wino.

pedal rotation in full throttle today. total of seven hours + wine tasting making it a grand total of 8 hours. damn. you should see the tan lines. RIDICULOUS. got lost a number of times. (look at the welcome to sign...opps) other then that really enjoyed myself. took the 520 out. nice and hilly. brought three bottles of wine home to seal the deal. exhausted. but smiling. legs are getting stronger as i dont struggle on the hills much.

the pictures kind of sum up my day, sometimes words just arent needed. you know the feeling.













i think i will be making this trip a regualr time! but maybe not getting lost in there multiple times.

to the vino.

biking to the vineyard. cant think of much more that i want to do in one day. bike, taste wine, buy wine. bike. sunshine. touring bike. arkel panniers. roses maybe, flowers. so excited!

goodies.

thrashed.

my legs hate me right now. especially my hamstrings. good ride though. a beautiful day.

where the bike love is.

been trying to ride more & more. main goal for the summer is to get in really good shape. mtbing racing is for fun if good results come a plus. got the bkb kits early due to family hook up. sexy as hell. i got a jacket which is going to keep me real toasty in the winter. the bibs are fucking sweet. nice chamois! full sip long and short jerseys. vest is sick. i dont think i could be happier, unless i bought more. ha. $$. gonna meet some people for a nice long steady ride. spinning. get the endurance up. i havent used my CAR in about three or four weeks now. it feels great. i am thinking about selling it. i dont need that. and then getting a burly nomad and a co motion. ha. and saving money. we'll see if that happens. i hope so.


thanks to jesse for organizing the kits so quickly since i have been ready since last year! ha.

i love this thing called biking!!

off to do some yoga poses so my back doesnt tighten up again.

even if you dont.

went for a long hilly ride yesterday. 9-3. about six hours and 80 miles. got out near blue mounds and black earth and did a little loop in iowa county. since i am in an indeed s-l-o-w process of building up my steel roadie. my friend was nice enough to offer titanium over my converted cross aluminum bike. only unfortunate thing was, 1- new saddle, 2- saddle was too far back on the rails so i got a wicked hamstring work out. which ended up thrashing my back. making stops every 30 minutes to crack all of my vertebras and pulling out the helpful yoga poses when applicable (last hour &1/2). back still is a bit tight today but my legs feel great. eating like a horse. went for a long walk cause i became bored and new it would be good to loosen my legs a bit today. ran into a friend at a small farmers market. ate some goodies. i tried my hand at making some strawberry jam. we'll see. ha.

have off in the morning tomorrow so hopefully get some ride in. nothing too intense, just good for the legs and getting my bootay in better shape. for me and hopefully the start of the season, for me at least.

annoyances: dog upstairs.
life saver: crocs.


thinking about planning a backpacking trip soon.

the weekends keep getting better.

headed up to wausau yesterday with the focus full of bike love. boys went and pre rode the course. amanda and i walked around and soon became the food of many mosquitos. headed back to the car. boys came back saying it was going to be a tough course. dinner, hotel, mini wine bottles consumed the rest of the night. morning comes nerves flowed through all of us like surges from electricity. amanda and i became and nervous as the guys were. got a good hand off section. were pretty prepared for the weather. not totally though. sundays have become a notorious rain day. boys go. jesses leading the pack strong and quick as amanda hands a water bottle and almost gets taken down by the guys behind jesse. fuck. wheres mark? he passes and normally doesnt take anything the first lap. i still had something in my hand. he passes... points to his knee and i thought he pointed to his water bottles, or there the lack of water bottles. i almost shit my pants. then i catch him on the other side that swoops through. later amanda tells me that he had blood coming down his knee. sweet. marko always tends to thrash his body. i am just happy i didnt see the spill. keeps going he starts catching other guys. both guys are just hammering. jesse comes through on the third laps and looks like he is in pain. marko comes buy takes water. due to the slippery conditions i almost bit hard but caught myself with my knee. nice. last lap comes and bmatter is in the lead hammering and spinning his shit. were looking for jesse. i see the 29er jersey but the pink helmet. MARKO! hell yeah. he is in second. i was so stoked i was shaking. and so nervous too. damn.

