Today the wind is kicking the shop's ass and it hasn't even gotten bad yet.

#woof Stay safe out there, all you East coast folks.

Went outside for a quick skate9cruiser/beater board to my gf's house and got blown around until I ended up on a parked cars hood. 60-75 mph winds are no joke:roflmao2:

Gonna be a long week as I do not have work for the next few days cuz all the schools are closed due to Sandy. So ima go to the shop and work on bikes and listen to podcasts and music all afternoon. Excited to bike around the city and see all the destruction and after effects of the storm though. And hopefully get a lot of free wood from fallen trees in the road and stuff

Today I am being lazy and riding this out.

+1

think some videogames are in order

Got **** on by a bird, smack on my forehead right above my left eye, on my ride into work. Wiped it off and kept riding, washed it off when I got to work -- about half was on my helmet and half on my face. I think some got in my eye, trying not to freak out about contracting crazy bird diseases. Ugh. Maybe god telling me I should have celebrated the Giants winning the world series more or something.

I hate birds.

word.

i've had ducks attack me while swimming and in the spring i can't run near water lest some red wing black bird think my head is somehow threatening its nest

I cant believe its not raining right now. I should ride this afternoon bot 10 miles and circuit training class may have kicked my ass.

managed to avoid that stalker chick, Sandy, and made to/from work w/o getting rained on.

although the contrast between 30mph headwind and tailwind was readily apparent.

also, the state (my employer) made it very clear that unless i get a call to stay home any absence will be treated as AWOL and i won't get paid for the day.

Today I:
 

I'm annoyed today because I have received yet another tire sidewall tear. I think this makes 5 tires this year. 2 Paselas, both rear; 2 GP400s, front and rear; and the rear on mtb during the first ride. I guess I'm going ride with a booted tire until I can get home and take the 28s from my SR.

Today isn't all bad though. I got to spend some time helping out a beautiful older Dutch lady. I must go to one of these countries where 6 foot tall women are more common

whereabouts are you riding? bad roads?

Today I:
 

All but one had been while going one way or the other on Venice between Santa Monica and Culver City.

bummer. I keep a folded piece of duct tape and ziploc bag just in case I get a sidewall tear

Today I:
 

I keep a pencil bag with my tools and flat supplies. Thankfully it did not explode before I noticed the tear.

so many tears would piss me off! lol
Hopefully you filled your quota for the next few years!
I've used a dollar bill before :) those cotton fibers are decently strong

This has happened to me a minimum of 3 times in my life, I think maybe it's actually 4. The last time was like two weeks ago, hit my right ear and neck. I thought they had something against me as a species after that last time, but my friend said something encouraging. She said it only means I'm outdoors a lot, which is a good thing.

I got pissed on by a seagull this summer. Glad it's been years since I've been pooped on.

it's windy. very.

Its really windy here too. Can't be anywhere near as bad, but we're still catching gusts up in the 40's.

That's a good way of looking at it. One of my co-workers tried to be helpful and said "I heard getting poo'd on by a bird is good luck." Not sure how that works, pretty sure good luck would be NOT getting poo'd on. I like the reasoning that I'm just outdoors a bunch. That was the third time ever for me, once as a kid at recess (horrible, all over my head) and once in college.

Today I am packing up my apt. It has been a good year my friend, see you never.

today im watching where the trail ends while 74 mph wind gusts pummel my house and shake it around like im in a paint mixer

Tonight I am exhausted from moving everything around and vacuuming up the constant stream of water coming into the shop. Even though the storm is letting up some, the power went out around 6 and I have no idea when it will be back on. Building wheels by candlelight, FTW.