Miffed

I am moderately miffed this morning. I'd be more so, but I've been sitting here calming myself down.

Got all ready for a swim workout, got all my stuff together and got my sweaty self down to the YWCA to discover they were closed. There was a little sign, down at about the level of a 4 year-old, announcing that they'd be closed from the 28th through the 6th for "annual maintenance". I don't recall seeing such a sign last week, nor was I reminded of this via email or from one of the folks who checks you in and hands you towels. To say I was pissed would have been an understatement.

Thankfully I keep a towel in my office for the work gym, so I was able to come in and get cleaned up for work.

Checked the Y's web site and there's no notice of the closing. There is text saying you should check the "Holiday Closing page" for updated hours of operation, but then there's no link to such a beast.

I am so, so very not pleased at them. Enough so that I've been trying to look for other gyms in DC with pools, but you'd be surprised at how difficult it is to find any gyms online, aside from, say, Resluts (and yes, I spelled it that way on purpose - it has a reputation), Sports & Health or other big gyms (none of which seem to have indoor pools). Hell, the YWCA doesn't even come up on a search! Did find the Waterside Fitness and Swim Club, which is across the way from heterodoxy's apartment, but it's only an 18-meter pool, not the standard 25 (why would you make it less than the standard?). Feh.

Change of pace

In other news, Apple finally unveiled the new iMac. Very purty.

My only question is, if you were going to make it that small anyway, why not make it semi-portable, like a tablet-style thing?

Music

I bought Bjork's Vespertine when it came out, the first album of hers I'd ever gotten.  It didn't impress me.  I rarely listen to it, nothing really caught my interest. :-/

But then again, I never listen to Scarlet's Walk by Tori, either (again, the first album from an established artist whom everyone seems to love).

That said, the snippets you can listen to of Medulla on iTunes are sounding better than Vespertine ever did to me.  Might have to give her another try.