marko take second my 53seconds behind matter. beautiful. a fun wet cold day turned out glorious. jesse made it through bonking pretty much the last lap but still pulled out a finish of 7th. not bad considering a single speed rider pulled everyone the first three laps. hell yeah!

both guys killed it. the bkb way. and 29er skillz.

hoppy beer.

latley i have been dabbing my hand at making new food creations. Also trying new foods. Oyesters, mussels, duck- ah, it was an intersting time. I have vetoed my car now for about two or more weeks. Fuck the gas prices. with as many bikes as i have and gear i should be able to ride really through anything. AND i also love having the parking spot infront of my house with out getting tickets! ha. parents are finaly both in seattle. which is great! Life seems to get really nice just before chaos is about to come once again. im taking summer courses which is needed to ensure my graduation next spring! which is something i cannot wait for.

for now just breathing and hoping to get in more mountain biking. i just dont want to use my car. this is not the best situation. balls.

groceries

i halled all of this on my 520. steel is a beautiful thing. i didnt tip over however i should have. pannier on one side, a make shift panier on the other. ( i bought too much shit) a 2.5 gallon on the top of my rack. this rack is only supposed to hold 50. opps. my ortlieb messenger bag chuck full of everything else. including soy sauce and vino. i definitely got some strange looks.




I came home to a cleaning streak. only to find that my mom sent me a gift. a biking sculpture. art+bikes=love.

my house looks amazing. i am happy i biked about an hour and a half at least. goal reached. put my candies on my touring bike. figured out my scewer for my new old man mountain front rack. ARKEL panniers should be arriving soon. mtb'd yesterday and fell in love with biking all over again! oh and swobo does a bum good!

sip of vino for that. cheers.

kettles.

going to kettles today, for my second mtb ride of the year. hoping now with school done more will be coming! trying a thomson set back to see if that feels better. markos going to show me some of his skillz. super stoked.

pedal and keep going no matter what.

renewed

a migraine is taking over my body. sewing a giant mustache. trying not to puke. school almost done.



bliss!

IOLA. wors.

I would be the girl talking to marko with the crooked hand. one on the right.

Iola took place. slept at the cabin and endured too much food. marko saw the after math the next morning. drove up to the race late morning. brought my bike in case i was feeling like i wouldnt mind thrashing my body. ill wait for the second race. ran into many different face the crew just to see the lalondes were the boys parents, amanda, and my parents. my parents were in awe for half the race at least. marko crept up from starting about 15. he ended with a strong 6th. super good marko and nate dogg were pulling back and forth, shit what are friends for? ;) jesse pulling through almost the whole race at about 2nd finish third due to some wicked cramping in the legs. four single speeds in the top 7. that is pretty rad.

looking forward to this weekend and the coming week. im going to try to make it to the kettles and hopefully standing rock. i cant wait to have some time to myself. damn!!

good job everyone that raced! kill it. looking forward to the BKB kits.

i fell in love.

vanilla can steal a girls heart.



holy my perfection. damn.

heading to wisco rapids after work. race tomorrow. still undecided. but in love.

saver.

i was just at whole foods who has my whole heart. the thing is people tend to rip on them for takin their whole pay check. not the case if you are a smart and eco friendly shopper and lover. if you buy the 365 product which happens to be a whole food line you save a lot of money they make more money off of those products verses a natures way product. dont get me wrong i love organic & natural everything but some times you have to pick and choose. things are going on sale left and right and you just have to open your eyes to see it. I bought three ecover dish washing soaps because they were on sale at a better price then lets say dawn. so i bought three.

something about buying things that arent going to hurt the planet makes me smile really big.


