I've finally got my mile time under 5 minutes again! Woohoo!
Very nice accomplishment. I think the fastest I ever ran was 10:03 for 1.5 miles, and that was early in my AF career when I was like 155 lbs (so before I started lifting).
Congrats to you both! I got under the 5 min threshold for the 2nd time last year. I'm currently at about a 5:22 for a mile without killing myself so Im very content. Im currently working up to get my 200s back under 21 sec but That one has been harder than lowering my mile times due to I have a much lower muscle density than I did in high school. Im currently at a 22.3 for the 200 but dropping .4 is really hard.
I mostly wanted to hit the 5 minute mark for posterity and affirmation - that's the mark that I could hit when I ran all the time. After all the traveling I was a bit out of sorts, so I wanted to get back in form. Pretty pleased with myself, but won't be aiming to improve on it or continue going for times.
In other news, I got dragged to a concert tonight, very suddenly and very strangely.
About five minutes after I wake up, I'm too lazy to get out of bed. Laptop on stomach, let's browse the news. Sudden phone call.
"...Hello?"
"Hey! What are you doing tonight?"
"...eh?"
"Great! You're coming to the concert with us!"
"...I don't have tickets..?"
"We got you. What are you doing tonight?"
"...Going to a concert?"
"Yes! We'll pick you up."
So it was an interesting wave of sound and light for four hours.
For those interested - Let Live started the set. I'm not sure if they planned to have music playing, but the drummer was really good. I don't know if the singer was singing or if the guitarists were playing because it was just a constant blasting of sound that had me giggling at the memory of past front-row experiences. We were set up just behind the light and sound crew, so we had a clear view above the main pit. Great spot to be in.
Second set was Killswitch Engage. My nephew absolutely loves them; I couldn't stand their style. But during the concert, I think they stole the spotlight from the title band. These guys actually played like they had music. I could distinguish notes over the cushion of sound. I could even understand -somehow- lyrics. Hell, based on what I'm used to from heavy rock/punk/metal/whatever concerts, this was quality. I actually enjoyed their set despite being prepared to hate it. Also one of their guitarists, who I shall refer to as Bandit Keith, was awesome. There was one point during a song where he walked back to the sound crew - still playing - and had a beer fed to him. This was happening about two feet from me. I was too caught up in watching this awesome unfold that I pulled my phone out too late for a good picture. I only got his back as he walked back to stage. Oh well. An opportunity missed.
The Main Event was Rise Against. I'd never heard of their music before, but what the hell. Unfortunately, I still don't know what they can do, because everything sounded the same. I don't know if it was the sheer volume or what, but compared to Killswitch, there was a vast drop in music and an increase in random churning of sonic noise. Eh. Listening to a song hit by a studio's tuning sounds utterly and completely different compared to their live performance. Compared to other bands I've heard live, this was by far the largest difference.
Maybe it was the enclosed venue, but I really didn't feel like there was more to their music than the tremendous bass lines. Eh.
All in all, the concert was worth going to, if sudden. The sheer energy from all of the performers made it easy to get sucked into the beat, and watching random idiots in the mosh pit was always entertaining. Someone threw a shoe onstage, followed by a phone. At one point, Bandit Keith grabbed a beer and downed it on stage in one go, which was totally hilarious. Pretty sure he ran on alcohol for that set. Don't blame him - alcohol fueled jukeboxes have places everywhere.
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Also, Rise Against can be an enjoyable 4-chord song band at times. Never thought about how they would sound live, though.
That would have been hilarious if I didn't know them. Unfortunately I associate with them near daily. Or fortunately. Whichever gets me more concert tickets.
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The Main Event was Rise Against. I'd never heard of their music before, but what the hell. Unfortunately, I still don't know what they can do, because everything sounded the same.
No, that was pretty much Rise Against. They can be decent at times, but their songs are very formulaic and once you've heard one song from them you can pretty much distinctly tell you're listening to them, even without the lead singer's voice.
Speaking of concerts though, Skinny Puppy is coming to Baltimore in November. I definitely have to try to attend that. I'm still sad that I learned Velvet Acid Christ was in town about a month after they played.
Ah Skinny Puppy. I've tried to like them, but for some reason, my brain just fuzzes over them. Like, I have literally put on an album, and then an hour later gone "Oh, huh, the album's over," and retained none of it. I've done this with multiple albums of theirs too, including all of the highly-recommended ones (Rabies, Too Dark Park, etc).
