almost kissed the pavement today. out on a pleasure ride, usually some speed involved as im catching the tail end on a light. tucson traffic lights are backwards so u get a left hand arrow after cars go straight through.

either way I got through fine but ive got a nice hole at the bottom of my right pant leg as the roll up job came loose on me and caught in the chain. it felt like my leg was getting yanked away, had to resist quite a bit to get the fabric to tear as i swerve wildly into the car lane from the bike lane. good times, wont happen again guaranteed.

Today was a great road ride in the rain. So great that it's planned again for tomorrow.

Miiight check out City Grounds in Costa Mesa since I'll be in the area. Other than that, probably internet shopping unless my bro wants to go somewhere. I feel a lot safer BF shopping in a group than by myself.

Dude, I think everyone heard about that incident in UC Davis, it's pretty much front page news.

Today I went to my first job (of the day). Went to my local Federal Credit Union atm to deposit some $, ordered a combo pizza from Costco for my students at my second job, bustled around inside Costco to get a pumpkin pie (for students), tea (for wife) and some wine for my mom (this place sucks sometimes), went to my second job, *****ed about crap with my coworker, got to my apartment to smell the massive amount of cologne the a-hole security guard wears and then checked out BF.

sold my joke bike, bought some tires/odds and ends, caught one of the last showings of Martha Marcy May Marlene in town, went out for a couple beers at my local bar and ended up barbacking in my sidis for a few hours and made some decent pocket change. thought a lot about building a soma rush up too...

solid day.

:innocent:

First ride in weeks with the FG. It felt so freaking weird to be on skinny tires (28s are real skinny and harsh compared to 35s), on a road frame, with the handle bar lower than the saddle, and of course, the fixed gear part. Fit issues were immediately noticed. I had to raise the seatpost a centimeter, maybe more, and point the saddle more to the left. The reach is a bit long but it isnt too bad.

The the first 15 minutes it felt like the very first time I got on a road bike. That was fun :)

Mmm... Booze.

Today I found my old Cave In CD which I have heard a certain bike forum moderator has a connection to... ;)

Yeah, I let the cat out of the bag, Dave.

Might spend all day at the seattle pinball museum....beer, pinball, and chinese food
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seattl...31237786915560

But if i am too hung over from thanksgiving I will have to come up with another plan, as the ding ding ding of the silverball is a killer with a bad hangover.

wet fixed ride today, temp was nice though...

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Who?

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AWESOME! Had no clue you did some vocals for them. Did you record anything?

Until Your Heart Stops and Beyond Hypothermia were on steady rotation when I was in high school.

more fixed riding again. my quads are sore

Everything on Beyond Hypothermia is me except the first two songs.

WHOAH! I <3 Cave In! You were already pretty awesome in my book, Scrod, but you are on another level now. When did you do vocals for them? I started listening to them around Antenna.

Today I: Kicked off the Rapha Turkey Takeoff Challenge with this ride.

2448/9000 calories burned!

Many moons ago. 1997-98.

damn, that's intense. I was never into that, but I can imagine it kicking ass live

Gobble gobble.

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Sat through ****ty LA traffic on my way to San Jo for thanksgiving with family...went to Britannia Arms off almaden earlier tonight it was okay

Today (I haven't gone to bed yet, so it's still Wednesday) marked the four year anniversary of my sister's death. It's usually a pretty ****ty day for me, because her and I were super close, but this year it wasn't so bad, thanks to Thee Oh Sees and good friends. Unfortunately, today also marked the beginning of my wife and I starting a separation. Yeah, life has it's ups and downs right now...

today i finally beat Week 6 Day 1 of the "100 Pushups" program.

did 42/35/32/30/42 with 1min rest periods. end goal after the full six weeks is to be able to do 100 nonstop. getting there.....42 years old in about a month, can't slack now....

Today I got in 48 miles at at ~20mph avg.

Either:

1) You're bull****ing.
2) You picked a relatively flat, windless route, or
3) You're very, very strong.

heading out for an ez hour on the fg right now. 42/18.