on the docket for dinner.

organic whole wheat pasta, smart chicken, red peppers, white wine, organic olive oil, artichokes, and more goodies. french baguette.

the crane wife.

my first good birthday in years. how nice. mark started it off early on tueday with some food making icecream having lovin. super good. got a nice swobo goodie from him with a dirt rag flare. i have so much swobo now i dont know what to do with myself.. the yesterday ran home from marks where it took me 26 minutes not too bad for running only for a week previous, and not to mention i suck at running.
came home was playing with sacha then all of a sudden i could barely move my back. shit. i layed on my side thinking shit i am about to black out, pulled out and called my mom. haha. she starts singing happy birthday and im like hold that thought. pretty shatty but didnt damper my day. school. got a good breakfast. hung out with lisa. did the art thang. found out i did indeed get off work which was gnarly.
i stepped in my door to be greeted by a beautiful bouquet of flowers, tulips-roses-mini roses. made me smile more then i was. then my roommate kirsten got home we dressed up and headed out to dinner to the weary traveler. and i gave myself a haircut in the mean time. Then came home my friend lisa stopped by with a cake called "better the sex", wow! that was an amazing dish!!! it really comes close to the name. then marko came over with a bottle of wine and we just relaxed. He was nice enough to help my back get better.

Hott damn. could this be a good birthday?


ANSWER: yes.
more celebrating this weekend.

four fingered fisherman.

stoked for the arrival of some swobo goods. (gods) two+ weeks of school left. hoping to get to the kettles this week on thursday. then going to cabin with mark to visit rents and celebrate my birthday with some grilling of amazing food. Then racing the next day. not too sure if i will be racing but if not i will be supporting along with my rents. then more art art art art art art art!

someday the waves.

poetic thoughts flow when one weeps. the hugs of soothing music makes the breathing pattern happen slower. lilfe comes and goes. we celebrate. somehow we even can continue on. family reunites to celebrate a life now lost. tears swirl down a checks crescent. painting becomes a meditation a way to escape. hugs fill from every which way. words of kindness come. a book will flow into the imagination after such a long absence. to Iowa we venture, so many memories of when I was a little lass. Going to the pool, movies, laughter, card playing. Its just done. done. done. done. done. done. done. done? The cycle of life is something that most fear or try to avoid. why is it when someone is not spirited, we only then see what becomes important. When we have to look into a casket it is then that you realize you never connected with a persons body, but their soul. Because you stand there looking and seeing something so lifeless, that you for 22 years only saw full of life.

it is the soul that holds all the beauty. now the soul has flown away.

Namaste.

off to Iowa today. back sunday.

bye.

how do you say goodbye?


i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grandma guy

The forbidden zone.

been really busy lately. super excited for the mtb season to come. need some goodies from swobo. hopefully soon. they have lovely shorts. todays forecast looks like it is going to get to 80! damn.

on the docket.
-paper.
-painting.
-8 etchings.
-run every morning.
-another paper 5 pages.
-laundry.
-pay credit card off.
-dry point etching.
- 4 prints of every etching plate for portfolio.
-readings.
-stop animation movie.
-bike.
-swobo buys.
-robots.
-living?


trying to work on my biking short tan.

tonight.

tonight. the decemberists. cannot wait. literally. got off work a little early which was really nice. did the paoli loop yesterday with mark. my lungs felt it. i blame the mold in our house to my bronchitis last year and my lungs being shatty once again. ran this morning. really trying to get in better shape. for me and for racing.

i have been waiting for this concert ever since nick becker introduced me to them and i say iron and wine for free. tricky tricky.


sold the madone, which is nice to get a right fitting bike finally.

im off to have a lovely glass of red wine.

smiling.

liken to a whisper. liken to a radio.