The only song that's ever stuck with me is Assimilate.
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Ah Skinny Puppy. I've tried to like them, but for some reason, my brain just fuzzes over them. Like, I have literally put on an album, and then an hour later gone "Oh, huh, the album's over," and retained none of it. I've done this with multiple albums of theirs too, including all of the highly-recommended ones (Rabies, Too Dark Park, etc).
The only song that's ever stuck with me is Assimilate.
I've had the hardest time enjoying anything they've done since they broke up in the 90's and started doing all the side projects. I liked oGhr's first solo album (Welt), and cEvin Key's solo albums were good, particularly The Dragon Experience. But when they got back together it just felt like they took all of their solo stuff and decided to mash it together with the philosophy behind Skinny Puppy. I know this isn't a fair criticism of them because we're talking a decade of time in between "classic" and modern Puppy, but it really feels like Dwayne Gottel was the real genius behind the group.
I'm a really bad rivethead. Whenever I listen to "the classics", I either fuzz over like with SP (and some early FLA), or just go "this sounds like the ****ing 80's" (Nitzer Ebb, for example) and can't take it seriously. And then I go back to my VNV Nation.
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I was more just talking about the short-term, not long-term cost. Unless the companies that already make the spools are anticipating it (and hey, they may very well be, but history has shown us numerous times that the market sometimes drops the ball on things), that there may be a sudden boom in people wanting to do 3D printing. Supply - in the short term - goes down, demand goes up, costs go up. Eventually of course the supply is going to match the demand, and prices will level out. They may be higher than they are now, but I'm not saying that they will be significantly higher, only that it would probably be higher. Yes, companies will undercut each other, but you can walk into almost any store and look at a shelf of any product and see a wide array of costs, and regardless of how cheap something is, there is always someone who will pay more, thinking that the more expensive one = better quality. Prices tend to balance out over time.
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"I'm sure glad I sold off my Magic collection years ago" said nobody ever.
Yeah, my brother tries to act like he doesn't care, but I know he does. I know I do, but that could be because he sold off a good chunk of mine without asking as well.
"I'm sure glad I sold off my Magic collection years ago" said nobody ever.
I mean, I sold everything except for my decks and any cards that I wanted to hang onto for various reasons before I left for the World. I'm pretty happy with the result. Now I get to build up a new collection from the ground up, which is two thirds of the fun. (TCG baby)
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I'll elaborate - several people have recently told me how much they regret selling out of the game completely and wish they would have held on to some cards for decks. For 15 years I've been suggesting to friends that they not completely liquidate their collections, going as far as storing them for guys.
One guy opted to liquidate and in the process sold all of my Taigas and Bayous. I would be more upset if I hadn't gotten to keep the Mox Sapphire he left me as collateral.
I can see how some people would enjoy the process of collecting I guess, but at least keep some decks. You never know when you'll meet a new group of people who are into this game.
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I mostly wanted to hit the 5 minute mark for posterity and affirmation - that's the mark that I could hit when I ran all the time. After all the traveling I was a bit out of sorts, so I wanted to get back in form. Pretty pleased with myself, but won't be aiming to improve on it or continue going for times.
In other news, I got dragged to a concert tonight, very suddenly and very strangely.
About five minutes after I wake up, I'm too lazy to get out of bed. Laptop on stomach, let's browse the news. Sudden phone call.
"...Hello?"
"Hey! What are you doing tonight?"
"...eh?"
"Great! You're coming to the concert with us!"
"...I don't have tickets..?"
"We got you. What are you doing tonight?"
"...Going to a concert?"
"Yes! We'll pick you up."
So it was an interesting wave of sound and light for four hours.
For those interested - Let Live started the set. I'm not sure if they planned to have music playing, but the drummer was really good. I don't know if the singer was singing or if the guitarists were playing because it was just a constant blasting of sound that had me giggling at the memory of past front-row experiences. We were set up just behind the light and sound crew, so we had a clear view above the main pit. Great spot to be in.
Second set was Killswitch Engage. My nephew absolutely loves them; I couldn't stand their style. But during the concert, I think they stole the spotlight from the title band. These guys actually played like they had music. I could distinguish notes over the cushion of sound. I could even understand -somehow- lyrics. Hell, based on what I'm used to from heavy rock/punk/metal/whatever concerts, this was quality. I actually enjoyed their set despite being prepared to hate it. Also one of their guitarists, who I shall refer to as Bandit Keith, was awesome. There was one point during a song where he walked back to the sound crew - still playing - and had a beer fed to him. This was happening about two feet from me. I was too caught up in watching this awesome unfold that I pulled my phone out too late for a good picture. I only got his back as he walked back to stage. Oh well. An opportunity missed.
