Mellotron Scratch

So, the title of this entry has no particular meaning to anything. It is the song I am listening to right now by Porcupine Tree. I thought it sounded kind of cool, and I just didn't want to have a lame "state crit" title. Like I said, that is lame and I can do better than that. I much rather have a nonsense title than a lame one. Plus, the one I have post crit will likely have the words state crit in the title. By the way, I finally figured out why I like the word terriblismic so well. The ending of terriblismic is akin to pessimistic. The connotations of the ending give it the pessimistic feel. I like it, a lot.

Anyway, we are on the eve of the Iowa State Championship Criterium. I sit here with my Michelob Ultra relaxing and unwinding. Normally I drink a more manly brew, even with all the cycling and endurance sport specific advertising the Ultra does. The main reason I drink it is because I got it for free at a 2bee race and as a good college student and beer drinker, The DJ does not discriminate, no sir. Plus, the 12 oz "slimline" cans, a la redbull, are kind of nice; they make me feel slim and trim, just like the can and we all know what slim and team means - FAAAAAASSSSTTT. That is what I will be in the morning, fo sho. My past few races I have tried to play the good kid and not drink or do anything "bad"/"detrimental" before races, but have done worse than I had when my I took part in my few vices before races. So, tonight we'll try to test the hypothesis on whether or not Tim races better with or without beer and hopefully soon we'll see if there is any correlation there. Tonight it might help with all the stress of packing to get ready to take off for school again and bla bla bla bla. Its sucks when you have to pack up your life every couple of months to move it across the country. Honestly, it blows...

My apologies, I digress. Game plan for tomorrow. Objective 1: stay on two wheels. Objective 2: dont get dropped. Objective 3: Mark any move that has a B2u, mercy, and All9Yards dude. Objective 4: Place in the money. We'll see how well this one goes. The legs don't have the snap they used to, but I won't be getting tired over the course of the race, I just might not be able to accelerate with everyone. Like I said, we'll see. I'm actually more excited to watch my brother race, I have a feeling he'll pull a good one out tomorrow. Probably a lot better than me, he nailed Pigman last weekend so there is no reason he can't do the same tomorrow. The Cat 3 race should be exciting to watch - a whole bunch of even matched people with some good teams going at it. I'm looking forward to that, probably just because I know almost all the people in the race. As far as my race goes? I feel like it will be just like the Cat 3 race except with more "old dudes" and less "young dudes." Same type of things - a couple of big teams controlling with a few wild cards....I guess kind of like every other bike race?

I need to put some pictures up from Pigman. While my performance blew, I at least looked good while doing it. I take comfort in knowing, though, that composure and how you look while suffering is as, if not more, important that how you do while you suffer. Hopefully I'll get some pictures from this weekend, too. Smell ya later.