These two photos were taken the same day..about 7 hours apart. If you look closely, I *am* in both!
So on Saturday Evening, after the long drive back from the TTT (where I still don't know how my team placed, or our official time), I had to go to a retirement party. All the people there were members of the Control, Computation and Dynamical Systems Center at UCSB, and their significant others. The food was great, a middle-eastern theme, and so was the wine! I was still feeling a bit sun-baked from the racing in the desert...but nothing a glass of wine (or 2 or 3) won't fix! This strangely organized spur-of-the-moment photo was taken...as you can all see, I'm the only female (again). I also might actually be the youngest as well, although I have been at UCSB for *8* years...so I don't feel like a youngster! I just thought it was funny...to go from one extreme (bike racing with my women's team) to the other (geeky work) in a few short hours.
I go to France for a conference (in Lyon, but spending the weekend in Paris) on Thursday....so I will be riding hard over the next few days in anticipation of my big 8 day break, which I'm hoping will consist of great food, great wine, some sightseeing, visiting with colleagues/friends from all over the world, and some much needed R&R. (strange when R&R has to come in the form of a conference....but alas that is my life). I'm hoping to keep up the blogging while I'm gone..but who knows...
Ciao! or is it Au Revoir...
9 comments:
Well, don't you clean up nice!
amazing, isn't it?
Hehe, I love the juxtaposition of the two group pictures taken on the same day. If I didn't know you it would be hard to believe there could be anyone in common to the two groups!
Steve, I know...thats why I blogged about it! Very weird....check out my new post on weird comments...I almost used your "mutant" comment re. the country ride..but ran out of space!
One of the best quotes I read on the velo bella blog, which I reposted on mine: "My level of fitness is directly proportional to the ridiculous overgrowth and weeds in our yard"
Maybe I'm reading too much into the aparent body language, but the guy to your left does not look to be happy that you're crashing the boys club.
good point! I don't think you're reading too much into it...
Wait, someone also photoshopped in the guy in the back row, second from the left. That, or he does not have any legs.
I guess that analyzing body language and photo trickery is far more interesting than grading literature reviews.
250 meters.
you got it! HE was photoshopped in! The guy who took the picture waited too long to arrange it, and sure enough, one guy had already left. They felt bad, so there was talk of photoshopping him in...and I guess it happened!
Good eye.... (you must be really bored...)
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