today another beautiful day on the weather side. one wakes sleepy as can be. yoga. class. biking. then went for a hike. then biked. then had ice cream. gut rut. come home. warm. still light out! ahhh, so happy. bike is selling on ebay and it had reached its reserve stoked abou that. will be nice for paying some bills off and doing other good things.

word for the day: harmony.

someone who gives up her life. for months upon months. in a large family, yet does not attend to the other parts of her family. frustrations. the pain increases and the medication levels go up. stronger. making one more numb. to be ready to pass. yet we sit with a bored conversation of nothingness. numb and one frustrated. one longing in a far away unknown wishing to be with their other. to create things many call to be memories. and here i sit, in frustrations of one family trying to cope and another loosing their tightness. frustrations. fuck this shit.

along for the ride.

finally starting to feel better. only about two weeks later. it could be worse, i suppose. team pic up on bkb site. selling the bike too small for me. need the money more then it sitting on my trainer. back to work after a long and painful absence. changing more ways in my life to be more environmentally friendly!! damn global warming. whose to blame? yeah that is right people. greedy ones. excited to see 50's back in the forecast right as i am turning a wing with illness. missing WA. but will return. excited to start hiking and biking. thats all i have. if you want to help marko out go to his blog. -www.killthedarkness.blogspot.com

cheers.

give a local some lovin.

marko needs to go to scotland. as you can imagine it isnt the cheapest thing. but with his amount of riding hes been doing and his tactics to kill things, he needs to be there. if any of you who read this can help him out by any amount that would be much appreciated. by him and the ones who know him. and how rad would that be if someone from the midwest dominated? yeah thats what i thought!

im si k. c.

green tea. throat numbing lozenges. sudafed. urgent care. vitamins. echinacea. tea. tea. tea. pee.







i want to ride my bike.
arrrr.

WA final.

last day in seattle, wa. wa just in general. ventured about 2 hours north to pick up the fairy to the san jaun islands. hour one way. pretty cool. i guess it is a bit more alive in the summer months. being active everyday had made me itch. been doing yoga, hiking, walking a ton. and wanting my bike more then ever!

really stoked to come home and start kicking the shit outta me. in a postive way. organics.

flight bright and early. mark picking me up. not wanting the cold weather.

going to miss this state, if you have never been please do, it is amazing!

wa. dos.

went to the zoo yesterday. havent been to a zoo in years. amazing. favorite animal of the day for me was definitely the hippo. went for another hike yesterday, my favorite one. it was super steep, there were hang gliders going off the mountain and the eagles were dancing with the gliders. i am most certainly coming back here maybe in may so i can too hang glide, tandem, with someone that knows what the heck they are doing. got some amazing pics from that. up on thursday or friday.


today comes the fairy ride. to the an island. then back to REI. to buy some trekking poles. then to hike some more. everyone is so friendly here and active. tons of bikers. i applaude them for attacking these hills.

anyways back to the good life.

i hear its snowing in wisconsin. that sucks. i thought i would come home to sunny weather again.

WA.

hike number one gave its way today. a bit cold. dogs swarm with their active families. its a fantastic place here.

coming up soon.

zoo.
rei more.
underground seattle.
space needle.
trekking poles.

im off to more exploring.

seattle day one!

arrived in seattle safely, without too many bumps. made an old lady friend. she told me " i could have been her daughter" haha. going to go to the zoo. space needle. art museums. art art art bike store. AHHHH there are frickin cherry blossoms here. i could die happy in one of those trees!

BLISS. more later. i love it here!!

oh and famous people.

Alan Rosenberg and Marg Helgenberger! they were at the sun room cafe where i choose to eat my hummus salad every other day! crazy shiiiit.

bike love.

sitting drinking wine day dreaming of biking. i miss jumping on my saddle and just going. I feel that last year i had more time and energy for it. recently just got time granted to biking more. it will make my week fly by and release those beautiful things called endorphins. need to sell my madone sooner then later. need to build up my new road bike. bike shop getting crazy busy. going to miss some people but going to see some people in seattle. super excited. hair cuts are amazing for wearing helmets. now my pink helmet fits better. glorious.

today is a day of procrastination.

i had a flash back today of working in my old bike shop where all i could think of was hoping on my bicycle. it came back. i needed that!

bokoo i miss you, oddly.

cut time.

spring is here. cut was the next step. seattle friday.

