TweetExcuse the late evening posting recently, but it’s been warm out. Which means I haven’t been getting enough work done, but it’s not like the balmy weather’s going to last much longer. Which also means I’ve been spending the day [since getting out of class] pedaling as hard as I can [to places where I […]
spinning out
February 27th, 2009 4 Comments
Tags: coffee · cyclocross · naps · spring break · warm
muddy optimism
February 10th, 2009 Comments Off on muddy optimism
TweetI’m really bad at being optimistic. Once, in a stupidly foolish moment of one-sided confidence, I declared my conviction that people in general just aren’t really interested in what anyone else has to say. They only care if you’re interested in what they’re interested in. If not, their interest in you is directly correlated to […]
Tags: bike mechanics · cyclocross · disingenuous · hats · quitter
cracks
February 6th, 2009 4 Comments
Tweet“I saw you on Comm Ave last night,” a friend said. “I thought about opening my door on you. You know, just to make it a little more challenging.” As if this weather wasn’t challenging enough. I feel like a Yeti on a tricycle these days – sans the training wheels [unfortunately]. Yeah, I know, […]
Tags: boston · cold · cyclocross · potholes · winter
constants
February 3rd, 2009 7 Comments
TweetIt’s good to know that some things remain consistent. Like the schizophrenic weather. Oh, New England, why is the weather here as fickle as a slightly overweight BC undergrad in unfashionable Uggs and leggings? It was in the 40s a day ago – and now this. More snow. I stubbornly rode in today, and rode […]
Tags: Bianchi San Jose · boston · cyclocross · fickle · snow