(no subject)
this morning in the park i accidentally rode onto a movie set. i didn't realize at first because there were all these people with bikes and strollers and in jogging outfits just standing around very still, and i was like wtf. then i saw the lights and the cameras and the dudes with walkie talkies. so they yelled something and things started happening and i just turned around and rode my happy ass to another turnoff.
and yesterday i took the same way home from the park, 5th ave to 23rd and then broadway the rest of the way, but you know where broadway turns across the top of union square, right by where park ave south starts? because it was a monday afternoon, the farmers market was going on as usual, and there were lots of people walking around and getting in each others' way, and right when i was at that corner, broadway and park ave and 17th street, i saw a hot girl with her back sort of toward me about to walk into the street. i was hoping she wasn't going to do that, since i was going pretty fast and probably could stop and avoid hitting her, but it would be uncomfortable, when she finally turned and saw me and the rest of traffic and muttered "damn it" very clearly, much as one would say quietly, "damn it, carmen," if one were, say, kate moennig. wait, exactly like that. yeah, i almost hit kate moennig yesterday. if we keep almost running into each other like this all the time, we might as well be friends. that's the way i see it anyway.
and a couple of days ago i hit a new max on the flats. at the aqueduct above 123rd, i, without the help of gravity, but with a bit of a tailwind, topped out the middle chainring at 28.5 mph.
clearly i hate this city. clearly i hate riding. clearly i need to rolllllller for a long time right now, shower, and go to work.
and yesterday i took the same way home from the park, 5th ave to 23rd and then broadway the rest of the way, but you know where broadway turns across the top of union square, right by where park ave south starts? because it was a monday afternoon, the farmers market was going on as usual, and there were lots of people walking around and getting in each others' way, and right when i was at that corner, broadway and park ave and 17th street, i saw a hot girl with her back sort of toward me about to walk into the street. i was hoping she wasn't going to do that, since i was going pretty fast and probably could stop and avoid hitting her, but it would be uncomfortable, when she finally turned and saw me and the rest of traffic and muttered "damn it" very clearly, much as one would say quietly, "damn it, carmen," if one were, say, kate moennig. wait, exactly like that. yeah, i almost hit kate moennig yesterday. if we keep almost running into each other like this all the time, we might as well be friends. that's the way i see it anyway.
and a couple of days ago i hit a new max on the flats. at the aqueduct above 123rd, i, without the help of gravity, but with a bit of a tailwind, topped out the middle chainring at 28.5 mph.
clearly i hate this city. clearly i hate riding. clearly i need to rolllllller for a long time right now, shower, and go to work.