Tired and Sore

I'm a bit tired and worn out from biking nearly 25 kilometers yesterday. I went out to the RealDecoy BBQ at Andrew Haydon Park near Bayshore, and it nearly killed me. My legs and behind were sore all over from biking out there, and I had trouble falling asleep last night from the pain in my legs. I had to take a couple of Motrin just to attempt to fall asleep. Needless to say, I was pretty dead tired this morning, and could have used some extra hours of shut eye.

But I did have fun at the event. I even won a $20 gift certificate to Best Buy, which is cool considering I usually never win anything in draws and raffles. It was a good, relaxing time with the coworkers, and while I can't say that I bonded even more closer with anyone, it was good to get out of the house, I guess.

I also have some cool news. My first short story in eons is about to be published in A New Spin, a Web zine put together by a high school acquaintance, DeeDee Sanderson. It's actually a piece I wrote maybe about a year and a half ago in Toronto, and has been sitting on the back burner for awhile. I got an e-mail from DeeDee today, and this is what she had to say about the story:

"I read your story, I liked it, it's kinda of twisted, as you probably know. The interesting thing is, is that the story is even better after a few days rattling in your head. (I read it a week ago). I really laughed hard at the 2nd or third paragraph. Howled."

That's probably the nicest thing I've ever heard an editor say anything about my work. Cool!

What's up with the new Blogspot design? I can't do a spell check on this post thanks to the new design. Boo. Hiss.