Goals: year to date. Parenthetical statements indicate # achieved in April. Words written anticipated: 132,000 achieved: 124,630 (4380) Miles biked anticipated: 250 achieved: 148.5 (137.25) Miles swum anticipated: 40 achieved: 17.8 (0) Drawings drawn anticipated: 33 achieved: 4.5 (.5) Books read anticipated: 35 achieved: 31 (6) Pounds lost anticipated: 10 achieved: +4 (-1)

Ye gods. Spidey got a new scanner. Look what he scanned as a test and sent:

I bought 18 X2 tickets but was one-upped by the cashier next to mine who said she’d sold 55 at once. Snif. We checked, though: it wasn’t for the same show. Whew. :) Biked 13 miles. Wrote 330 words. Ate a free ice cream cone. Miles to Rivendell: Heather: 46.5 (almost to fifty! c’mon, Heather!) Catie: 85.5 Dave: 129.5 50K in 30 days: 1640 ytd wordcount: 124,630

Evolution of a stripe: Stage one: pin everything but the bleachy bits back unattractively; Stage two: Walrus tusks: Stage three: wet head! and Stage four: Stripe! Happy geek. :)

Evolution of a stripe: Stage one: pin everything but the bleachy bits back unattractively; Stage two: Walrus tusks: Stage three: wet head! and Stage four: Stripe! Happy geek. :) Oh yeah, and for my own personal further use: I used L’oreal Feria Extra Bleach Blonde for this.