My Week In Tweets For 2010-06-30

• RT @obliviousfool I have 3 lawns to get rid of for tonight. Friend got pavs on rerelease. Let me know if you need em. in reply to obliviousfool #
• Is that fat bend in the Ocelot lick a Digitech Whammy quasi-#Whalecall or just a big ass bend? #treynerds #stoleitfromjerry #
• Is that fat bend in the Ocelot lick a Digitech Whammy #Whalecall or just a big ass bend? #treynerds #
• Headed to #Comfest Have fun at camden2 friends. #
• First overnight w/o Piper. Got schwilly at #Comfest Hotel'd. #missher #
• Off to #comfest again, with Piper and #geandpeeps in tow. #
• #Comfest #039;d. Sun damaged, waiting for batteries to recharge. So spent, I'm actually watching futball. #GoTeam #
• Piper Flavor Discoveries today: Sauerkraut, German Potato Salad, BBQ Beef, mustard and her vey first Jeni's Ice Cream. #Comfest #BadParents #
• Rt @baweathe Now that US soccer is over, Twitter will stop crashing, right? #
• @surefootedllama it's a cult Dave and it's on TBS or something right now. in reply to surefootedllama #
• @surefootedllama d'oh! Cult fave. in reply to surefootedllama #
• @PhanArt Yep. http://bit.ly/bmTSXj in reply to PhanArt #
• Good god, just found a 110GB Phish Video torrent. This should keep me busy for a while… #willwork4bandwidth #
• @smiguy0108 tela.And looks down from the multi-beast on which she rides like the wind #school #039;d in reply to smiguy0108 #
• Seriously, is there somewhere I can drag my macbook to sponge off a T1 somewhere in Cbus? #needmoreseederstoo #
• Cant wait to d/l this show…sounds HAWT #phish #
• Boy, man….God. Shit. #
• Why were people clapping during YEM? That was odd… #
• Yep, nailed it there kiddo. RT @YEMblog: let's just call this set i saw jack flash jumping again #
• I actually want the SBD for this vocal jam. can't make it out in stream. I bet its something about seeing it again and some dude named jack. #
• Lolz. RT @PhanArt: I SAW IT A YEM! #
• HOT HOT FIYAH #
• Couch tour is becoming too good. Big ups to #Alphapig whoever you are. Sounds fantastic. #
• Heavy thunderstorm keeping me up. #
• I really thought Curtis Lowe would be a one timer this tour. I feel less special already. #phish #
• Just bought my Furthur tix… http://bit.ly/a9xxxC #
• @snapclick show at 7. Doubt there's an opening act. We've got a sitter, pretty stoked! in reply to snapclick #

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My Week In Tweets For 2010-06-23

