Well, I can see you guys are good friends

I'm only messing around. I meant to put a smiley winky face in that last comment, but i had a timer going off in my Lab and had to run and get it.

A mad scientist lab?

Haha yeah, something like that. We have a couple mad ones around here. I work for Canon, in their MICR ink/toner R&D Dept.

That sounds sweet! So like developing new inks from the tears of children and the pixie dust from ground down unicorn horns? Basically?

Basically, yes.
we do everything from small desktop printers, to giant 800 page a minute printers, like what Amazon uses to print a book, when you order it from them. Did you know that? alot of books you order from Amazon, are printed when you order it. Printed, bound and everything.

Huh, that's super interesting. Funny biz model but i guess that's probably the best way to avoid overstock.. In my print shop days, I used to love binding books -- a dying art for sure.

Sweet! Sounds like a interesting gig!

Meh, it's ok. I'm really hoping i get one of the three winery jobs in Sonoma that i have interviews coming up for.

Today I rode full lycra racing kit plus a jacket on my fixed gear. It was about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, but still mild enough to ride in shorts.

Also, when I returned home I found my sweet NOS Sidi old school cycling shoes that I had ordered sitting by the front door. Fortunately, I live in a decent neighborhood where stuff doesn't get stolen. Can't wait to put some cleats on them and try them out on one of my vintage bikes. :D

Rode up Mt. Hamilton today. I'm ****ing slow.

just applied for yellowstone national park.

gonna have to get a geared bike hahah

i'm still gonna build up a vintage track frame, itll be funny to see a brakeless track bike in the mountains just bombing around and grinding up hills

im stoked, the scenery there is amazing.

applied for what exactly? im intrigued

my friend corey was like "hey my boss needs three more workers in the kitchen" so i was like, okay i'm on it. he goes over the apps tomorrow. then i get a bus or a train out there, and i'll be like washing dishes and preparing food at one of their lodges/hotels, and staying in a dorm. after work i'll get to walk right out the door into some seriously beutiful stuff, i'm pumped. if i get hired i'll be working at one of the buildings in this picture: http://t.wallpaperweb.org/wallpaper/...ional_Park.jpg

I still need to do this.

Its a mental game.
18.5 miles of up at an average of 5%

Not much tree cover, but the views are pretty cool.

Today I posted after more than a month hiatus. Feels good to be back.

Bikes suck.

Today I scored some 600 tricolor cranks w/ chainrings for $5

thats awesome man, id kill to have a job at one of the big national parks

Oh, man! Good luck! Yellowstone is so beautiful. I was recently trying to explain to someone how going to national parks is so awesome because most of the people who take the time to visit are often super friendly and interesting. I've met a lot of really amazing people at the national parks I've visited.

on a related note: i decided today that if i dont find a fulltime job by summer im gonna work on actually finishing my degree

It looks more like this in January...

http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/blog/...11/Valleys.jpg

Things are getting that desperate?

Just kidding. Finishing your degree is one of the more soul satisfying things you can do...go for it.

Agreed. It's just going to get harder and harder to finish that stuff up the longer you wait.. :thumb:

I learned I overestimated the tire clearance of a fork slightly. Time to bust out the file.

I had that problem when I tried to stuff some much fatter tires into a bike, and was able to fix it by just moving the wheel axle down a tiny bit in the fork dropouts.