The pedals are so different

I decided to ride my bike and try out the new pedals, and they were a bit more work than I expected. My upper legs still feel it a bit, not used to having my legs feeling both directions of the pedaling, but it might just also be that the pedals keep my feet on the pedals closer to the way they should be on there. I haven't checked my logs yet, but I think it boosted my ave speed by about 20%.

I wanted to head out to the mall today anyways, since I wanted to get the better version of the newest Dropkick Murphy cd, the one with the DVD. It was on sale at F.Y.E., and I got $6.50 in credit for trading in the CD version, so it was only an extra $8. Sure, I guess I could have gotten the DVD version in the first place, and saved a bit, but I didn't know there was a DVD version, I just saw the CD on sale on their bestseller rack one day, and grabbed it.

When I hit preview, it said the version with the DVD was just an extra dollar, and it's worth it.

I hadn't planned on getting the DVD version, but as of late, Mark has been obsessed with "I'm Shipping up to Boston" (or as he often calls it, "peg leg song") I'm Shipping Up To Boston I just found a version done by the Boston Pops, the blokes that brought us the Star Wars theme. Sure, John Williams conducted and did most of the important stuff for Star Wars music, and countless other stuff, but hey, the orchestra has to count for something! I kinda like it, I think, I might download it later. I like the live version, I'm Shipping Up To Boston and it is a bit different, having the Mighty Mighty Bosstones playing and singing along. Mark prefers the regular version of course.

We watched much of the DVD this afternoon, Mark of course loving his song, but Enzo really became entranced by Pipers in the bonus part of the DVD. I think Mark might have been kinda watching Irish Dancers.

I mowed the lawn today, then out of boredom, I mowed most of the island across the street. I spent a long hard hour on it, since all I have is a push mower, which doesn't bother me as much as gas mowers. (I get sinus headaches from being near lawn mowers, though it doesn't seem to bother me with push mowers.) I didn't finish the island, but it's a miracle I did as much as I did, being that the grass over there was probably 6 inches of more deep, and my mower actually clogged with grass many times. It did a thorough job of making the rest of my body feel like I actually did something today. It looks a lot better out the window now.

It may seem odd that I would go mow some grass that really should be mowed by the city, but our house is in a rather odd position, the closest house is on a different street, as such, the island and it's tree really only border us, and the way our house is rather visible from a fair number of places and at a distance, it really seemed to make our house look a bit worse to see it so overgrown. I might even finish it tomorrow.