• @meepsmom Esther!!! #
• Man, I just love Esther. Page's piano flying bit is just pure Phish goodness. Thanks @phishtwit for the stream! #
• WALK AWAY!!!! #
• /sky is always good. #
• CIrcus…not a fan. But I hear there's a bigtop across the street for a Cirque de Soliel dealie, so I'll cease bitching. Explains Esther 2 #
• They're gonna jam the shit outta this Sugar Shack. I hope. #
• SUgar Shack=no jamming but much tighter than in '09. I still have hope for this tune as a jam vehicle. #
• @Spikeisfree is #gay4trey caches anywhere? I keep trying to explain it to friends….ask Ols if u see him in reply to Spikeisfree #
• Mad Libs for the haters! http://jiggslot.blogspot.com/2010/06/phish-mad-libs-for-haters.html #Phish Do 1 in the lot while you wait to hate! #
• Fee opener, eh? This is gonna be gooooood. #phish #
• @Spikeisfree I was on iPhone, couldn't tell that you tweeted the URL. I was hoping you wouldn't bring it up. #headsmack #internetfail in reply to Spikeisfree #
• No, honey…that's just a finger with a hat. #torisez #
• @tmwsiy sure that's not another monitor? It does seem that post rehab = prompters for artists. in reply to tmwsiy #
• The sick ass double Tweeprise from last night. #phish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb8lCdWr-B8 #
• Man alive that second reprise is off the hook. Trey is in full on rockstar mode on his knees cranking it out! #phish #
• Hartford 1 opener: PYITE Hartford 2 opener: Fee. Tonight @ SPAC: Sloth. The triple nipple threat. Or the Nipple Trilogy, whatevs. #Phish #
• RT @YEMblog: newest song played so far is from 1993 (sample) #
• RT @djchroma: Tweekend. #Phish #
• Lurvs me some Makisupa. #
• Makisupa with lyric(S!) about listening to Mike. Unusual . #
• …now lyrics about page. #
• I forgot to call a new or bustout Fish tune tonight. Mike, Trey and Page all had their turns. #
• PIPER!!!!!!!!!! #phish #
• Boy this set is hot. I have a feeling there's a surprise in store. #phish #trickybastards #
• @KennyFischer13 Makisupa Pipeliceman? in reply to KennyFischer13 #
• This Piper is shredtastic! #Phish #
• Just preordered this killer #whalesong shirt from @jiggslikesphish http://bit.ly/acK17B #
• Please nopt 2001…#phish #
• Damn. #Zarathrusta #039;d #
• I'd love this if I was at SPAC, but I'm not, so …. #phish #
• YEM'd. This shit is seriously amazing. Incredibly jealous of those of you in attendance tonight. #phish #
• That's it, I'm going on tour. SPAC Set 2: Carini > Mango, Wilson > Drowned > Swept > Steep, Makisupa, Piper > 2001 > YEM [E] Frankenstein #
• Can't wait to hear this one tomo. #
• SPAC2 SBD is hard to find…DM me w/ your email if you'd like to access my dropbox. #phish #nerds #
• E. Coli'd? #feelawful #
• @KinPHolkinAZ the main SBD message board that I (and many others) use is down for violating TOS.I used my free dl from buying the #phish app in reply to KinPHolkinAZ #
• @jChimmy jailbreak? Dev kit? Or is it released? in reply to jChimmy #
• @MountainDan ?? If you'd like the SBD, just DM me with your email. in reply to MountainDan #
• @greenmtnsrider need your email to send a link to my dropbox. in reply to greenmtnsrider #
• restoring/updating to iOS 4.0. Bye bye Jailbreak, it was nice to know ya. #1337 #iPhone #iOS #
• @MountainDan oh, gotcha. Well, anyhow, I follow you now! in reply to MountainDan #
• @PhanArt Jamel? in reply to PhanArt #
• The @yemblog guest tweeter is going to suffer the same fate I did in Cincinnati last fall. #solidarity #
• @stringcheesemom I was relieved of my @yemblog guest tweeting duties for failing to provide a setlist/being a little too colorful. #maverick in reply to stringcheesemom #
• @stringcheesemom there were tons people doing setlist tweets, seemed overplayed. @yemblog didn't agree. They were cool, though. #muchlove in reply to stringcheesemom #
• I hope that new/bustout Fish song I called for SPAC2 comes tonight… #phish #
• Really? RT @PhanArt: Btw, Vegas 10/14-16 #phish #yup #

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My Week In Tweets For 2010-06-16

