Brown Fisher Shirt

Thank you everyone for the nice compliments on my long sleeve Gary Fisher shirt.  It is “long john” material so I am in love with it.  The sleeves are slightly too short, but I’m used to that.

Favourite Quote of the day:  “Lazy and Scared is not sexy” said at breakfast by Hannah Lehman regarding how there are few good guys that have balls.  Apparently having balls normally means your an asshole.  Except in my case.  Proof of that is found in this recent email I received from a girl I dated in 2002.  She blew me off after confronting her about her drinking problem.  We only ever kissed but it was a pretty big deal to me.

“….No worries about apologizing. seriously. you are a great guy and there are no hard feelings. it’s all good. hope you are doing well. have the best day!”

That combined with breakfast made today alright!

Cheers,

Andrew

Just a post

I have less people around now to appreciate it, but I still get excited about storms.  It is raining very hard right now.  Wind blowing.  I can hear the large drops beating on my roof.  Normally I would be texting about how much I love the rain.

I am folding clothes thinking about the word acquiesce and the concept of becoming what you like the least, and having a lot of anxiety about this week.  It is the life for five more weeks.  Then I depart for my other life.

Goodnight.

Cold, Rain, Cyclocross. Reminds me of Belgium.

Rides and missed signs

Here are some pictures of a ride I did.  It was amazing to be outside, all I have done this week has been indoors.  My head feels better.  I can’t wait for the upcoming week to be gone.  Holidays seem to be commerical institutions put in place so people don’t get depressed about the winter…and to boost the rate of consumption for a few weeks.  Mostly this “holiday cheer” seems to be synonomous with holiday frenzy.  I would rather spend this time riding my bike, drinking coffee, and attending yoga.

We also made some really silly signs to let my customers know Bicycle Sport is really closed for a few days.  Check them out.

More shop stuff

Here are some more pictures if you are having with drawl from our store!

The shop has been busy today.  We are assisting the restoration by breaking down displays and placing clothes in boxes to be inventoried, and taken away for someone to sell, or hopefully donate.  There are a lot of new clothes, they smell terrible, and some pieces are discoloured.  I hope they are not wasted.

We even had someone ridicule the restoration people for not allowing them to pick up their bicycle.  She got bitchy with the manager and left an angry note for me to find upon my return from walking Soda.  I called her and she got shitty with me too.  Even though the fire was outside of my control, the basement is still causing my eyes to burn, and it is impossible to move around the shop right now, we should still be open for business.  I love retail….and Christmas too.

Fire on Selwyn Ave!

“The Shop is on fire, hurry up.”  I sped to Bicycle Sport, expecting the worst.  Simultaneously wondering if I left the espresso machine on.  Turns out the company downstairs, that is in charge of the construction of the building next door, caught fire, and so it goes.  Nothing was burnt down in our shop, but there is a lot of smoke damage.  The firemen were really cool.  Here are some pictures taken with my iPhone.

The past few months have meant disaster for a lot of people.  Things fall apart.

Americans do funny things in economic disaster.  We stay inside rather than do what costs nothing, which is embrace our communities.

Andrew

are you serious?

Yes he was serious.  READ UP! and so was I.

I haven’t slept as well as i did the night of November 11th, for almost a month.  I slept still, from 10 something until 4.30, then back asleep until 6.  It was perfect.  I felt clean.  Out of the “jar” for a day was the trick.  Although I have been out of town a lot recently, this was different, this was an experience that I needed.  I tested my mortality and it checks out, my heart still beats and my lungs are working!  Time to start updating this again.

-Claims of transparency are overrated.  Believe what is in front of you and embrace it.  I was nervous about the prospect of a 5.5 hour epic, but it turned out to be life changing!