3/21

biking home this morning came as a lovely surprise. it was raining but around thirty degrees so not really cold. It was invigorating. maybe the signs of spring. rumor has it there are storms coming this evening! life is still. at this moment at least. hair appointment friday.

seattle next friday, cannot wait!!

university ave.

biking down university ave after a fresh brew of coffee filling my stomach. while biking towards the west. in the direction of whole foods lets say. so in the biking lane. all of a sudden i hear someone honking thinking ahhh what dumb shats in their cars. only to notice that she is honking at me. SHE IS IN THE FUCKIN BIKE LANE. while i am getting a surge of rage, i start flicking her off with my mittens, calling her every name i can possibly think of while pointing at the BIKE LANE part.

what a cun*.

wrapping up all my feelings about how dumb some drivers are..

its scary no?

the sun.

spring time is here early. spring temps were thought to be here. staying optimistic is all we have. new kicks (salomon) come in handy. new chop to come. needing to hop on that bike 100% more. fuck where had my time gone? today starts out with a 28. that would have seemed to have been warm about three weeks ago. voodoo almost completly finished. spacers were lacking last night to finish the 1part of the one by nine.

need the sun and the shine. need the saddle time.

cheers for now. bare your bums and check out the 29er gary fisher team.

he shouldnt have.

against me last night. crazy time. marko will have photos sometime soon. check it out. never knew the orpheum was such a rad venue. SO TIRED STILL. 13 and 40 minutes on saturday working. 11- 12 yesterday. no sleep and a hang over in there. exhausted.

bars are a bitch when silver.

wanting to build up my new road bike with all silver components.

DO you know of anyone that makes a road bar oversized in silver? there has to be someone. damnit. 40.

friday the 9th.

the bike week starts for me. its gonna be a crazy one working all weekend. taking more hours if i want. the good thing about this week would have to be pay week, pay day for that matter. going to consume to much coffee. come home and possibly start spinning on the trainer, since i wont have time for outdoors. ideas swirrling for some ink. have to wait awhile. getting a new road bike that will fit. cannot wait. is there a green trend falling into place in my life? i hope so. i havent ridden my track bike in months thinking i shall start tonight on behalf od the weather. that bike fits me nicely or i feel good on it. painting ideas keep coming. i love mixed media in my work personally. been shutting the door to the cats so i can get some sleep its been working. too many thoughts too little time.

etching.

etching is a art that involves a process. but within that. an amazing thing. i lit a huge wick if you will and smoked my plate, i thought i may burn down the place on accident. luckily someone was there to help so that didnt happen. right now i am making a print that i fuckin love. super stoked about it. i am actually letting it sit in the acid as i type. and while listening to the decemberists.

BLISS.

oh and something in the works of a sexy steel lemond, is a coming. be ready. who wants to buy my damn madone 5.2 51 ladies bike? eh. ultegra. in amazing shape. if you do talk to me. soon.

back to the acid bath.

decemberists. 4/20/2007. ill be there, will you?

week 2/25-3/3

when this week is over i am going to be soo happy!!!!!

my latest.

