well-organized events in major cities and an international PR campaign. The run was made possible by the generous support of the Dow Chemical Company as the Presenting Sponsor.

The movement began with a step, followed by millions more.

20 international runners, 24 hours a day, 95 days, 15,200 miles, 26.7 million strides
to deliver the message, on foot, hand to hand, face to face, step by step, drop by drop ...
and we will continue until everyone has safe drinking water.

Heroes: Scott Rigsby

In high school, an accident caused the amputation of one of Scott Rigsby's legs. He went through a whole bunch of surgeries to save the other leg, only to eventually have it voluntarily amputated because the surgeries were only mildly successful. He worked his way through a number of prosthetics, and has finally landed some sweet carbon fiber looking things. He now races marathons and triathlons, and became the first double amputee to complete an Ironman Triathlon (2.4mile swim, 112mile bike ride, 26.2mile run). He was previously the first double amputee to complete an Olympic distance triathlon, as well as a Half-Ironman.