Tour of California

I know most Americans hate the sport of cycling. So I have sad news for the average American who might be reading this, I love the sport of cycling. It's one of the most demanding sports on the planet.

So any ways, the world of professional cycling is going to make a stop in California this year. Amgen in sponsoring the first Tour of California which will be an eight day cycling event spanning 700 miles of beautiful California scenery. 16 professional teams will be competing in this event including Discovery, Phonak and T-Mobile. It should be pretty exciting, below is the map of the eight stages:

Most people in this country wouldn't even drive this far - can you imagine biking it? And at race pace (that's close to 30 miles per hour - on a bike!!!)?

Why we study where we do - a theory.

Recently, I've been spending a lot of time in libraries reading and studying. The three libraries that I frequent are the Technical Library at my work and two libraries on USC's campus (Doheny and Seaver). This last weekend I visited the LA Public Library and it was fantastic - what a place. But, it wasn't the first time I had been there, so it was no surprise really, that I enjoyed my time there.

So I went to my usual corner, found a desk, spread out my junk and started to study for my upcoming final. And then, as I drifted into my mental studying zone I recognized an out of place emotion. I was feeling kinda insignificant and unimportant, well more so than I usually do. This observation triggered a chain reaction of thoughts that have accumulated into this silly little theory. Large buildings create highly productive atmospheres simply because they make you feel small and insignificant. So in order to reassure your brain that you aren't worthless, you study and work harder to make that feeling go away. Then again, it could just be the delirium setting in as my final exam rapidly approaches.