glamorous life

so, here's what i've been up to. how glamorous does it sound?

i rode my bike to mt. vernon with friends on sunday. i wore my ancient bike shorts because i knew it would be a slow, fun ride, though only ~45 miles. with the combination of the ancient, chafy shorts and the slow ride, my butt was actually swollen (not that anyone could tell from looking, but hey, i know my ass from my elbow). the swelling persisted through the next day. i also had odd small blister stripes from my socks, which had not happened before. so the ride turned out to be more of a medical experiment, really.

had a fun margaritas-and-enchiladas girl-date with a hand-me-down girl from a guy friend. c has decided that i need more girlfriends, so he's going to date around, and pass some off to me. i'm not sure who benefits more from this plan...

i heard a woman on the street saying "well, we have to practice to improve our skills, so you end up with a room full of women giving each other lapdances".

bought 2 magazines for a head-to-head on who gets to be my next subscription. (wired and smithsonian aren't lasting a full month of gym-time, and the other publication i get is the journal science, waaaaay to dense for the elliptical machine). so i bought 'the economist' because everyone in this town reads it (the kicker was this morning, when a rickety unshaven old guy in plaid got on the metro reading it), and the other is 'bust' on the recommendation of c's new friend that i need to 'get up to speed on girlie stuff'. results to follow!