I Wish That I Could See You Soon

Herman Dune. One of my favorites.

Dr Stringz - Andrew Bird

I've always loved this guy's voice

Some Crazy Bastard Wants to Hit Me

Particle Man

What the hell? Why not?

Tiny Toons in Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

I think Adam mentioned that he hadn't seen the Tiny Toons video for the song, so here you go:

TINY TOONS IN ISTANBUL
Uploaded by filyos

Just to Clear Up Any Confusion

Adam already knows what's up, but just in case the rest of you don't know, Istanbul by They Might Be Giants is one of the best songs ever. Here's the video, which is also super awesome:

They Might Be Giants - Instanbul (Not Constantinople)
Uploaded by jpdc11

Roadrunner

So on Monday, during one of those "introduce yourself to the class" type things, I mentioned that I had run the half the day before. I received a healthy round of applause and adoration from the predominantly female class (girls are always way more impressed by things like that than are guys), however one girl chimed in with "Oh, I did too!" She then asked me what my time was and I told her and found out that she beat me by like 45 minutes. Class then sort of resumed, so I sat down. After class, however, I hung out for a second and talked to her as we walked out. She's one of those very very happy people. She smiled big, and often, and for good reasons (I'm pleasant, and she has the whitest teeth ever). I didn't think much more about her that day.

Then today, on Wednesday, she sits down (she sits two seats to my left, on the other side of this gorgeous Asian girl named Julie) and immediately asks me how my legs feel. I tell her, "Actually, they feel good today. I am going to go hiking on Friday." She bounces back with "Oh good! I'm actually going on Saturday if you want to come" I can't, because I have to work on Saturday, and I told her as much. We didn't get to keep talking though, because class started, so after class I talked to her again. I found out her name is , and she has just started cycling. I also found out that we were planning to hike the same trail, coincidentally. We talked a little bit about the San Francisco (Half) Marathon, which I registered for this morning. She lamented her lack of running partners, and how she has no one to run with on her long runs, and said that I should run with her on her next long run. I warned her that I'd just slow her down, but she said she didn't care, and that she'd deal with it. Then she sort of just looked at me for a few seconds, so I tore the top off of an Orbits gum package and gave her my number. We'll see if she calls or not. I love reading way too much into things.