©meghanrutz

a thought.

what i want more then anything right now is to lay in a field of flowers in the middle of nowhere and just breathe.

and it was glorious.

i biked to work yesterday morning before the snow fall. i was goin pretty fucking slow and trying to crank hard realizing i need to put more saddle time in. I did notice however that my saddle definitely need to go up at least an inch. but i didnt feel like halling out my tool and altering it. work. during lets say the last two hours of work there came white in a fucking scream! when i got outside there was at least two inches probably more like three. i had my saddle where it needed to be, i had everything where it mainly felt right. i wasnt wearing my biking shoes which made for a slippery ride. but HOLY FUCK. all i could think to myself (with a huge smile on my face) was this is why these guys and gals love these bikes. I wsas cutting through the snow going fast and loving it, i was underdress and i didnt even notice it.

today this morning biking home was another story, my bike still as rad as can be, but the conditions sucked horribly. i was biking on the roads then tried to give the bike path a go. no luck too much snow and not plowed at all and not enough traffic. so then i ended up riding the whole way home on the roads with cars slipping all over the place. interesting.. i thought i would get a "you're fucking crazy" or a finger and honk, but no. ...

finally got home took longer obviously but my dambala is fucking killer in every sene and every-way.

be safe biking in this weather it throws you all over the place. wear your helmet!

2/23/07

first ride on the dambala.

and it all pours out.

lately i have been really excited about my art classes staying focused and even ahead of schedule. which is to say perfection. I started another painting because i was loosing my passion for the huge buddha. I needed to take a break from it. So i did i even didnt go to painting on monday. turned out to be one of the best things for me in that class at least. i went to class and sat there, staring at my painting for a good while, walking about looking at work in the gallery. just thinking out-loud to others and to myself. I cant finish my second painting for critique on monday till this weekend. youll see pics i am sure and understand why. So i sat. kirsten stopped by to be my shoulder to pour on. all my ideas. i even went to the art supply store to buy a new canvas cause all these ideas are flowing. 36x36. (i have decided my biggest challenge this semester in painting is going to be solving the area of the canvas more sucesful.-that is why i bought a suare, i have a hard time with these) anyways. talking to kirsten helped, then she left. i wrote all my thoughts and painting ideas in a note book. Finally i decided to attack buddha once again and at least finish his head. -three feet about. and i did and i decided to take it else where and i think now minus having a silhouette i know exactly what i am doing.

the best part about this all is that i am actually creating stuff that i am happy with even proud of. To do that for me is a challenge. i am someone and probably the hardest critic on my own work. it took until last semester to make something that i love. and i have it hanging infront of my face to prove the point that just keep moving through. most people think art is an easy way out. but most dont understand that you pour your entire self into your work. that it has every ounce of your emotion in it and really just wouldnt exist with out that factor.

....
it is wonderful to finally conquer that bastard that i now love. we'll see what next week brings.

work.

kid a

The weather is getting warmer, pedestrians still stupid. Crank set on thanks to markos bb and rachaels crankset. Chain on. Just need to get my pink saddle and pedals. Then cut down a little more of the fork. AND she is good to go.

Wine filled out bellies last night, so good. Red then white, homemade lasagna rosemary baggette. damn. now i am sitting doing damn physics homework and reading about andy warhol, that part is good, warhol. my mind continues to wander about BKB kits, WORS races and the sun shinning on my face.

pink nipples...

so word says that pink is going outta style. does that make me want to go against it and follow the crew of color admirers, hell no. i do what i like and not because its trendy or not because i like it. period. pink nipples. when people hear this most of the time their mind leads to a dirty place and or a curious one. for me, it is having a little extra flare on my bike, pink nipples instead of silver, given. today at the shop i ws greeted with people seeming to crawl out of the woodwork. nonetheless way more traffic. bought a chain and a chain tool, i love building up my tool supply. only a few steps away from riding. stoked. rear wheel is outta round, which i didnt have anytime to work on today, sucks. but pink is in full throttle with all its untrendy glory.

its the little things that make such a beatiful difference.

