Gena: Day 1

After almost a year I finally got back on Helix yesterday. Shockingly, I'm not as out of shape as I thought - only a couple mphs off where I was last summer. However great that may have been, the 12% grade that is my driveway is always going to suck. And I couldn't find my gloves which also sucked.

I'm debating whether to take the bike to the beach or not. Pink got me to buy some fancy running shoes so it's either run or bike at the beach - I've got to do something to counteract all the calories I'm going to be drinking. Don't laugh at my stats below - I'm pretty slow.

7/16/10

10.02 miles

0:40:24

14.8 mph av

33.0 mph max

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Author: Lewis Carroll

Believe it or not I have never read this story. This was the first book I read on my new iPad, which is totally the bomb by the way. But it's strange to read a story for the first time and already know everything that happens from other book/movie references and pop culture.

Spy

Author: Ted Bell

Waste of my time. Sorry, Dad.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Author: Stieg Larsson

A brilliant finale to one of the best trilogies I've ever read. I am so sad my time with Blomkvist and Lisbeth is over.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Author: Thomas Hardy

I am so far behind on my book posts so these are all going to be short...

I don't know why but I've been into classic books lately. Maybe because they are mostly about times so far past that it's like walking through another world.

I recently read an article asking the question if "classic" books were written today would they still be considered "classics." I don't know the answer to that but I thought it was interesting.

I really enjoyed this story despite all the formalities and strange awkward behavior but I guess that's just how it was back then.