The Main Event was Rise Against. I'd never heard of their music before, but what the hell. Unfortunately, I still don't know what they can do, because everything sounded the same. I don't know if it was the sheer volume or what, but compared to Killswitch, there was a vast drop in music and an increase in random churning of sonic noise. Eh. Listening to a song hit by a studio's tuning sounds utterly and completely different compared to their live performance. Compared to other bands I've heard live, this was by far the largest difference.
Maybe it was the enclosed venue, but I really didn't feel like there was more to their music than the tremendous bass lines. Eh.
All in all, the concert was worth going to, if sudden. The sheer energy from all of the performers made it easy to get sucked into the beat, and watching random idiots in the mosh pit was always entertaining. Someone threw a shoe onstage, followed by a phone. At one point, Bandit Keith grabbed a beer and downed it on stage in one go, which was totally hilarious. Pretty sure he ran on alcohol for that set. Don't blame him - alcohol fueled jukeboxes have places everywhere.
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GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
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BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
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Also, Rise Against can be an enjoyable 4-chord song band at times. Never thought about how they would sound live, though.
That would have been hilarious if I didn't know them. Unfortunately I associate with them near daily. Or fortunately. Whichever gets me more concert tickets.
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RNorin the WaryR <-Link! (Primer - Mono Red Control)
GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
Duel Commander:
WUGeist of Saint TraftUW <- Link! (Aggro-Control)
BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
Church of the Wary
No, that was pretty much Rise Against. They can be decent at times, but their songs are very formulaic and once you've heard one song from them you can pretty much distinctly tell you're listening to them, even without the lead singer's voice.
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I've had the hardest time enjoying anything they've done since they broke up in the 90's and started doing all the side projects. I liked oGhr's first solo album (Welt), and cEvin Key's solo albums were good, particularly The Dragon Experience. But when they got back together it just felt like they took all of their solo stuff and decided to mash it together with the philosophy behind Skinny Puppy. I know this isn't a fair criticism of them because we're talking a decade of time in between "classic" and modern Puppy, but it really feels like Dwayne Gottel was the real genius behind the group.
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WBRKaalia of The Vast
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On the subject of concerts, Breaking Benjamin's doing a fall / winter tour with Shinedown, and I'm most likely going to another one of their concerts.
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Warp Six, Mr. Sulu. Engage.
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GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
Duel Commander:
WUGeist of Saint TraftUW <- Link! (Aggro-Control)
BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
Church of the Wary
Printing myself this classy fellow. While everything else is going to print exquisitely, the Gears are what is going to be a test of the machine.
.1 diameter, 90% infill, Supports and Rafts (As detailed as I know how to make it). We'll see how it ends up.
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Current Decks
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RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect
Yeah, my brother tries to act like he doesn't care, but I know he does. I know I do, but that could be because he sold off a good chunk of mine without asking as well.
I mean, I sold everything except for my decks and any cards that I wanted to hang onto for various reasons before I left for the World. I'm pretty happy with the result. Now I get to build up a new collection from the ground up, which is two thirds of the fun. (TCG baby)
EDH:
RNorin the WaryR <-Link! (Primer - Mono Red Control)
GUEdric, Spymaster of TrestUG <- Link! (Mini-Primer - Dredge)
Duel Commander:
WUGeist of Saint TraftUW <- Link! (Aggro-Control)
BGSkullbriar, the Walking GraveGB <- Link! (Aggro)
BUGDamia, Sage of StoneGUB <- Link! (Extinction Control)
Church of the Wary
One guy opted to liquidate and in the process sold all of my Taigas and Bayous. I would be more upset if I hadn't gotten to keep the Mox Sapphire he left me as collateral.
I can see how some people would enjoy the process of collecting I guess, but at least keep some decks. You never know when you'll meet a new group of people who are into this game.
Current Decks
GTitania midrange
RGThromok tokens/goodstuff | UB Grimgrin zombie tribal
GW Sigarda enchantress | R Godo voltron
U Braids aggro | WR Kalemne punisher
RU Mizzix storm | BUG Mimeoplasm competitive reanimator | UG Ezuri infect