40º is coming.

if dreams were sometimes real.

i had an amazing dream. About mtbing. Where I was first female the course looked something like the fat tire40 course. It was a fucking amazing feeling, it made me want to hop on the bike right now right this minute, only to wake up to a sore throat and a stuffy nose, FUCK.
off to yoga.

no pedestrians.

i would like all the bikers to collectively TAKE WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY OURS.
What this would be is all the mother fucking bike lanes. ESPECIALLY university avenue where all the dumb pedestrians that I swear at daily have seemes to forget to remove head from gluteus maximus and not walk in the bike lane. My hand has now pointed to the NO PEDESTRIAN sign more then a hundred times. ODD. no one gets it. I want to plaster signs. Ideas growing.

karma?

So in this day and age people have to over compensate for things we would rather ignore. People steal and think nothing about how shitty it would be if in the other persons place. My roommates i pod was just stolen. I hope to you dumb little fuck--have something shatty also happens to you.

In the bike world things seem to be picking up, selling 2 bikes made me super elated today. Even the amount of people that came in today was astounding compared to more recent days. I had people to talk to about almost every field we carry, fenders, racks, paniers, gloves, tubes. AND while all of this busy-ness was happening I even got to take a video of a rabbit being beheaded, and a dance session from the tall char char, some pointers commin in, i made a business card holder out of bike parts-super rad-, was gifted with a buddha soap-oooo-, and had an energy that I was missing a bit at work.

To karma.

videos up soon!

BKB monay

JUSt a friendly reminder... BKB checks are due soon, the 12th to be exact.

If you need the link, go to the right side of my page BKB.

Danke. Cant Wait to get these lovely kits.

snows a falling

biking was super fun today, throwing you all over the place and sprinting to and fro from yoga class to discussion. Then almost falling on my ass due to wearing my birks.

If your dressed right, biking is fun at anytime, any place.

clean house clean mind.

the only thing i am looking forward to tomorrow is yoga, lisa, mark, and my cats. My bike but its gunna give me some pain.

Have you heard, its supposed to be a wicked snow storm?

damnit.

shits been crazy in the family.

mom surgery, dad meeting-seattle-minneapolis-caregiver, bros birthday, dads birthday, sacha vet. damn that is all with in four days. talk about multi tasking shit. soon have a rad hooked up crankset from the lovely rachael, need chain, right. sadly due to bills the pink saddle will still have to wait along with the pedals. BUT bkb is all in order and at least i have the money for that biatch.

lets see what this week brings...

shit.

crazy.

art shows, polka dot hats, gold, sailor dresses, two birthdays, one surgery, work, dreaming, food, life, sun, frigid weather temps, yoga, physics, conventions, bikes, bikes biking, bikes, pink, green, black, red, hats, scarves, love, hate, bliss, death, nerves, power, strength, stability, excitment, ebay, paints, more paints,more paints, giant buddha, etching, acid, fishermanyogapants, being poor, priceless, yoshitomo nara, david salle, Jessica Stockholder, tattoos, need tattoo, hair, cold, kiss and sooo much more.

as so the story goes.

been super busy ever since this semester started! Its going to be a bitch of one. Anyways have lots to look forward to still. LIKE mtbing coming this spring/summer. moving into our house. yadayada. I made my first print from etching today. pretty stoked about that and i am making a 6 foot by 4 foot painting so far of a giant buddha. And some other crazy shit is going in there with it. I had paint all over me, meaning arms, hands, face, hair, etc. I love ebay more then i should, fuck, it paid my enitre bkb kits, who wouldnt.
The weather has been fridgid, and my heat went out last night, biking has mainly just been means of transportation, but better then none at all.
inspiration for the week.
japan.
seattle.
ortlieb.
paints.
acid.
heat.
ebay.
music.
sleeping.
stay warm, if you can.

broken corkscrew remover.

americans both men and women are kicking some ass in other places in the world... such as Belgium! DAMN.

pink euphoria.

when a bike fits the riders personality. when a cyclist cannot wait to jump on that bike, no matter the conditions.

you know its gonna be a sweet ride.

to the bikes we love!

and the moments we live for. (through colors)

tanks! tanks! tanks!

go here if you need the goods of the gods.
aka BKB.

