we've got to 15 last month.
my secret to happy marriage is luck (its beats skill everytime)

CONGRATES

and to you!

today i spent the morning getting my car emissions test (cars man why) and then getting my internet back up and running via HOURS on the phone with comcast. this is not a ***** about comcast though, turns out the problem was caused by my husband handling an account change improperly and it f-ed everything up. i lucked out and got one of those rare really helpful reps on the phone and he got me back up and running AND found a package that saves me $50 a month on my bill. i'll take it.

I have a Global and love it. What marque Sabatier? I used to have a Sabatier Elephant, but it got stolen. When I did sushi, I had a Masamoto Yanagiba. True chisel. Loved it. It got stolen, along with the Sabatier and a few other nice knives and tools in my kit, from the Alinea locker room.

Congrats to RG and JD. I'm not sure how fifteen years happens. I've been married for a hair over three, been with her for six, and I'm amazed by that. Up until about a month ago, we had been on the brink of divorce for about a year.

Jared, I hate you right now. I ****ing love Braid. I can't tell you how many times I've seen them live.

Today I decided to just stop reading all the "n33d a fixay" and "what size kilo TT" threads.

Yesterday I did a loop and a half of singletrack, and got a flat from a goathead.

Why the extra half? The stupid ****ty clip on my buddy's seatbag broke in half, causing the bag to go flying off his bike and into the brush after a particularly technical section. Of course his keys and cellphone were in there too. We had to shortcut back to the same spot and walk the trail for a quarter mile until we could find the thing again.

In related news, Lezyne glueless patches are the tits.

Elephant here as well. it was a salvage job from a junk pile at an antiques show. lots of t.l.c., but it's a joy now. sucks about your roll, i'd lose my ****.

just found out that Dropkick Murphys are playing the Utica brewery, 5min from my house. i'm predicting mayhem and foolishness.

Today I took the rusted chainring bolt out that made the most annoying noise with a power drill

Fffffuuuuuu

What kind of noises do chainring bolts and power drills make together?

I give zero ****s about the the history of the U.S.

It's remarkable.

I just had lunch with an old friend that just got out of rehab. Dude looks/sounds better than I've seen him in years, and has actually had a job for six months. I'm shocked. Went to this little Korean diner around the corner. Last time I was there was a brunch date back in the winter. Still awesome. Now to listen to some Wu-Tang and read comics.

Edit: I'm thinking about trying to save for a certification at UBI or Barnett's. Or maybe a Carmichael training week... Hmm...

Redbull is streaming their new video where the trail ends if anyone is interested, I know its not SSFG and most here aren't tail riders, but I though someone might appreciate it. pretty gnarly stuff regardless of gears

heres the link http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/films...the-trail-ends


edit: Sal Masakelele stops his antics at the 1 hour mark and the movie starts then

A very loud screech, similar to dragging a dead body across a tile floor.



Oh wait I don't know what that sounds like...

Today I got the package from home I was waiting for, so that I can sell stuff to support the bike habit.

Today I wrenched a bunch and saw a Pinarello for hairnet.

http://cosprings.craigslist.org/bik/3234500569.html

http://images.craigslist.org/5Na5Z45...ffdfdc1412.jpg

still building log jams....this is taking longer than i expected, sucks to be away from home, but also nice to get out of the office

Rode to an abandoned (so I thought ) section of waterfront. Got caught tresspassing, Sheriffs Deputy shows up...we talked bikes for 20 minutes, then he got a call and had to leave before writting us up...we rode back home, turned out to be a nice day :)

Today, due to a stress riser in the fork, the stock fork went back onto the 930.

You're having all kinds of trouble lately, aren't you?

It happens, the bike rides better with the steel fork actually.

today i wanted to get in a ride after work but then remembered i have a super long shift tomorrow. I work for apple and its gonna be a crazy day actually crazy weekend.

I know the feeling. I worked at an Apple store the day the first iPhone launched. There was a line around the mall. 1 hour before closing, everyone had been served. Everyone left with an iPhone. I was amazed. A customer could have showed up at 8:30PM walked right to the counter and bought an iPhone, no line, no wait.

come on man, why!!

Animal Collective... tomorrow. Been waiting for this for a while.

I can probably equate Apple Geniuses to some sort of corporate programmed automaton with a second to nature acquired apathetic and pseudo-understanding personality traits optimized for retail profit maximization. Strange creatures indeed.

I'm very tempted to get an iphone 5 but I'm a bit torn with how apple was stingy with the new features and the similar resemblance with the 4(s). Not to mention all the manufacturing line leaks took away the fuzzy Christmas day like feeling from Apple release events.

Did all the in store geniuses serenade you with applause after you clocked out on your last day?

i've had Macs since my first computer in '95, but went to an Apple store for the first time last year (bad hard drive). very much the forced joviality of a TGIF's coupled with koolaid drinking comet cult. all really decent people, but i imagine it must be like working at Disneyland: always looking over your shoulder in case you're caught not living up to the corporate image. felt bad for them. i now refer to it as the "church of the shiny wall".

today i shall attempt to shave even more time off my ride home. cannot get away from this place fast enough. i am constantly reminded that, although there are good people here, the primary purpose of the criminal justice system is to perpetuate itself. should have followed my first instinct and just gotten on the plane for that Thai Buddhist monastery that accepted me after college. darn meeting the perfect woman.... :)

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.pedalconsumption.com/wp-c...interbike1.jpg
'13 kagero

Got home last night and found a bat chillin' on my ceiling. Escorted him out using a garbage can.

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