Totally awesome

today i walked 5K for my friend claire and for all of us who would like to kick cancer to the curb.

thousands of awesome people, Komen Race for the Cure, P'land2008

it is a rare occasion when you feel like you can actually DO something against a disease that so often made me feel so useless and helpless.  and it is completely awesome when you can do that with seven totally amazing women and friends, who together joined you to raise almost $4000 dollars, and woke up at the crack of dawn after working till late, or after dropping off a daughter on the other side of town, or after driving on hour, and hiked 5K though a rather cold and clammy portland morning with about 45 THOUSAND other awesome people.

more awesome people

am i using the word awesome a bit too much? no.  this was AWESOME. it can’t bring her back, but she’d have liked this.

i miss you

overheard barside, portland OR

two men, talking as they leave a lovely restaurant in NW Portland wednesday evening:

“no, you don’t understand, she doesn’t want me gone, she wants me dead“

his friend’s response:

“johnny, let me tell you, that’s a good thing”

it felt like a scene of the soprano’s,  pacific northwest edition.

and now for something completely different:

my new kicks

purchased these  at the nike store at the pdx airport.  there was no specific technical evaluation of their worth in terms of komen race for the cure appropriateness.  they were chosen exclusively on looks, and the fact that they were indeed quite comfy.

wore them most of the week, and i can say this:  they are surprisingly light, and that makes quite a difference.  it’s like wearing socks with arch support and a heel cushion.

and they are way cool.

on the subject of shoes that feel like socks, here’s another pair i got very recently:

insanely comfortable. they look like nothing on the picture, but they are the perfect ballerinas, and softsoftsoft on the inside.

and this, kind readers, completes our completely vapid shoe review.

as if it weren’t bad enough…

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