A tad chilly but sunny and bright, I made it my mission to properly slack off yesterday afternoon. The day was too perfect to spend inside; coffee and lazy reading at Cafe Fixe were in order. Rolling home in the late afternoon, caffeinated and fully pleased with my slacking off, I passed a few carved [...]
Entries from October 30th, 2009
riding to be righteous
October 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments · general stuff
Yesterday was cold and wet. Not the sharp cold that makes your sinuses hurt and your eyes tear up within 3 pedalstrokes. This was more a lethargic humidity that makes you briefly consider ditching class, before you reprimand yourself for how incredibly lame that would be. There was a good showing of rain too – [...]
chicken fix
October 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments · food, recipes
Despite the “fat” post last week that generated more comments than all of the previous month’s comments combined [okay not really but it was a lot], I actually have an obsession with really disgusting food. Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Bowl, Domino’s Pasta Bread Bowl, Reb Robin’s Wise Guy Burger [yes, those are mozzarella sticks on [...]
a superb elite [party]
October 26th, 2009 · 5 Comments · bike shops, cambridge bicycle, cassette, hanging out
It’s Friday night, and there’s a hand sneaking in between my legs. Fingers brush my inner thigh as I squeal and giggle. I wasn’t tipsy at all. Just a little drunk off adrenaline from the Superb Grand Opening party. I had cleared my schedule weeks in advance for this party [and not only because cassette [...]
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being the blimp
October 21st, 2009 · 14 Comments · food, training
Bicycling Magazine’s “250 Best Cycling Tips” had this to tell me: “The ideal amount of body fat for an elite male rider is 6 to 9 percent, for a woman, 11 to 14 percent.” I found it mildly hilarious that I would somehow have to lose close to 10% of my body fat by spring. [...]
ugg[h] season
October 20th, 2009 · 6 Comments · general stuff, training
It’s Ugg season, again. Remember those boots that became popular in, oh, 2002? Yeah apparently, they’re still around, despite their highly unflattering, leg shortening and fattening qualities [unless you're over 5'10" and under 100lbs, of course]. Which inevitably gives rise to snarky jokes with my best friend: “Is she wearing Uggs?” “Yeah. Welcome to 2002.” [...]
hunting season
October 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · embrocation cycling journal
My latest post for Embrocation Cycling Journal has been posted! Enjoy!
a different design
October 16th, 2009 · 7 Comments · style
A classmate turned to me yesterday and asked: “Okay, is the tie terrible?” He was dressed in a dark gray suit and white collared shirt with dark blue stripes for a job interview. The tie was an olive green paisley kind of affair, and was honestly really, really ugly. “I mean, I know it’s bad,” [...]