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title: Things I enjoyed this week (April 26th)
author: George Mandis <george@mand.is>
date: 2014-05-03
tags: post, post, nba, bicycles, lists, things I enjoyed
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<p>After <a title="Damian Lillard: Clutchest Blazer ever" href="/2014/05/damian-lillard-clutchest-blazer-ever/">last night's game</a> I considered simply linking to that video ten times, but I found a way to make a slightly more well-rounded list.</p>
<p>1. Sunny weather came early this year to Portland. We had a couple days well into the 80s, complete with those warm-enough-to-wear-a-t-shirt nights that are exceedingly rare here. </p>
<p>2. Naturally, with such good weather comes ice cream, looking for excuses to commute around two by bike and more enjoyable runs as I prepared for my half-marathon tomorrow. </p>
<p>3. Finished two client projects — they turned out quite well! — and am moving forward this coming week looking forward to knocking down more. I bit off a bit more than I could chew in the first couple months of the year after I got back but am just about back on-top of things. In an odd way traveling and working last year forced me to keep a healthier balance, but I was less ambitious in the scope of projects I took on. This year I swung for the fences in some regard and am mildly regretting it.</p>
<p>4. Bikey projects! On Friday, a long-standing <a href="http://pedaldriven.com">bicycle-powered project</a> a friend and I have worked on came to life when we volunteered to be something like mobile docents-on-bikes for <a href="http://vdausa.org">Vancouver's First-Friday Art Walk</a>. Photos and a proper write-up are on the horizon, but this complimentary project to our long-standing <a href="http://ads-on-bikes.com">Ads-on-Bikes</a>  pursuit was very successful and gave us a good game-plan for new bikey projects going forward.</p>
<p>5. Seriously though... <a href="/2014/05/damian-lillard-clutchest-blazer-ever/">that game was an awesome ending to the week</a> and these 2014 NBA playoffs have just been superb all-around.</p>