"i triple dog dare you..."

well i am fairly tired of what my hair looks like so i have decided to dye it... white. and no i don't mean really really blonde... i mean absolutely white. i want to stand out more in a crowd and i think my hair is a great place to start... i'll do it either this weekend or next depending and there will be pictures.

on a separate note... it's Iditarod season and i'm super excited!!! i love watching the people's gps's and see who's ahead. for me the Iditarod is like the Olympics except bigger, better, and more full of heart. unlike the Olympics, there is an age range (from 18 all the way to nearly 70) and it is the most grueling sport to be in. you get two breaks and that's it (except at checkpoints where you can have a few hour break if you need) and some years you're in subzero weather. anything can happen out there. not only do you need a certain level of lucky, you need to be well trained, half crazy, and run almost completely on adrenalin. you have control over the sport but in the same way the sport has total control over you. in the beginning you have your bets about who will win and at the same time you know it's like trying to guess the # of runs a baseball player will get in a season or who will be the next triple crown winner. something amazing always happens along the way as well (like last year lance mackey totally snuck out under jeff king's nose).