Yep That's Right

Yes folks...I did it. I went on the longest bike ride of my short life. All in all it was just under 30 miles. I was pretty tired at the end of it but it felt great to have accomplished that. My butt is crazy sore...that is the hardest part to get used to.

Just think, if I was doing an Ironman, I would only have 82 miles left to bike...sick....

Weekly Food Consumption in Countries

Okay I posted this once before but the pictures didn't upload. I thought it was worth posting again with the actual pictures...this might leave more of an impression with you.

What is eaten in one week!

This is undoubtedly one of the most interesting e-mails I've ever received. Take a good look at the family size and diet of each country, the availability & cost of what is eaten in one week.

Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07



United States : The Revis family of North Carolina (Sure hope most American
families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than this family.)
Food expenditure for one week $341.98



Italy : The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11



Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09



Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27



Egypt : The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53



Ecuador : The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55



Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03



Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

Nominate Students Run Philly Style

If you know and care about me at all, you will take five (5) minutes of your time to nominate Students Run Philly Style for American Express members Project. There are many programs hoping to receive funding from American Express, but only the top 25 make it into the next round. If we make it to the next round of judging, we will share in 2.5 million in funding from American Express.

Follow the link below to nominate this great program. You have until September 1st, 2008, so do it now before you forget. I will greatly appreciate it and so will the students that benefit from this great program.

http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/REMW3T

After you click on the link, all you have to do is register as a guest (unless you are already an American Express card holder) and follow the directions. Once you have registered, nominate Students Run Philly Style and you are all done. Simple as that. Hopefully you will have helped our program receive some funding we definitely deserve.

If you want more information about Students Run Philly Style checkout their website at:

http://www.nncc.us/studentsrun.html

I absolutely love this program and I have been a part of it since March mentoring and running with kids. Our longest race so far was the Braod St. Run which is a 10 mile race in Philly. We are currently training for the Philadelphia Marathon on November 23rd. It is exciting watching these kids dedicate themselves to running and meeting their goals in the process.

Candidates in Philadelphia

So again this happened forever ago but it was a small moment of fame in my life. Hillary Clinton came to Philadelphia for a rally prior to the Philadelphia primary and I was lucky enough to attend. I came with Bud and Sara and we had great seats to the left side of the podium she would be speaking on. There was a huge build up to her coming out to speak with both Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter introducing her. In the past few years, I was able to hear John Edwards and Barak Obama so I was completing the potential Democratic President trifecta by seeing Hillary Clinton.

Hillary's people created a video of the rally at Temple University, but it isn't posted anymore on Hillary's website. On this video you could catch a small glimpse of me and my friend Sara if you had quick eyes. Well everyone didn't have quick eyes so Dave (my brother) was kind enough to make a freeze frame of the video and circle me and Sara in the video.

You will obviously notice Hillary's head in the picture:



Here is a slideshow of some pics I have of the evening:

I'm Back....well at least I think so.

Okay so apparently I am terrible at this blogging thing. One of my goals for this upcoming year which by the way I still experience years from August to August...I can't help it. I have been a student forever and now I work at a high school. I think I will forever live by that calendar. Anyway one of my goals for this year is to blog and update people about my life more often. Not that I have all sorts of great things going on but that isn't the point. It is important to share life with people even if it is just the normal day to day and the things that make you think, laugh and enjoy life that day. And also the things that make you sad, lonely and wish the day would end sooner.

These are all important and hopefully you can look forward to hearing from me more often. Here's to another year and life lived. Selah