• Running with a baby is effing hard! #
• @thegratefulone so cool to get updates on rehearsals…thanks a bunch #phish #espionage in reply to thegratefulone #
• looking at the #blossom website…can you even see the stage from the lawn? Looks sketchy. I gotta find a pav ticket! #
• Anyone have info on when lot opens Saturday at #Blossom #phish #
• Wishing all those headed to Chicago a hot ass opener and a rain free day! #tourwishes #bringmebacksomethingnice #
• Really hoping this $40 pav comes through for me…. Id really rather not repeat Deer Creek '09 #phish #blossom #
• Compound butters (French:Beurres composés) are mixtures of butter and supplementary ingredients.Escoffier (1903), Le Guide culinaire #phish #
• a reminder to the bit of my 306 followers who follow me for anything besides #phish tour begins tonight and ends 7/4. #
• @ChinaKatSunflwr you're bringing back so many memories of my OCD "GET ON LOT EARLY!!!" days of tour with that pic! in reply to ChinaKatSunflwr #
• RT @PhishTwit @meddlingBanter Re: "Anyone know what a VIP ticket for Blossom gets you?" … Yes, a free "Custy" t-shirt #Phish *zing!* #
• @RunawayJimPVD Yep. I think Ocelot is the more obvious clone, but Alaska does have that limping beat. in reply to RunawayJimPVD #
• Wanna get fun, possibly inappropriate commentary from the #phish show @ blossom this Saturday? I'm your dude! #enoughwiththemultiplesetlists #
• Heading off to sleep diagonally in my bed. Nitenite, see ya in Akron. #
• On the road….#phish #
• Great effing show last night. Loved the 1st set, 2nd was a little less stable, but fun none the less. Hershys gonna be strong, too. #
• @jiggslikesphish your Kuroda shirt was a big hit @ Blossom. Couldve sold a bunch! #
• Picked up a 15" Macbook Pro today. http://yfrog.com/jvlrrkj #
• http://www.ustream.tv/channel/you-enjoy-mystream #couchtour #
• @ChinaKatSunflwr didn't know u were from Buff. I grew up in Hamburg. #WNYheads in reply to ChinaKatSunflwr #

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My Week In Tweets For 2010-06-09

• Just finished my 1st run of week 6 with #getrunning – 34 minutes of exercise and 18 minutes of running. Next run: Saturday 5th. #
• @TN_ARF oh shit I'll have to check for that Twitter handle Tomo. Good job! in reply to TN_ARF #
• @LoJack r u learning about neurochem by watching your family? in reply to LoJack #
• No tricks, no edits. My daughter actually did this yesterday. She's gonna be awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNS_megycSE #phish #
• Just finished my 2nd run of week 6 with #getrunning – 33 minutes of exercise and 20 minutes of running. Next run: Monday 7th. #
• just re-ran my zzyzx stats, had some bad data. Turns out i've seen exactly 100 shows, not the 104 I thought. #phish #noeasylink #hetty #
• They're not? http://blog.phish.net/post/663519857/phish-are-not-the-disco-biscuits-1 #
• @KinPHolkinAZ Just one show this summer, and it just so happens that mama and pipsqueak will be out of town at some chick thing in the woods in reply to KinPHolkinAZ #
• @stellablue46 see ya there! We should have a Buffalo meet & greet… I presume you'll be vending on lot? #phish #blossom in reply to stellablue46 #
• @jiggslikesphish on kids at shows: http://jiggslot.blogspot.com/2010/06/children-of-all-ages.html Bravo! #
• Haven't seen that fail whale in a while! #
• It's coming…..#summertoooooooooooooooooooooooour #
• @thegratefulone You're welcome! #
• So are we gonna try a meetup or what, y'all? #twibe #blossom #phish It'd be nice to meet some of you! #
• Can someone point me to that 2009 "Light" compilation? #phish #
• Friend reports that volunteer signs are up for a show @ Loring AFB last weekend of Aug. Band unannounced "due to privacy reasons" RT anon #
• @guelah75 thanks! in reply to guelah75 #
• @TweeterReprise oh dear god that's terrible! in reply to TweeterReprise #
• Wanna get fun, possibly inappropriate commentary from the #phish show @ blossom this Saturday? I'm your dude! #enoughwiththemultiplesetlists #

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Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!

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…Through The Water in The Sky

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c25k

I’ve been meaning to jam out this post for a while, but oh, how life gets in the way.  Mostly, I’ve been too busy using my free time to run.  ”Run? Look, dude, I know you, and you do NOT run.  You don’t like the word run.  What have you really been doing?” you might say.  Well, believe it or not, it’s true.  I still don’t really know why I started, but I’m pretty sure the thought of an impending mobile Pipsqueak had something to do with it.  I’ve also been up to my neck in cortisol lately, and there was that whole “boy you’re looking portly lately, Joseph” thing I kept telling myself.  Whatever the case, what got me off my ass and out the door was a program I ran across called C25K.  The idea is to use gradually increasing increments of jogging to get a couch bound fatty like me fit enough to run 5 Kilometers.  Notice I didn’y say “a 5K”. More on that in a minute.

