One Week!

One week from today I should be done with my first Chicago Marathon. I am excited and a little anxious. I don't necessarily care what my time is, I just want to finish. That's it. Next year, I'll worry about times.

And this morning there was the Bucktown 5k. A fun run. It wasn't far, but pfft, I wasn't happy with how I felt during the run. I've dismissed it. It doesn't do any good to dwell on such things, especially when most runs, like the marathon, tend to be largely psychological.

As far as the politics go, I could care less. The whole McCain/Obama/Palin/Biden thing is just killing me. I could not be less impressed with any of them. I think there are a lot of Dems out there who are incredibly excited about Obama, but have no idea why other than it counts as a vote against some conservative policy and the current administration. But, what does Obama actually have a plan for? A policy? I don't think they have any idea. And then there's the McCain supporters. I can think of only one word for them: begrudgingly.

In other news, my Comcast internet connectivity is the worst it has ever been. I'm sort of resigned to this crap until I can get AT&T DSL or Verizon FiOS. I've had no connection, whatsoever in the evenings for the last several days. I imagine it has to do with the fact that Comcast can't handle the traffic that's being generated by the baseball playoffs. Why I am paying for that, I have no idea. And, to call them just so they can send an idiot-tech out to tell me it's fine, that's crap.

Speaking of baseball, how about those Cubs? Unbelieveable. Really. How do you get swept in three games when you are the best team in baseball? Not to take anything away from the Dodger's. They played impressive ball, and the Cubs stunk. I don't think I am a huge Cubs fan, but I'd like to see them pull it off sometime. I think the better the Cubs are during the season, the worst the heart break at the end. There are fathers out there, life-long Cubs fans, telling their sons not to follow their team. No, no, I'm sure they'd rather be Pirates fans instead. There's no dissappointment if you have no expectations.

Sorry about the infrequent postings lately. I think I post more when I am not content with my everyday life. Things have been pretty damn good lately so I find myself with less to bitch about. Even Comcast can't keep me angry. I'm just going to deal with them when I can. I do need to keep up with the blogging from the 'writing is good' standpoint though.