"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 biking, Imports from old blogs, Playing With Weather, Shopping on Aug 13th, 2005
I participated in my first race ever today, the Cliff Drive circuit race. 11 miles (four loops through Cliff Drive/Gladstone Blvd). It was…interesting. I went out in the Women’s Beginners class. There were 9 of us. We started a minute after the Men’s Beginner class (there were about 40 of them) and a minute before […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Car Drama and trauma, Imports from old blogs, Shopping on Sep 20th, 2002
Thrifting simply didn’t happen today. This morning between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. I proved my utter inability to find North Oak Trfwy. with both hands and a roadmap. Yes, folks, I drove around buttfuck N. Kansas City for TWO stinking hours, looking for what is probably the largest and most significant commercial street in that […]