How do you keep calm?
Submitted by L33tchica.
Not really sometimes I panic, but sometimes I take a deep breath and try to think camly. My parents say I have alot of common sense so I think about that and try to do the right thing and think about the problem. :)
Hi! My name is Emma, and I love Naruto and Death Note....... I don't seem like the person to like that kind of stuff but oh well..... I like rock music and my favorite bands are: Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, and Breaking Benjiman. Yet again I don't seem like a person to like those bands either....... -_- I'm learning french but I really really want to learn Japanese. D: I have an art acount and the art is really bad because I take pictures of the photos and I don't have a scanner and I wish I did so I need good grades to get one. I use ink to outline my drawings (I only did that once) and it turned out pretty good so I'll do that from now on. Here's my art acount [link] Please don't look it's like really bad. D:
I Like Blue! :) And here's a Deidara! He's grey! I tried to shade I really did! ;_; I used ink and photoshop! >:D
Bye.
Bill Greg and I arrived in Buenos Aires a week ago without incident. The first thing we did after checking into the hotel was go to Cafe Americana (which is not an American Cafe in any sense of the word), where we had empanadas de carne picada, y pizza con anchoa. These items have been on Bill`s mind for 6 months, and it was clear we couldn´t begin the Buenos Aires fun until the aforementioned was consumed in large quantity, at least by one of us!!! We stayed for two days, and visited several interesting barrios including Palermo Viejo, San Telmo and the microcentro. Buenos Aires is lively, crowded, interesting, and fun. We wandered through the plaza in San Telmo where I bought a bracelet we had watched the artist make. We stopped in cafes and had delicious cappuccinos. We had two great steak dinners and side dishes. On Friday, Bill and I left Greg in BA and flew to Rio Gallegos to begin 12 days of fun and fishing. Our good friends, Diego and Claudio, picked us up at the airport and brought us to Claudio´s apartment, which he had vacated for us! It is warm and cozy, just a block from the main drag and a couple blocks from the center of all the action. This little town in the middle of nowhere is as vibrant as BA in its own, unique way. We have been at dinner at midnight or 1:00 each night, not getting home till 2:00 or 3:00 AM, and the cafes and restaurants are full at that hour. Families are walking around at 11:00 PM. Of course it helps that it isn´t dark until after that hour. The life is so different here - people know how to live and enjoy each moment. When I think of my early mornings (5-5:30), two-hour daily commute, working downtown, stress, schedules, fighting to get to the gym before all the aerobics machines are taken, etc., I think "Yeah, I could live here"...and I still think that.....until the wind picks up like it did today and I think....maybe not....
Bill has been fishing for three days, and on his second day he caught two uge brown trout, at the end of a long, windy, cold, and at times rainy day. Talk about working for your reward, but he loves it. The guys had a blast on the river. When they got home, we went down to the river and watched the fireworks display they put on to celebrrate the town´s 121st anniversary. It was the most spectacular fireworks I have ever seen. It began at 1:00 AM and lasted an hour. We were right under the fireworks, and could feel the little explosions in our legs when they went off. It was thrilling! The whole town was there, and they played Italian arias over the loud speakers as the fireworks went off. They really know how to do things down here!!
The following night, Bill didn´t get home til 1:00, and Claudio went and got his girlfriend, Claudia (yes, Claudio and Claudia!), and they made us a wonderful pasta dinner, which we consumed at 3:00 AM.
More later.....
As a follow up to my post about the 2006 Napa Valley Tour de Cure, I'd like to report that the May 7 ride was spectacular! There were 2000 riders, and we collectively raised over $1,000,000 for the American Diabetes Association, reaching a goal that some thought was beyond our capabilities!
On that day I rode 50 miles with my friends Faisal and Sindhu. The day started out cold and foggy, but 45 minutes into the ride, the sunshine appeared and it was a clear, warm, colorful day, with the fragrance of grapevines permeating the valley.
This event is so well organized. On the 50-mile ride, there were 3 well-spaced rest stops. As soon as I felt like I needed to stop for water and a snack - boom - rest stop appeared with complementary water, energy bars and drinks, fruit, bagels and peanut butter.
Riders could stay at the rest stops for as long as they needed and fuel up for the next leg of the ride. A bottle of water and an energy bar sure
tastes like a meal at a fine French restaurant after you've ridden your bike for almost 40 miles! When we arrived at the finish line, there was a great lunch waiting for us, as well as music, a wine auction and a clown for the kids. And with all the other riders there, we could sit around and gloat about our accomplishment!
Next year, I'm going to stay an extra day or two in the Napa Valley and enjoy some mud baths nd mineral spas, not to mention the fine cuisine and wine which can be found in the valley.
It feels so good to participate in this event and others like it, because you are contributing a lot to finding a prevention and possibly a cure for this insidious disease. And you are also doing something really good for your own health and physical strength by training for the event, and then participating in it. It's a win-win situation!
I would encourage people who don't ride a bike to just rent one and do the 10-mile ride next year. No harm done with that, and even most people who aren't very fit or aren't fit at all will be able to complete that ride. Most importantly, you feel really good about yourself and it will inspire you to continue taking care of yourself.
Participating in this ride has fostered a desire to ride farther and faster! I have created a goal for myself of riding my bike 100 miles in a single day before the end of the year. I think events like these cause a person to challenge themselves to do more and do better, so there's all kinds of secondary and tertiary value an individual and a community gains from these events.
A HUGE THANKS TO MY SPONSORS!! WITHOUT YOU GUYS THIS ONE MILLION DOLLAR MILESTONE WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED!
Bill Dobkin Rebecca Long Alisa Colloms Michael Wangeman
Tom Ebner Karen Szeto Jenny Kuo Patty Urda Stefanie Lee Betsy Pierce Justin Taylor Ginger Tulley Chuck Tulley, Jr. Ret and Chuck Tulley Mike Tulley (a special thanks, big brother, for the $250.00 donation!!
Last year I rode 50 miles (on my mountain bike) in the Tour de Cure in Napa. It was a such a fantastic day! The weather was perfect, the route is absolutely gorgeous, I was riding with lots of friends and colleagues, and most importantly I helped raise quite a lot of money for the American Diabetes Association. My husband, Bill, has diabetes and had to start injecting insulin nightly about 6 months ago. Probably anyone reading this blog has a family or friend who has diabetes. Maybe you have it yourself - so many people do. Anyway, it feels so good to help an organization try to find prevention and cure for a disease that touches so many. I will be riding again on Sunday, May 7. If anyone reading this would like to participate in the event, please go to the Tour de Cure site:
http://tour.diabetes.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TC_homepage
If you can't ride or volunteer, but would like to sponsor someone, I would greatly appreciate your sponsorship. Here is my web page for the event where you can make an on-line donation:
I work at Schwab, and we have had the largest fund-raising team for the last 5 years as wells as the most riders of any other team. If you'd like, you can join Team Schwab.
Click here to view the team page for Team Schwab
If the text above does not appear as a clickable link, you can visit the web address:
http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR?team_id=110418&pg=team&fr_id=3324&et=PpHjxyJptDktLgmTJKpFgg..&s_tafId=42341
Thanks so much!
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