I ordered the best one-volume Shakespeare currently available. After much consideration (and staring at the same page on Amazon for three weeks straight) I have ordered my book. It'll be here next week, after which all blog entries will probably cease until I finish it (2000 pages, so awhile). It's got maps and diagrams and everything I could ever, ever want and it's going to be mine. I used Dad's credit card (not having one of my own) and paid him in cash for it, so when it gets here I already own it.
Sorry, must geek out for a moment.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Okay.
Done geeking.
On another note, Lance Armstrong is in position 3 in the yellow jersey race (time race) in the Tour, and seeing as it's Day 4 that's pretty good for him. Usually doesn't start up until the mountains, around Day 9 or Day 10.
Just to clarify, he's in the almost lead in one particular part of the Race, arguably the most important. There are several jerseys:
Yellow-Best time (the one with the best time wins the whole shebang at the end of Le Tour)
Green-Best sprinter
Polka-Dot-Best mountain climber
White-Best rookie
Red around the number-Most aggressive rider
Yes, I watch the Tour de France, because cyclists have more guts than any athletes I've ever seen. I've seen guys with bruises the size of dinner plates on their hips get back on the bike after a crash. Someone is already out with a busted collarbone; another couldn't compete at all because of a broken leg (and this is standard stuff for them.) Lance himself has already broken his collarbone this year and was back on the bike three days after having surgery to put tons of pins in.
These guys ride through every kind of weather, every kind of condition, three weeks, thousands of miles. They endure any ailment, any scrape, the risk that they could be permanently crippled or even die out on the road (it's rare, but it has happened.) I've watched them for four years, and I'm still amazed at their tenacity.
So, a windy Stage 4 begins pretty soon. If Lance's team wins today, Lance goes in yellow tonight. Gotta go watch!
Ta,
Bec
UPDATE: Lance is within a tenth of a second of the lead, so technically he's in 2nd place by a smidge. His team won the team time trial by a wide margin of about 20 seconds, so that went extremely well.
We'll see if he passes Cancellara by that second tomorrow and acquires the yellow. :)
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