Monday, February 25, 2008

I am a moment of calm.

This was posted in another blog as well!

The morning commute is, for many people, sometimes worse than actual work itself. You got slow moving traffic, fast moving traffic, people that drive like crazy, big ass trucks, and overall SUCK. Commuting by car is probably one the of things I hate the most in life. It's rarely enjoyable.

Today was an exception. Traffic was generally not crowded and it all went by quickly (which could be a good or a bad thing depending on your outlook on life). I even experienced a moment that I decided to call "Traffic Zen".

It was that one moment of peace that you find in a chaotic event. The "Eye of the storm" if you will. All the cars were moving at a comfortable speed, evenly spaced out, and the sun was rising. For me, it was just a moment of clarity in such a monotonous task. It made me smile a bit and then I wanted to write about it.

When was the last time you had a moment of "Traffic Zen"?



Personal Life Update!!

Frustration is an emotion I feel almost everyday. It comes and goes but sometimes there are just somethings that just sit there and taunt you. For me, that very thing is the front wheel of my bike.

The front wheel of my bike was possibly the most beautiful feature of Prudence. I would sit there and look at my bike and think, "Damn! You look so damn good with those nice, long deep-V's." A sexy Mavic CXP 33 deep-V rim laced to shiny Suze hubs. I mean, Prudence's front wheel is comparable to piercing green eyes of a beautiful woman, the nice fine curves of a beautiful woman, or just Scarlett Johansson, such a beautiful woman.

The frustration comes from the fact that this beautiful front wheel was destroyed in my recent run in (pun intended) with a car. Bent in half and unrepairable, I was left to weep as I cradled my bike in my arms. The frustration continued when I tried to slide the mangled front wheel out of the fork. I struggled slightly but decided to leave it for another day.

But last night, I had success! In an odd surge of energy last night around 11 pm, I decided that tonight was the night. I'm going to slide that rabbit out of its rabbit hole. I even brought the hammer out in preparation for some "tough love". In the end, I didn't need to use the hammer but just had to buckle down and spread the forks a little bit. I did end up with a nice little mark when the whole frame come up and smacked me in the shoulder. But alas! She was out and I went to bed with a victory under my belt.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

I am feeling Lame

The past couple days I've been feeling kinda lame. Like the "Man, I'm really bored but I have nothing to do and no one to hang out with" kind of lame. Maybe it's because of co-op stressing me out. Or maybe it's because of my lack of exercise since Prudence (my bike) is severely injured.

Actually, I think it's because of this guy.






At age 59, Richard Simmons is still a large fuzzy ball of energy.

I am a wall of bananas

Yes Sir, that is a wall of bananas


Fruit is delicious.

A banana is a fruit.

So, Bananas = Crazy delicious

Now imagine eating ALL THAT DELICOUS-NESS!!! 7,200 bananas all ready for my mouth to consume. How awesome.

Link

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

I am a collaborative blog

Well it seems like today is a good day for the blogosphere. Not only have I started THIS blog but I am also going to start writing for the collaborative blog that some friends and I have started.

Friends with blogging benefits

I am the title of the first post

So I have decided to try once again to document the various parts of my life in an online journal that we more commonly know as a "Blog". I have tried to do this plenty of times but they usually fizzle into nothing because I get bored or I don't really have anything to say. I went from the good ole' high school-ish Xanga which was full of teenage anger to a photoblog hosted of blogger back before Google bought them. I tried to start one when I began college because we were given webspace and I figured I'll make it look all fancy but that ended with a post about a Drunken Groundhog.

Now we have my latest attempt at impacting the vast tubes of the Interweb. This was mostly brought on by a few of my friends that have been blogging for a while or just started. The peer pressure got to me.

I'm not going to try to make this a blog about my personal life but more of a traditional blog where I'll find interesting things and post it for you to read.

Well, I guess that's all for now.

Seacrest out.