"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Trek 800 on Dec 3rd, 2005
Well, this is my much-beloved Old Reliable mountain bike. The ten-ton Trek. The first picture was from last spring, before I started doing stuff like putting bottle cages on it. It just had blinky lights, and I think it still had the bar-end rearview mirror, which it no longer has. It kept getting knocked off […]
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 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 Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Playing With Weather on Jan 6th, 2005
Fence with ice and dead morning-glories. 1-5-05 Pampas Grass, minus the pomp, plus a buttload of ice. 1-5-05 Ilus Davis Park reflecting pool, frozen over. No grip on this hand-rail! Symmetry & crap. Frozen grass–stays crispy in milk? Oak Tower, plus part of the 11-Oak parking garage. City Hall’s shade-tree. Ice on guard-railing around old […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Playing With Weather on Dec 20th, 2004
Brrrfuckbrrrr! Is that it? No. Goddamn, it’s cold out here. Maybe that’s it. Nope–bread truck. Damn bread truck with the lights on top of the cab. Ah, that’s definitely it. Grumblefuckgrrr…lumber truck. School bus. Bugger! Could it be any damn colder out here? Car. Car. Taxi. Car. Pickup. Aaarghghg. My nipples are going to snap […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, Playing With Weather on Apr 22nd, 2004
1. It’s a lot like taking a shower, except without the soap and the naked and the getting clean, and with a whole lot more activity and grit. So not much like a shower at all, except for getting wet. 2. Drivers are even less likely to see you. 3. The grit can get up […]