Thanksgiving week

I started training for a sprint triathlon about a month ago. Today was the first time I swam 1km without stopping. I am thankful for this. My heart could use some conditioning because all I do is sit around and read books in my ambulance all day.

I am also thankful:

to see some of my best friends that are coming back to York this week for the holiday.

that I saw my Pittsburgh friends this past weekend.

that I am still able to climb (even though flashing 5 V3's completely exhausted me for 2 days)

that I get to see my extended family on Thursday. Here are two pictures of my Grandmother's house. It is super cool in that place.

Peak color

I got out for a nice ride on my new bike during peak fall color in York PA. Found these:







I've got a lot of film to process. More after that happens.

Music Videos 11-3-09

I discovered Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on 88.7 XPN, a Philadelphia radio station that plays awesome music. This is my favorite song so far:



Anna Ternheim is another XPN artist I enjoy. Here is an acoustic song, What Have I Done. It is pretty cheesy, but shes pulls it off. Great voice too. Bonus: the piano player looks a lot like Gaius Baltar.



Check out Chase Jarvis' first music video for the song Ramshackle Hearse by The Blakes. Chase is a great still photographer who is making his debut in video with this:



And in the spirit of Richard Cheese here is a fun parody (discovered this via their cameo in the previous video):