i used to think maybe you loved me, now i know that it's true

10 miles of running and 8 miles of walking in 3 days makes Erin a very tired girl. And yet looking at 18 miles in 3 days as opposed to that 26.2 miles in however-many-hours-it's-going-to-take-me-in-one-shot, I've got miles and miles to go. It's definitely getting easier and more fun though my 10 year old tape player has officially died leaving me with freshly taped copies of the Flaming Lips, Beck, and Wilco and no way to enjoy them whilst running. The radio is getting old very fast.

Yesterday on my way to work I was catcalled by a car full of just-graduated highschool boys as I was walking to work jamming out to Katrina and the Waves lil' ditty "Walking on Sunshine." I wanted to stop and point out to them just how pathetic the entire charade was. I am a 31 year old woman without a car walking to work enjoying bad 80s music of my youth that was popular before they were born. Clearly I'm a fan of the younger men, but honestly, that's just vile.

"Our military will stay on the offensive," Mr. Bush said. "We will continue to hunt down people like Mr. Zarqawi and bring them to justice."
"You know," he said, "right after September the 11th, I knew that some would forget the dangers we face, some would hope that the world would be what it's not: a peaceful place where people wouldn't want to do harm to those of us who love freedom. I vowed that day, after September the 11th, to do everything I could to protect the American people. And I was able to make that claim because there were people such as yourselves, who are willing to be on the front line in the war on terror."

Unbelievable. Despite overwhelming evidence that 9/11 and Iraq were in no way shape or form connected and despite the current presence of al-Quada in Iraq being the direct result of the U.S. invasion...Americans need to justify to themselves why we're over there in the first place and I suppose his rhetoric is enough to keep people placated. It's easier to believe we're "widening liberty in the world" than it is to face the reality that we've needlessly lost 2497 Americans since the beginning of the war.

This weekend is shaping up to be a hot one, to quote everyone's favorite Santana/Rob Thomas song. I'm actually looking forward to working on Saturday as at least I'll be in airconditioning. The rest of the weekend you can bet I'll be languishing on my futon between 2 strategically placed fans sweating.

It's gonna be great.