It’s funny how you realize how neurotic your whole entire family is when you spend some time away. It’s also, ironically, what makes going home so great: you fit right in, and you don’t have to worry about acting “normal” anymore. I’m not at home, but I take comfort in the fact that my Mom [...]
Entries from February 28th, 2009
spinning out
February 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · general stuff, hanging out
Excuse the late evening posting recently, but it’s been warm out. Which means I haven’t been getting enough work done, but it’s not like the balmy weather’s going to last much longer. Which also means I’ve been spending the day [since getting out of class] pedaling as hard as I can [to places where I [...]
Tags:coffee·cyclocross·naps·spring break·warm
rose sky
February 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · general stuff
It’s in the 40s today, which means that the cyclists are out in full force. I saw my morning older-bearded-dude-on-road-bike-with-bright-yellow-wind-jacket and the girl-on-hybrid-who-always-looks-really-really-happy-to-be-coasting-down-the-hill-I’m-trying-to-struggle-up. Those are the only cyclists I usually see. Older-bearded-dude usually does either the slight hand raise or nod of what I like to imagine is a seasoned cyclist salute of mutual respect [...]
Tags:allston·brighton·cruiser·cyclists·international bikes·weather
inferiority complex
February 25th, 2009 · 10 Comments · general stuff
So I’m still feeding off the trackosaurus-rex-posting-plus-garrett-chow-facebook-friending extravaganza of Monday. I’m not going to lie, that totally made my week life. Sure, my 15 minutes of fame might already be over, but I was having a hard time thinking up new [blogging] goals. Think Lance after winning the Tour seven times, minus the dating hot [...]
Tags:Garrett Chow·inferiority complex·Lance Armstrong·slow·trackosaurus rex
tailwind
February 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · general stuff, hats
A friend asked me a few days ago what exactly would prevent my biking to school – snow? sleet? driving rain? Embarrassed at admitting the truth, I just shrugged. Ever since, my weather arch-nemesis – strong, gusty wind – has been making a recurring appearance. Yesterday morning I felt like I was on a wind [...]
Tags:Garrett Chow·MASH SF·trackosaurus rex·unbelievable·wind
bikes are…forever?
February 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments · bike parts, general stuff
Yeah, okay, I can’t keep this secret. I thought about trying, and then one day being like BAM! NEW BIKE! WHAAAAAAATTT! Buuuuut, that’s obviously not going to work out. I was probably the last one to see that, probably because I was busy jumping up and down and clapping my hands in glee. Because Erich [...]
tessie
February 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · handmade goodies, hanging out, hats
Every Bostonian that reads this blog will probably understand the title reference. Or they should, if they consider themselves true Bostonians. Especially when it’s coupled with this: Yeah I know, I said I wouldn’t make another one. But I owe Jeremy this kind of maddening, eye-straining, muffled-scream inducing embroidery work, mostly because my bike almost [...]
Tags:Bosox·crazy·cycling cap·embroidery·fingers·handmade·international bicycle center·laceration
broke and dreams
February 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike parts, general stuff
I’m broke. Not dead-fucking-broke [yet], but uncomfortably broke. Extremely uncomfortably broke when all I do in my free time is build up my dream bike piece by loving piece. Chris King headset [the sotto voce one...in pink!, or no...classic silver?...but the pink's so cute...], silver Nitto drops, Champs grips [pink, def...mayyyybe white], pink deep V [...]
Tags:broke·Chris King·dream bicycle
the birds and the v's
February 17th, 2009 · 9 Comments · bike parts, general stuff
As pathetic as it sounds, if you had asked me last year if about Deep V rims, I probably would have assumed that you were talking about either a) some new sex move I hadn’t heard of, or b) a porno. I still sort of weird myself out every time I think “wow, I want [...]