ive been wanting one of these for a while now, but my addiction to bikes has hindered my collection of blades and survival/bushcraft trinkets

/jels

today i am totally drunk off sangria, alarm is set for 5 am for metric in CP in 4 hrs, sweetttttt :beer:

She's my sqrl, actually. She's mentioned joining a few times, so tonight I just opened up her computer and opened the forums registry page haha

Sherblock, if you ride a 54, I have a bike for you to ride. Otherwise, we could still grab a drink sometime. DM me if you're interested.

Edit: Disregard haha.

Fresh Windows 7 install.... done. ET: 3 hours.

I need a drink.

Today my firearm obsessed buddy invited me over for some beers and to check out his gold plated magnum research desert eagle that he just took delivery of. His been talking about for the last month and half after putting up the deposit for it. So beefy and $$$$. He also tried to sell me his colt ar15 in attempt to recoup some the cost. Sure, a semi-auto rifle is all I need.

Hungover as ****. Barely alive. Had a blast at the Tour de Fat. My buddy won a bike! More details later. Gotta go puke some more...

Spent too much money at a strip club. Don't regret anything.

so pimp. it's what, like $2 now every time you pull the trigger? those .50's aren't cheap. but, like oversized SUV's, i suppose if you can afford the car you can afford the gas... :)

i sold off most of my bushcraft gear that i didn't use on a regular basis (as well as most of my firearms) to fuel my bike habit. originally it was a fitness thing (hard to escape zombies if you're sucking air :) ), but then i fell back in love with the art of the bike and just the joy of riding.

yeah lots of mine got misplaced moving, i had plans to hike up Mt. Marcy this year and possibly spend the night in late fall, not sure if ill still be doing that unless i wanna go full on bushcraft and build a shelter (which im sure parks dept would get angry about)

today i did not wake up at 5 am, because my alarm that is set from my phone didnt go off.
why?


because my drunk ass never plugged it into the charger last night. now i gotta wait for it to charge before going out to CP.

Got up early today and went for a ride on my roadie.Every time I get on it I'm amazed how nice that DeBernardi rides.I think I'll have to grab one of their Track Frames too while they still make 'em in Italy.

Some friends and I went and fired a S&W 500 for part of a guy's bachelor party. It's intense - that kind of firepower in a handgun. One of the guys noted the muzzle flash is literally the size of a campfire. Serious recoil too. Fun times but I don't think I would want to shoot it often, too violent. .40S&W is plenty big for me.

Today I smoked my hangover away and put a new stem on my ride. Then went to test drive it and pick up some bagels for me & the Mrs.
The stem is great (90mmX125deg) and totally got my seat to bars drop to a more reasonable amount. Dimension stem (no one else makes that angle), black (switching all my components to black).

*Ride was NOT uneventful however. I found out what happens when you lay the bike down while you're still strapped in. :o
I was at a red light with a car behind me. It was 7am so I thought there was a good chance I would get to run the light since traffic is so light on Sunday mornings. I was wrong so I was doing a slow tight circle to kill some time without having to put a foot down... I was rolling real slow and hit a spark plug or some kind of debris which stopped me in my tracks. And since I didn't see the debris (wasn't even looking down) I wasn't ready for it and I just laid it down on my left side haha.
It's an awkward thing to experience - a 6 and a half foot man falling over from so high up, whilst strapped to a big-ass bicycle. Haha. So I know it must have been a funny thing to see. Nothing I could do but chuckle and get back up. No damage done. Nice delicate easy fall. Embarrassing though, that's for sure.

Oh, sorry man I was asking about this actual alleycat, not the filmed one.
What say you? :)

LL, I'm not sure that's a good first/beginner alleycat. It's not one we're throwing (we're just helping promote) and it sounds pretty legit. But you could always offer to work a checkpoint to see how it goes (if you're interested in doing so, let me know and I can see if they need anyone). Working CP is a great way to get a feel for the alleycat scene.

