after a week of being too busy to get on the bike i finally got back on it for a very short ride yesterday. still kinda hurts to breathe though, so the short loop was not all bad. rode the usual loop backwards and cut out the hall street section of the loop. made for a very quick but surprisingly difficult loop. all in all though i managed to ( Read more... )

summer must be over cause i finally got sick. i was hoping this would be the school year where i didn't get sick but wouldn't you know it, second week of school and i've already had to miss class due to the damn flu. this also means that i've been unable to ride my bike at all. i hate being sick.

let me start out by apologizing to the 3 people that actually still check to see if i've written anything on any kind of regular basis. i have no excuses other than the fact that i've been lazy and uninspired to write anything. school started last week so my days have rapidly become devoted to reading and studying history. should be a good ( Read more... )

too much to report at the moment. about to head out on a ride with cheabird. just wanted to let everyone know that i am still alive and have not forgotten about my duties to report whats been going on in this part of the universe. i'll be back later today to give a full account of a most excellent summer. stop.

had a good day painting today. got a lot done and should be all finished up in time for the weekend. went for a ride with dad at 6 and did the twenty mile loop. set a new personal best time of an hour and twenty minutes. give me a week and i'll cut it down an hour. rest of the week is shaping up to be about the same as today. get up at 7, ( Read more... )

got a paint job today in kalamazoo. really nice lady my dad works with wants her kitchen and basement painted. so next week thats where i'll be. she's also planning on telling a bunch of her friends that i am availible for painting. so maybe i won't have to be so down about having zero dollars in my bank account now ( Read more... )

watched the game tonight with sarah and steve. a most excellent display of basketball skill by both teams, but in the end the true champions emerged. awesome game. after that, chea and donker came by for some beers and popcorn. dan showed up shortly after and then as he left jen and emily arrived. could not have been a better night. later on ( Read more... )

woke up this morning to find this most excellent rambling from a good friend living in alaska ( Read more... )

found a new sport that has rapidly been consuming my life. cyclying. the kind that lance armstrong does. albeit i'm not even close to comparing myself to him, it give you an idea of what i look up to. when i moved home i found my dad leaving for hour long bike rides and coming home in just a fantastic mood. i would have thought that after ( Read more... )

started cleaning my room at home the other day and came across a stack of papers i had written in high school and grade school. most were pretty boring but one in particular i thought was surprisingly good. i wrote it for my college writing course senior year. the topic of the paper was a remembered event. for those of you who enjoy reading a ( Read more... )