"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done, Party, Trashboat Shenanigans, Utter Silliness on Jun 21st, 2009
The formidable prow of my trashboat veered toward a parked car. I corrected, and the whole thing lurched toward the oncoming lane. I corrected again and nearly lumbered straight into the curb in my own lane. I could see that this was going to be a very long half mile ahead of me, and I […]
Posted in Adventures, Art Projects & Making Things, beer and/or homebrewing, Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Lists, Other Bike Stuff, Trashboat Shenanigans, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing) on Jun 5th, 2009
Yep, it’s gonna be one of those days and one of these entries. 1. They’ve been playing some butt-ass-awful music at work lately. Like worse than usual, and usual appears to be Adult-Contemporary Hits of the 1980s and ’90s. The recent streak of aural atrocities however, really has me scratching my head. Are they trying […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Redline Monocog 29er on Jun 1st, 2009
In the immortal words of Daft Punk: [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8] Once again, I tried, tried again, and failed, failed again, but oddly, this year I don’t feel nearly so bad about my personal defeat as I did last year. Possibly because I was among a very large majority that bailed this year. Of 89 starters, […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Family, Party, Redline Monocog 29er, Utter Silliness on May 26th, 2009
I rode the Redline to work today to make sure that all is in good order for the Dirty Kanza, which is only days away at this point. All, indeed, is. That bike is such a pleasure and a joy to ride in any of its many guises. For the upcoming weekend, it’s done up […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Shopping, Utter Silliness, Well I'll Be Darned on May 10th, 2009
Who says I’m playing? Trash-pickin’ is serious business you guys! Anyway, yesterday we found a dumpster that was a BONANZA of clothing…good stuff too, some of it with the tags still on it! We actually ended up leaving plenty for the next scavengers! Melissa nabbed a pair of lime green pants and a shirt that […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, dumb things I have done on May 2nd, 2009
Some friends of mine in grad school invented a fictitious Scandinavian death-metal band called Smorgasbord because they were bored and silly. Is there any better reason to invent a fictitious band than boredom and silliness? Today on the ride, Christi, Melissa, Randall, and I got on the topic of fictitious bands and invented one for […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Utter Silliness on Apr 29th, 2009
…you just go faster” –Greg LeMond, on cycling. “When it gets easier, you have to do more?!” –me, on weight training So yeah, I started lifting recently because I represent the double-threat of having the typical upper body strength of both a cyclist and a woman. Which is to say that I have noodly little […]
Posted in dumb things I have done on Apr 9th, 2009
I’m quite annoyed right now. I have this bite-guard that I paid quite a bit of money for my dentist to make for me so that I would not clench my teeth at night, and it is really uncomfortable, unpleasant, and difficult to put in, consequently, I don’t wear it with the frequency that I […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, dumb things I have done on Apr 3rd, 2009
You know what this blog has been missing lately? Tales of self-humiliation, that’s what! So, I’m gonna tell you about the time I got “skid marks” on a pair of my cycling shorts. And no, it’s not what you’re immediately thinking. First, a little background: Y’all know that Joel and I did a crazy little […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, dumb things I have done, Fashion on Mar 26th, 2009
I’ve decided that I need to find excuses to wear some of my most questionable attire. I think you will agree that the above jumpsuit is one of the most sublimely ridiculous garments ever to have survived the 1970s. Those bells! Holy moley…this is one out-there outfit. This one isn’t quite so whacky as the […]