You know you're a 24 addict when... top ten reasons

10. You refer to the bedroom as "Division" and the bathroom as “District”.
9. When ordering pizza and they give you the delivery time, you scream back "Dammit, that's not enough time, I'll have to do it myself!"
8. Every call you get at home, you let the caller know you are putting them on speaker phone.
7. You tell the guy fixing the copy machine in your office to “do a manual reboot of Hub 5” when he is done.
6. Schematics is now a word you use everyday.
5. While adjusting the thermostat in your apartment, you wonder if someone is in possession of the override.
4. You become the self-proclaimed “Acting Director of Field Ops” in your office.
3. While on the phone with Allstate Insurance, you pray that the operator says “Please hold for President Palmer.”
2. When caught helping yourself to your assistant’s secret stash of candy, you request a “Presidential pardon in exchange for Marwan’s location.”
1. When given a project at work that you don’t want to do… you tell your boss: “I’m not doing it. I’m not CTU.”

My life. My card.

American Express is running ads that ask *celebrities* to complete the following questionnaire... for giggles, here are my *10 second responses*...

My name... JC
childhood ambition... British diplomat
fondest memory... travel has provided too many memories/tales to list
soundtrack... cleats clipping into bicycle pedals
retreat... riding my bike along Hwy 1
wildest dream... to sit down at a piano and play/sing!
proudest moment... graduating from Stanford
biggest challenge... writing my own obituary
alarm clock... Mack/Tommy texting me before a dawn patrol ride!
perfect day... running on Mount Tam followed by brunch at the Dipsea Cafe
first job... picking potatoes
indulgence... Haagen Dazs dulece de leche and choc peanut butter ice cream
last purchase... baby shower gifts
favorite movie... Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun
inspiration... my friends - they all push and challenge me in different ways

My life... is hard to encapsulate in a single phrase
My card... Visa... oops!

Happy New Year

On New Year's Eve I did an awesome 1:45 run on Mount Tam, with Chris Hauth and about 8 others. We started ~ 10am, the morning after a huge storm - though the weather was still stormy, we had some rain breaks and the trails were fairly sheltered from the wind. We ran Matt Davis trail from Mountain Home Inn to Pantoll ranger station, then Dipsea trail to Steep Ravine trail. We traversed overflowing streams, rivers, clambored over felled trees and even negotiated a landslide. Epic! Combination of fun and insane. A couple of times we had to stop and help one another crawl up and over landslides where the trail was completely eroded. The New Year's Day plan was 100mi ride to Pt. Reyes lighthouse... but after 20miles of riding I was chilled to the bone and soaking wet. Mike and I had ridden from Tam High to Nicasio, through the mud-slicked streets of San Anselmo which had been closed to traffic due to flooding. The Northern California storms were the #1 news story of January 1, 2006!

Here's a view of the bike path in Marin... Tymoff, that guy rides on water!