B.U.B.!
I got my bike today! I spent two hours riding around at random in Berkeley, switching gears and smiling at pedestrians. It's really kind of delightful, since I'm in this brilliant mode of transportation that allows me to stop on a dime or a whim to pet cats, read flyers, buy juice, whatever. I discovered, however, after two hours of riding around Berkeley, that bits and pieces of me that I've never really thought about were now viciously sore, and protested further movement.
Point being, I'm all pleased with myself. Kai and Momovelo stand for something that I honestly believe in, an idea about buying things from people instead of companies, things that are made by people who know your first name and ask you for your music tastes before they'll sell you a bike. Momovelo's storefront doubles as a kind of cafe/hang out spot for people who all (oddly enough) speak Japanese. So I've been invited to hang out there and converse in Japanese with the bike afficionados there, something that I'm looking forward to over the summer. The fact that I've sort of got a crush on Kai may, possibly, be another factor. I dunno. You decide.
Point being, I'm all pleased with myself. Kai and Momovelo stand for something that I honestly believe in, an idea about buying things from people instead of companies, things that are made by people who know your first name and ask you for your music tastes before they'll sell you a bike. Momovelo's storefront doubles as a kind of cafe/hang out spot for people who all (oddly enough) speak Japanese. So I've been invited to hang out there and converse in Japanese with the bike afficionados there, something that I'm looking forward to over the summer. The fact that I've sort of got a crush on Kai may, possibly, be another factor. I dunno. You decide.