I like good heroin--the white not the mud. Heroin and Monk is like full on syrup-mode. yeeaaah....

Pope, you are the jam.

- sunny mornings
- an extra vanilla-y latte
- answering questions from coworkers about my bikes
- happy hour
- coming home from work to (finally!!) find the first acceptance letter to law school

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

oh, wait, that's not me at all...I'm more into:

-sleeping in (or getting up super early on days that I don't have to work and enjoying every minute of freedom
-wool socks, wool shirts
-friendly people on bikes
-getting letters in the mail
-riding hard all day at work, then getting into an impromptu race on the way home
-bourbon hot toddies

congrats, where did you get in?
...I just got my apps completed yesterday, so my chances aren't so hot...

-the right music at the right time
-a well made peanut butter and honey sandwich on multi grain
-spinning freshly lubed cup and cone BB and just watching it spin
-the feeling of complete trembling nothingness after any good excercise
-taking any tight set of corners, be they in the street or on a path, perfectly
-finally solving an engineering problem after hours or thinking at Courier Cafe while my friend finishes his reading for the day
-59 cent mocha coffee things at the Am-Ko
-catching a fleeting glimpse of a massive ninja-pirate war in a parallel reality

having had a few good beers;
here goes...

being a girl with muscles
having friends who assure me that my bike isn't all that f'd up
more good beer
biggest advocate of the anti-atkins diet ever
comfy sheets and down comforters 'cause it's mpls and the HIGH temp tomorrow is 2.
oh yeah, and tall skinny boys with muscles.
maybe that should be at the top?

toast with homemade jam
reading with my dog curled up beside me
getting into the drops
feeling my sprained ankle healing day by day
the sound of the needle hitting a record
fresh ground black velvet coffee
girl scout cookie home delivery

-70 degrees outside without humidity and a cloud in the sky
-glassy lines rolling in (combine this with the first one and it's even better!)
-people in my community finally getting interested in organizing rides/races
-jealous sound
-girls who know how to have fun
-working on bike while listening to bad religion
-perfectly inflated tires that make your ride 100% silent
-cuban sandwhiches

-flea markets, garage sales, free cool stuff on the side of the road.
-"obsolete" machines, esp. printing presses, typewriters
-collecting (see above)
-Vija Celmins because she's droll, wouldn't give a straight answer during what would have been stuffy artist interview yesterday, and her art rocks. "I grew up not knowing English...in Indianapolis."
-clever funny people (obvious, but there are a lot of people with the blank stare out there.)
-bikes, riding bikes
-boys with some muscles, but no beefnecks!

jamey wins.



ps.. come to orlando for critical mass this month.

Vietnamese sandwiches!

* cool girls with real pursuits and passions

* my little "family" of music gear from the 60s-80s

* that moment when you click with a new bike or build and realize you have some FUN times ahead

* cooking thai food

* summer getting closer every day

* sprinting home from work, motivated by art, love, and food

-when you reach your destination tired, then rest up a bit while enjoying your reason for riding there, and realize you get to ride home again.
-putting on socks right out of the dryer
-peanut butter sandwiches and chocolate milk
-The Adventures of Pete & Pete on DVD

New York Law school.
Still waiting to hear from 5 more schools. we'll see.
good luck to you

heres my favorite things.
-cool decent looking girls
-bikes
-the city
-city parks
-vegan soap
-vanilla lattes
-mail from friends

peanut butter and honey! i've never met anyone else who eats those sandwiches...

though i'm partial to such a sandwich on my mom's homemade oatmeal bread.

when is the ride?

Some of my favorites from today:

-My beard freezing to my fleece neckwarmer.
-Looks of disbelief from everyone when they asked 'You didn't ride your bike today, did you?'
-Getting to give my boss a ton of crap for wanting to get a ride two blocks to pick up his car.
-Lining up everything for the overtime work that I need to do this weekend, knowing that it's all going to get finished, and being able to leave work early tonight.
-A Sierra Nevada, a bottle of Bushmills and 3 documentries about dinosaurs to end the night.

My favorite thing today:

Watching 60 teams haul off in -22 windchill for a 260 mile sled dog race in da UP, hey. Those boys are in for a tough sled. This is off-topic.

-Busting out the Dremel to put that final polish on some stainless
-Getting perfect freeze lines on my TIG welds in class
-That first beer after a race/long ride
-Dreaming up what you're gunna eat after that long ride
-Doing the right thing
-Making breakfast tacos for my girl on her days off

1. Those nice sunny days where you get the end end of your ride and decide to take the long way home
2. Kicking as$ in the gym and going outside for a smoke at the end of my workout--warpred, i know, but almost nothing better than a smoke after a great workout
3. Drinking New Castle and listening to the bosstones while cleaning my apartment on spring day with the windows open and a warm breeze
4. riding up north where you can go for hours without seeing another human soul
5. my girlfriend asking me if my new "tires" came in after a crummy day of work (she'll never get it)
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I need a sixth! checking BF at work after my boss chews me out

my down comforter
jersey sheets
macs
bikes
vanilla scented candles (and candles in general really)
loofahs
good book good pastry good coffee

No order:

- Girls talking to me and/or screaming hottie while I ride or do trackstands at lights.
- Meeting another Vegan who isn't a snob.
- Stitting at All Saint's (local cafe I frequent everyday) with my good friend Nathan.
- Free water after riding hard as hell in hot weather.
- Knowing that I don't have a car.
- Going so fast that I pass cars and they give me the "WTF" look.

and...

- Smoking while drinking coffee after a ride.