I should just ignore this, but you asked.

- massive drug use. MASSIVE.
- near complete lack of real usable mass transit that runs through the night
- lack of ethnic diversity
- rampant alcoholism
- sky high taxes, little/no social services
- I'm not even gonna mention the public education system
- the housing market
- govermental corruption like whoa
- no vegan pho! what the ****! I have to go to seattle for a decent bowl of soup!

there are lots of rad things about it too.
I dont hate portland. I'm just not too big a fan of living here.

can i get a witness!

fair enough, and very well argued. i guess most of these things just don't bother me that much, at least in my life. although i will agree 100% about the lack of mass transit through the night. nothing like being drunk at 2AM and having to bike 20 miles home.

as for the MASSIVE drug use, are we talking about pot, or very bad drugs? i would agree with you about the pot, but whatever, everyone does that these days...at least in my experience. i just haven't been around too much heavy drug use, so i wouldn't know if it was a problem or not. but i'm going to trust you that it is a problem, and that sucks.

as for the public education system, i have been in it all of my life, well now i'm in college, but yeah. anyway, i would agree that it is ****, because i'm a ****ing dumbass. i think these last two poorly constructed sentences are proof of just how bad it is. no doubt.

oh and i eat so much delicious vegan food that it's not even funny!

methamphetamine and heroin are generally considered very bad drugs, yes.

oh, and there is also the employment thing.

that rules too.

i'm so into the job opportunities here. so dope.

RE: Eastside Destruction Ride

non-square spokecards

$10 entry fee
$7 needed throughout the race. this is to buy beer and stuff, i guess.

and i am supposed to let people know that if they are sensitive to caffine they need to let the person at the registration table know.

this is just what i was told! don't shoot the messenger

lack of ethnic diversity
you are not kidding at all

also
so far i'm the only person i know in portland who doesnt drink, well, and the kid at the last race, but he might have been one of the out of towners



but omfg are there some cute ass girls coming into goodwill daily

ps

that mother ****ing rail going down sw 10th ave

turns out not only will my wheel lodge into it, but if i try crossing at a non-perpendicular angle i lose all traction and eat **** infront of a big van causing it to slam on its brakes

**** those rails

**** them

when i read this the first thing that came to my mind was, "sick, he found a new spot!"

i guess it's just the old skater in my, heh.

but yeah, watch out for those wet max/streetcar tracks, they will jump out and get ya. i have only once fallen on the streetcar tracks in NW and it was because some guy pulled out in front me and i out of instinct just moved around him...unfortunately it was right into the path of the tracks. it sucked.

somewhere around close in SE there's a burly jamie thomas Thrill of it All style looking set. one of these days i'll stop and look at it

switch ollie that ****. man up!

peep game. be on the look out at PSU for some dude ****ing with bikes. If he doesn't steal them, he ****s up your bike in the process.
peace dudes.

**** that noise. that is some bull****. good lookin' out, although i don't really know what i'm going to do about it.

if you see a real big sized black reload with red stitching and a bare flap (patch is on the pocket under it)

might still have reflector strips clipped on, probably still has the velcro-attached strap pad

and its not a kid with glasses and curly hair and a mercier

let me know. my dumbass left that **** on the MAX late last night

pm for #

have you called tri-met?

they have a lost and found you know.

mother****ing FOUND

picking it up from trimet tomorrow

and yeah, the first thing i did was fill out their form

portland girls (on average) just don't bring the cuteness like those in other cities. sad but true.


my main problem with portland?

TOO MANY GODDAMN PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE MONEY THAN SENSE MOVING HERE FROM OTHER PLACES. this includes many of the people who don't have very much money.


thank god for outer SE. it will be a few years yet before they take over here.

another race tonight

damn, i can't make it tonight... such a nice night for a race too. next weekend it's on though...

-miah

Race Night!!!

man down

after the ride matt (lanky fellow) and i headed over the sellwood bridge, rode down towards that construction, big steep hill. i'm pretty cautious when it comes to: steep hills, at night, into intersections, in areas i've never been

matt didnt have such caution, he charged down the hill, into the intersection, and then hit the other side of the intersection, where the road is a good 4 inches higher. he slid about 25 feet, layed still for a second, then started screaming.

i came up and saw the huge gouge over his right eye, lots of blood in the street.

there was a guy who hinted at maybe being an ex-emt, but matt was so out of it when the ambulance came they asked if he was autistic, so who knows.

it took him a few minutes to remember my name

huge thanks to the skinny 18 year old looking security guard in the bmw and the dudes in the truck. i was aware enough to dial 911 but immediately realized i had no idea where i was, so i handed the phone to them.

**** though, i cant even believe that happened.

i think a guy at bike gallery lives in his building. i'm going to figure out which it is and let them know he has a cat. i dont know how long he's going to be out of commission

gosh...

f**k, dudes...
i can't believe that happened. moments after we were peacefully chillin' on the docks...
here's wishing you a speedy recovery, matt.
thanks for handling the situation, tehz.

his dad called work today, 5 broken bones (didnt hear which ones) but he was in surgery all day today.

****s ****ed