I started a couple of months ago, I started week one like this:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

No sweat, right?  Well, I sweated.  A lot.  And panted, too.  I sure did look cool in my new Mizuno Wave 11 kicks, but my body was going through hell.  Post workout, I felt great, if a little sore. Somewhere around here…

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following: Jog 90 seconds, Walk 90 seconds, Jog 3 minutes, Walk three minutes

…my knees decided they had had enough. “Hey, big boy” they called out, “who do you think is doing the work around here!”.  By my best estimates, I’m about 30 pounds overweight, and the sheer force of my body bouncing on my joints had pissed them off something awful.  I iced, I rested, I walked.  But when I started feeling better, I did the right thing and got out the door and ran again.  I’m on week 8 now, my first week of no-stop runs.  I’ve done two 20 minute trips, but always interspersed with some intervals.  This week is 3, 20 minute runs.  I won’t lie…I’m a little scared.  I may have to stop in the middle and walk for a minute, but I’m damn sure going to finish.  I’m not losing weight (my eating habits are awful) but I feel fitter and more flexible.  I have more energy.  And I’m motivated to start making other changes in my life.  I want to be able to play all day with my Pipsqueak.  I don’t ever want to say “hold on, let papa catch up, little girl!”.  It simply doesn’t have to be that way.

If you’re thinking about starting to exercise, but hate the sheer thought of it (as I did, and still do to some extent. I prefer to think in terms of “running”, not “working out”), check out some of the boards for n00b runners.  It really doesn’t take long to appreciate the fact that it’s free, connects you to your surroundings and makes you feel better.  You’ll stumble, maybe even give up all together, but it’s seriously worth a try.  Did I mention it’s a half hour or more with headphones?  Hell, I haven’t had that luxury in years.

I have to plug an iPhone app called “GetRunning“.  There are plenty of apps out there, as well as podcasts that can tell you when to run/walk.  Or you can just look at your watch.  But GetRunnings calm, British woman who gives you updates, lets you know how much further you have to go and offers gentle encouragement is totally worth it if you have an iPhone.

Now, about that 5k thing.  My goal from the beginning was to be able to run 3 miles.  That’s all…no racing for me, thank you!  But I have to say that as I’ve been running for a while now, a 5K seems like it’s in the stars for me.  Runners are a pretty cool, diverse group, and so many anonymous people have kept me going with encouragement and sharing their stories.  I like runners. And I think in order to be taken seriously, you kind of have to run a race or two.  I won’t be in a competitive field, but I think I can do it.  Look for an update in the fall.

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These Eyes…

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My Week In Tweets For 2010-06-02

• #c25k w5d2 2 sets of 8 minute runs. Didn't quite make it but came closer than I thought. It's crazy hot and humid! Next up: 20 min run!? #
• RT @jiggslikesphish RT this for a chance to win a Reba Alliance shirt! Check out Jiggs Lot for cool lot shirts. http://tinyurl.com/3xo38vj #
• Oh man…Piper is SICK.Its heartbreaking,this is the worst we've seen her.Runny nose,congestion,cough & sneezing. I can has antibiotics? #
• @tmwsiy RHCP in reply to tmwsiy #
• @lisathewaitress Ive never had a problem watching anything. All YT vids have been accessable in HTML 5 for a while now, even on your desktop in reply to lisathewaitress #
• WTF happened to the old Clintonville Electric building? #
• Re: Clintonville Electric…it was an auto crash http://bit.ly/dj2DWv #
• kinda pissed someone has @piperstone. Who the fuck else needs that handle? And the account is suspended….what should Pipers twitter UN be? #
• Blossom ticket arrived today! #phish #clevelandrocks http://yfrog.com/2g228tj #

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