2009 July

Entries from July 31st, 2009

clandestine chandeliers

July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · bike shops, cambridge bicycle, cassette, style

Sharing is caring, I know. But sometimes, I’m tempted to keep certain things to myself. Like those gems of whatever that you discover, and then hide away, at least for a little while, while you weigh who you’ll let in on your little secret, and in what order. The irony being that I don’t really [...]

high off handlebars

July 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · general stuff, training

I’ve always been skeptical of out of body experiences and the people that “experience” them. I remember, back in high school, a girl once told me how she got so high [off weed] that she felt like she had become the glass of water on her desk. Somehow I restrained myself from telling her that [...]

tannery

July 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · hanging out, style, training

I hate it when people ask me whether I prefer hot or cold weather. If I had to absolutely choose one over the other, which one would I pick? Like if all year long, it was either really hot or extremely cold, and you couldn’t ever move again. It’s kind of asking someone, if forced [...]

asian cyclist fetish

July 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · bike shops, hanging out, road rides

Being single and female presents its plethora of problems. Add “Asian” to the mix and it’s like a whole nother universe. Like if anyone seemingly flirts with me [a rare occurrence, thankfully], I immediately imagine their rooms: a tiny closet-like space filled with anime posters, Asian language books, pictures of ex-girlfriends [all Asian], and a [...]

sweet goodbye

July 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · bike shops, food, road rides

I’m boarding another bus this afternoon to head back home to Boston. Goodbye NYC, goodbye swelteringly hot printing studio in Billyburg, goodbye comfy black couch in NYC Velo. And also, in a way, goodbye summer. Not that it’s over, technically. But most cyclists will probably agree that they’re feeling it pulling to a reluctant close. [...]

braking up

July 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike shops, food, hanging out

Like most people, I really hate heartbreak. The crying, self-doubt, nights alone that used to be spent either on the phone or giggling with a boyfriend, and just the complete emotional exhaustion. It sucks. I suppose I was incredibly lucky when, the morning after my last break up, I ran into a friend who had [...]

lazy rain

July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · general stuff, style

I don’t know what my parents were really thinking but my name is a homonym for “silkworm” in Japanese. Or maybe they weren’t really thinking. The characters are different, obviously, but it still makes for somewhat awkward introductions. Like oh, hello, my parents named me after a worm that you eventually boil in its own [...]

kinky or kissena

July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · training

Call me a creature of habit [or just lazy], but I tend to get stuck in the same mundane routine. Getting up at the same time every morning, going through the same motions at work, doing the same rides. Ironically I sort of like it when someone will pull me out of my rut, give [...]

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geekhouse-ery

July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · bike shops

Monday. No matter how chipper I might be feeling on this day of the week, that line from “Office Space” will run through my head at least five times, in that same gratingly annoying voice: “Looks like someone’s got a case of the Mondays!” And then there’s that Swingline stapler by the copy machine that [...]

cassette.

July 17th, 2009 · 6 Comments · handmade goodies, style

You know that feeling when you wake up at some absurd hour from passing out somewhere that is not in your own bed after a kind of long night and you realize it’s probably a good idea to leave wherever you are even if you don’t really want because, hey, there’s always tomorrow? That sort [...]