Today I have to go pick up my bike with my car... Last night got really dehydrated to the point where I felt like I couldn't ride my bike home so I left it locked up in Wrigleyville. Hopefully it didn't get puked on, LOL.

Here's another quick video from the Tour de Fat. This is an area full of crazy one of a kind bikes that you can try to ride. Notice the 3-person spinngin cycle of death in the middle. No one was brave enough to try that one while I was filming. It was wild when people did though. Also, I had the best cheese & pepper tamales ever and I was kicking ass at powering the bicycle powered mist tent. They had a cycle hooked up to a keg of water and cycling the cycle would compress the air/water inside the keg and spray it out through various nozzles on a hose that snaked around the ceiling of the tent. Pretty neat.

Yeah kinda figured by the way it was written up. No sweat. I can wait for a more relaxed one.
If you or bryan are working it, I'd tag along and help out.

Today I will be at the beach all day.

The dude drives a h1.. I know right.... But he makes defense contractor $ which I guess rubs off you when you're designing missile and missile systems all day long...

We're going to the range later today; forgot to mention but his got barrels for both .40 & .50. Speaking of recoil, it's going to pack quite a punch for a magnum that edges 5 pounds loaded.

I've fired a .357 magnum and it was intense. Too much recoil for little ol' me.

.357 magnum is a hot load. definitely packs a punch. you can fire .38 ammo in a .357 though for less recoil and power, if you just wanted to work on getting comfortable with the weapon and not flinching and whatnot.

That was years ago, when I lived in Texas. I'd like to go to a shooting range now to play with guns, but doubt I'll ever getting around to figuring out how to make that happen.

There's a mediocre indoor range in Lyons. Take I-55 south to Harlem basically. If no traffic, doesn't take long at all. It's called "Midwest Guns". You have to pay a range fee, pay for ammo, and pay to rent a weapon. So it can be costly but just to go for an hour or two it's not too bad. You do need a valid FOID card though, that would be your first step. Costs $10 and you get it from Illinois State Police. Without it, you can't even enter the store/range technically.
I used to have a 9mm and a .40S&W (both Glocks) but I sold them. Now I only have my deer hunting shotgun.

I beached all day yesterday. Seattle beaches aren't that great, but it was an absolutely gorgeous day at 70 and sunny... and it's hard to beat drinking beers overlooking the Sound.

Then I went to some party that sucked.

Today I will ride bikes.

@kaz @LL

bfssfg/chi goes shooting at the gun range???

Went on an adventure with my friend today around NYC, got cramped up and lost on the way back. After I made it back to familiar territory I headed to my grandmas house for some home cooking!


http://app.strava.com/rides/14163810

Haha I was gonna say... TinyFix event?? lol
Well everyone needs to get their FOID cards ASAP. It can take some time for processing so you best order right away. Only $10 last I checked.
Then we can plan a date to go. I've been there several times. Not the greatest most friendly place in the world, but it'll do.

Fingers crossed that it's still there. Also, Wrigleyville? Gross haha.

I'll likely be in my kitchen working.

There's a place out in Oak Park or something that my buddy Erik goes to that you don't need a FOID for. He's invited me to go with him, and I don't have one, but I haven't gone yet.

Last night I karaoked at a lesbian dive bar with my wife and some friends. Worst karaoke experience ever, though I did bust out a new song and killed it. I'd say what it is, but I wanna surprise Kaz with it the next time we karaoke together. No public transit was running by the time we got done, so I put my wife in a cab and rode home. 3.6 mile ride according to Google, and I beat the cab home by about five minutes.

Today i did laps around CP, randomly met up with my only friend who rides on the ferry over th the city

He showed me the cool kayaking boathouse he goes to then met up with me in the park

Dude is fast. Cut my ride 20 miles short cuz i felt myself bonking out trying to keep up with him, and i still had a decent ride home to do

All in all was a fun day, its nice to ride more than just yourself

Gotta get on that clipless & waterbottle action tho