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Yesterday, we got up late and did a bit of shopping. Then we had lunch and then we came home and cleaned a bit. I made cupcakes and punch and we went to the studio to do gang vocals for the Auburndale album "Alive in a Dying City." I think we had about 16 people there. It was so much fun. The boys from Kuan came. There was lots of laughing and lots of PBR.
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We had a really good time. I think there will eventually be some video.
I love our friends!
Then we rode to Bob's and had dinner. Then a short bike ride to the river. Then we went home and sorted laundry. I got a couple of calls from friends wanting to ride bikes. Awesome!
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We met Janna and her friend Thomas downtown and then met up with Karen and Justin. We rode all over. It was awesome. Janna and I chased a baby mole down the middle of Patterson Ave. (on foot!) I wanted to pet it so bad! Then we went to UDF!
That's where we saw the "Moo Shine" hahaha
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We loitered out in front of the store and ate beef jerky and string cheese and mike and ikes and Justin drank an entire cookies n cream milk shake lol.
Then we rode around downtown and eventually we rode to the top of a parking garage and rode up and down the ramps! It was 11:00 at night and it was fantastic. A bunch of drunk old rich white people in tuxedos were coming into the garage to get their cars (great idea). When one of them saw Brian and I flying down the ramps on our bikes he started singing "Biiiiicycle!!! Biiiiclyle!!!!" ahahahaha. We were DYING. It was like a movie or something.
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It was so cool to stand on top of the garage and look out over the city. Our shitty empire. Maybe we ARE living in a dying city, but dammit, WE aren't what's wrong with it.
We are ALIVE in this dying city. We are living this downtown life. We won't give up.