the destroyers

destroyers :a small, fast warship aka bike rider, esp. one equipped for a defensive role against submarines, aircraft and other bikers.

kicking it.

one i would like to start this blog off with i love assos cream.
two i would also like to say i am loving ebay.
three... i ate too many sweets at work and i decided that i am kicking out sweets for ONE WHOLE month. just to see what my body does with out all that shit in it.
four off to my trainer then make rice and clean a bit.

cheers to you. and you and you.
kits---- cant wait i think i may do three. fuck yes. but mainly my heart is with BKB.

to 2007 biking. and female bikers, we never get enough shout outs.

in the elevator.

gonna go into the shop to finish off this bridgestone. pretty rad for around a total of 70. with out the paul rack that is.




then going to venture over to the budget store to see the new do.

Haste killed Creativity

here is some bike porn for yall.
voodoo dambala 29er steel.










gonna add damselfy terry pink saddle, oury pink grips, hopefully pink pedals.

still obviously need a crankset. otherwise she'll be done soon.

my other half.

we are such a pair. i miss my jenna. but i get to see her tomorrow.
smiles beaming from this lady!



oh and that is my real hair color.

getting it all together.

super stoked for tomorrow and the swap meet. cannot wait. hoping to find a rear 29er wheel. saw the CFlab tonight after dinner. fucking lovely. the winter communist is standing now. just need brakes and a chain.. and a cog. but shit. trying to de-clutter my life. cats are back on hard food due to the smell soft food turns into. starting my painting and artsy blog, for myself. stoked so far. well if youll be there tomorrow good luck finding what you came for. most likely i will see you there. cheers. to bike love.

hmmm.

there are two creepy men in my hallway. fuck?

contratempo.

feeling the need to do something crazy. this would be the moment in my life where i would add to the collection of tattoos. but money is pointing to my mtb. i am heading to minneapolis which is probably going to be a nice little break and i always find weird shit to do and hit up fun artsy coffee houses. been biking every day since the year 2007, which has been pleasent. getting a little antsy for tomorrow. day of arrival of the voodoo. getting the gear together, net purchase will most likely be a nice set of wheels. trying to figure out gearing.. due to the 1x9 factor. hoping to get some sort of kit soon. heard that CRC has a new jersey. bad ass. also like twin six. and evil. and of course BKB, is my number one. got into another painting course which makes me happier then anyone will ever know. next years house is gonna be filled with some crazy ass paintings. weather in the wisco area tends to cool down a bit but rumor has it that it will warm at the end of the week yet again! which i am stoked for. be back in WI for the good ol swap meet and a lovely pay check right before.. works out beautifully. hope to see some firmiliar faces there. anchors away.
if you know of any crazy shit i can do to take my mind off of not getting a tattoo let me know. danke.

give a gnar thanks to the lalonde brothers.

haha. gnargnar. is the word floating around at machinery row. since i am a full time employee this week yet again all this shit sticks with you a little more. my dambala should be coming soon. have fork and head set thanks to a git from the lover lalonde. and also a nice thanks to him for handing down his breaks of his rig to me. AND a huge thanks to JESSE for hooking me up with some nice nice nice rear derailleurs and shifter cassette and wheels-for the commuter. DANKE!!!!!! much appreciated! really!

now on the list.
stem
seat post
handle bars
grips
saddle
^^ maybe find some deals at the swap meet.
wheels
tires
crank
pedals

anchors away. heres to yet another bike.

iguana green.

getting in a nice full week of work, which is most needed to pay certain things off and have enough money for the swap meet. kind of excited were going to be moving a lot of bike racks hanging bikes the usual so hopefully shit will get done. need swobo shorts to come soon, if you like yogurt and dont mind paying for good shit try brown cow cream on top fruit on bottom... peach is what i recommend! need to start trying to look for components for the good ol mtn bike. building it soon. i hope. anchors away.