"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Playing With Weather, Shopping on Nov 19th, 2005
So, my trench coat I was wearing for my windbreak layer has pretty much started completely disintegrating, so I knew I needed to get some new outer wear before the weather gets any worse. I also didn’t have a lot of budget for clothes, especially considering how expensive athletic stuff is. Columbia winter coat $11 […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Playing With Weather on Nov 15th, 2005
It is raining outside and cold. But. I have fenders, I have a raincoat, I have my nasty woolly jumper, I have my fancy-pantsy Sugoi tights, I have tall boots and wool socks, and I have a complete change of clothes in my waterproof backpack. *deep breath* Don’t be a damn weenie, Michelle. 20 minutes, […]
Posted in bike commuting, dumb things I have done, Imports from old blogs, Trek 800 on Nov 14th, 2005
So, Finslippy was talking about stinky Gingko fruits, the other day, and I was thinking, wow, I’m glad we don’t have Gingko trees here in Kansas City, because wow, that would suck to ride my bike through a pile of dead leaves and rotten puke-fruit and then have that shit stuck in my tires. Ahem. […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Home Improvements, Imports from old blogs on Oct 29th, 2005
What furniture that was getting shoved has now been shoved. I should vaccuum, but my motivation has run out. Hah! So, yesterday, I’m at work, on my lunch break, sitting in the breakroom eating my lunch and reading the latest Harry Potter (first time, and yes, I am way behind the trend…I like the HP […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Schwinn Suburban, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Oct 6th, 2005
Did you ever have one of those days where you were inadvisably flatulent and you couldn’t find any reasonably socially acceptable place to relieve pressure? Because I can tell you that those days really suck. Now, I’ve been known to deploy retaliatory flatulence when fighting dirty, but thankfully those days are behind me now, and […]
Posted in bike commuting, Burley, Imports from old blogs on Sep 12th, 2005
I blew a tire and fucked up my tail light today. Unrelated incidents. I don’t know when I lost my taillight, but it was on the back of my bike this morning and the light part was gone when I got home tonight. The backing, mount, and clip are still attatched to the seatpost, but […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs on Jul 25th, 2005
So yeah, I woke up in a crispy frame of mind this morning. I had Yon Olde Earlie Shift at work, so at approximately 5:40 a.m., I hauled my butt out into the street and started pedalling. A mental rendition of “Too Drunk to Fuck” is actually not bad riding music. I used to love […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Burley, Imports from old blogs on Jul 19th, 2005
So, I’m airing up my back tire, which has had a slow leak. When I was unscrewing the tip of the Presta Valve, I noticed that it looked a little cockeyed, but I didn’t think much of it. However, when I was pulling the head of the tire pump back off, that whole little screw-cap-and-shaft […]
Posted in bike commuting, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jun 14th, 2005
I’m making some new pants. I’ve been looking sad and raggedy for months, and working on other people’s shit, and I finally got my slate clear and cut out a new pair of pants yesterday. I’ve got the fronts stitched together, the fly in and pockets on, and I’ve prepped all the rest of the […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Imports from old blogs on May 23rd, 2005
Well, I guess I’ve established that I’ve been hell on wheels for the greater part of my life so far, but I don’t think I’ve articulated exactly why I love biking so much. Now some of it dates back to my early, childish epiphany that being able to balance on my own two wheels was […]