outlier

Entries Tagged as 'outlier'

bmx boys and blue lug

January 25th, 2012 · 2 Comments · bike shops, tokyo

Back in college – having enrolled in one with a Quaker tradition without even knowing it – we were mostly limited to one dining hall in an effort to keep alive the tradition that the community should all “eat under one roof.” When I wasn’t running on carcinogens [Parliament Lights] and what I believed to [...]

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2011 christmas gift guide for the female cyclist

December 19th, 2011 · 4 Comments · gear, style, tokyo

Less than a week until Christmas, and derailed by the shock of Kim Jong-Il’s death, I’ll understand if you haven’t bought that definitive, perfect present for the female cyclist in your life. Be it wife, girlfriend, mother, sister, or friend, here’s a quick list [you're extra lucky if you're in Japan for some of these [...]

brooklyn bike jumble-ing

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments · bike parts, hanging out, nyc

I was born in the year of the pig [or, as I like to call it, the year of the boar]. I don’t say this to justify my adoration of food, but because, by sheer luck [or misfortune], the year in which I was born blessed me with a streak of stubbornness and, worse, a [...]

attractive presents

January 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · general stuff, hanging out, style

Back in my fag hag days, a fabulously gay friend once informed me: “I only like to be friends with attractive people.” I laughed in response, at least half in disbelief. The statement sounds ludicrous but I was also struck by its stark naked honesty. We all want to be friends with attractive, fashionable, interesting [...]

centerfold champions

November 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments · bike shops, cassette, handmade goodies, things in print

When significant others fail become less significant, I do what [I'd like to think] most others do: stuff all objects/memories/gifts/pictures associated with said person into some kind of receptacle [not the trash, though, apparently newly broken hearts like to cling not purge] and place it somewhere it can be easily forgotten. Months later, I’ll come [...]

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,” [...]

an outlier problem

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · cassette, handmade goodies, hanging out, sales, style

You know you’re at Interbike when the day starts with a stop by a suite at the Venetian, and the elevator next to you spits out a guy in a full kit on his bike, who clips in and rides his way to his hotel room. But you know the day’s going to be really [...]

a celebration of taste

September 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments · embrocation cycling journal, hanging out, style

I’m actually not that much of a party girl. Notwithstanding the complete lack of rack that is required to look good in backless club wear, a glass of beer can make the room spin for me. Chimay will absolutely floor me. Dancing in heels all night is a skill I never bothered to perfect. I’d [...]