I finally gave in and got a Blip.fm account. I sincerely hate how in that community “Blip” became a verb synonymous with “playing a song”. But then I’m quite guilty of saying I “Foursquared” someplace.
Anyways, it’s been a fantastic evening searching for one 90s song that leads to Wikipedia-ing for more songs and thinking about more songs to, er, Blip.
I never claim to have good taste in music, my lingering backlash to snooty high school classmates who sniffed at pop radio (680 on the AM dial) and exalted in the …

I’m blogging the night before my fourth marathon because I can. Usually I have been away in a different city and NPY is with me in our hotel room and everything is an unknown.
Tomorrow, the route could not be more familiar and that is comforting while driving me nuts. I’m going to hate the long loops we make in south False Creek and in Kits.
I hope I haven’t forgotten anything….
* Select race outfit – check
* Pin race bib on shirt – check
* Bottles of Gatorade chilling in the fridge – …

I finally had time to update my Moto phone with a 2008 selection of music. Here’s a snippet of my playlist which is patched together from my running history/nostalgia, “Ultimate Chick Playlist” suggestions, and high bpm (beats per minute) lists from JogTunes.com.
ABC / Jackson 5 / 188 bpm / Good oldieThe Boxer / Simon & Garfunkel / 182 bpm / Good oldieDon’t Stop Believing / Journey / 1981 / I associate this song with a great little movie and love itI Ran / Flock of Seagulls / 1982 / …

I read through a somewhat hokey list of motivational ways to get running and, naturally, jot down the book and movie recommendations….
“The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, a short story by Alan Sillitoe, tells the tale of a rebellious youth in a reformatory who runs in solitude and makes a stand against a system he doesn’t believe in. You’ll have new appreciation for the power of solo runs.” (There is an Iron Maiden song by the same name)
“The cult classic Once a Runner, [written] by talented runner …

I saw this cute meme at a couple of local blogs and seeing as I just loaded new music on my non-iPod MP3 player, let’s play!
How to play: Set your music delivery device on random and press forward in order to answer the following questions using the song title for your answer….
(Caveat: I only shuffled through my running songs and that is less than 1GB of music at my disposal. Otherwise, some of the answers proved very freaky!)
What does this year have in store for me?Stars are …