Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 100)

Yippee!  Now, in your excitement, don't do anything silly like jump around doing heel clicks

Awesome! "Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'"

Awesome, Jonathan! 

bcraht - 2013-03-06 9:40 AM So this AM at Masters I was swimming in a lane I don't usually.  There is a guy in the lane and we are close to the same speed.  He was drafting off me for a set, probably about 100m.  I've had women draft off me before a fair bit but never a guy.  He was HEAVY!  I can feel the women a little bit, like you know they are there.  But holy moley, it felt like this guy was actually tied to me and I was having to drag him along.  Just my Wednesday morning observation

That is really interesting. I've never had anyone draft off of me so I can't imagine that sensation. Once in a while if the ladies are doing their water aerobic stuff in the lane next to me the water feels "thicker" to pull.

bcraht - 2013-03-06 10:40 AM So this AM at Masters I was swimming in a lane I don't usually.  There is a guy in the lane and we are close to the same speed.  He was drafting off me for a set, probably about 100m.  I've had women draft off me before a fair bit but never a guy.  He was HEAVY!  I can feel the women a little bit, like you know they are there.  But holy moley, it felt like this guy was actually tied to me and I was having to drag him along.  Just my Wednesday morning observation

You pulled some big dude through the pool? Now you are going to have to post some muscle flexing pictures like Chad 

Holy page increase from yesterday, Batman!

Yay, Erin got out on her new ride!!   Your approach is a wise one, getting used to the bike and how it operates/feels before going out onto a road.

TX Jon: WOOO HOOOOO!!  Congrats on the pain-free run!

Felecia: very sorry to hear you are sick.  Blame the crazy weather for sure.

And now the music question, oh boy.  Definite dislikes: most modern country as it really depresses me (I do like the older stuff like you hear on Sirius' Willie's Roadhouse, though) and gangsta rap.

As many other manatees have stated about their music collecitons, my iPod has a crazy variety from one end of the musical spectrum to the other and most points in between.  As far as radio, I listen to WXPN, a local college station that actually has a very wide broadcast area and can also be streamed online because (no commercials, except their own promos!) and they play a huge variety from the up-and-comers (Last Bison, Lone Bellow, Mumford & Sons before they got big) to the legends who have been around for a long time. 

Favorite genres, as requested: alternative, blues, funk, rock, rockabilly, swing, soul, 70s and 80s pop, some punk, ska.  Music that has a full, rich sound (Buena Vista Social Club), stuff with brass (Blood, Sweat & Tears). Some of my very favorite artisits: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Anthony Kiedis, slurp!), Rodrigo y Gabriela, Vampire Weekend, B. B. King, Southern Culture on the Skids (have seen them in concert more times than I can recall), Squirrel Nut Zippers, Trombone Shorty, Jack White in his many incarnations and forms,  Barenaked Ladies,  Jimmy Buffett.

Chris, you ask painfully tough questions!  Your inquiry took a while to reply to and I'm still not satisfied with my answers!

Sounds like a whole lotta music lovers in here. And no one else is going to SXSW????

It's the best music festival EVER.

It's bands playing big traditional venues to bands literally playing in the restrooms of the venues, in the back of pickup trucks that are driving downtown Austin. Oh yeah, every venue typically has a food (usually BBQ) sponsor, a beer sponsor and a liquor sponsor so you eat and drink for free if you so wish.

Did I mention the music itself is free too? 

SXSW sampler (free download)

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/01/173275533/the-mix-the-austin-100

yeah I saw that lol, I just use spotify to avoid that  813 MB zip file

Ultimate SXSW 2013

For anyone who is actually interested

Us Canucks aren't allowed to use your fancy systems. 

Ohh yeah. You guys don't get Pandora either, do you?

Janyne's DL link should work for you though. That's a TON of free music!

yep, already downloading

Love it! Let me know if there is a band you really like and I will check them out if I haven't already.

bcraht - 2013-03-06 8:40 AM So this AM at Masters I was swimming in a lane I don't usually.  There is a guy in the lane and we are close to the same speed.  He was drafting off me for a set, probably about 100m.  I've had women draft off me before a fair bit but never a guy.  He was HEAVY!  I can feel the women a little bit, like you know they are there.  But holy moley, it felt like this guy was actually tied to me and I was having to drag him along.  Just my Wednesday morning observation

Ummmm....wow! You must be one determined manatee. I can barely pull myself through the water

X2, this is good to hear. Don't overdo it, but don't stop either.

If you want, we can warm up before the HM together (assuming you don't have any train/plane/automobile/country music-esk issues) 

I am going to do day of packet pick-up so I will be there early anyhow. 

Jellyfish are mean.  OK, so they can't really think, just react...I still don't like them.  Glad you were able to stay away from them!