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today i found a new way to ride my bicycle to work. it is a secret way through a secret forest in the middle of Seattle. Sometimes lots of people know about secrets.


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1. ride to the bowling alley, where an overweight 12 year old makes fun of your "greasy" hair. think, "hey kid. i just rode my bike about eight miles, that's sweat, not grease." look the kid in the eye and she squeaks in terror. wonder, "do i actually look scary right now ( Read more... )

mama bee, the yellow and white 1992 Bridgestone RB-1 that has carried my body who knows how many thousands of miles, has died. A giant crack, terrifying in its size, formed on the bottom bracket lug around the seat-tube. Such serious damage would account for the increasing lack of stiffness when i got up and pedaled hard. You would think I would ( Read more... )

bikes, beer, terrible burritos, decent burritos, hills, mountains, lakes, sunsets, sweat, cracked pavement, sunny days, basements, windows that don't open, skinned knees, late nights, early mornings, coffee, dehydration, house shoes, funny smells, hugs, phone calls, pit bulls, slipping around cars, waiting for drawbridges, new friends. a little

so i've been in seattle for about three weeks now. it's going well. i got two jobs. one was at the worst bike shop in town. i quit that shit. it would have only brought sadness into my life. the other one is at a coop on capitol hill. i like it well enough. i'm going to have to learn how to make coffee drinks, though. my first espesso shot ( Read more... )

one week in the big city. it's hot. sunny. i'm getting a better tan in seattle than i did riding my bike for twenty-two days. my house is a dump, but i can walk to sureshot and buy coffee, vegan pastries, and play twenty-five cent pinball. i can walk and get half a gallon of pho for four dollars. i can buy a forty dollar tshirt that turns ( Read more... )

hi.

so now that i'm in seattle, i have new contact information.

for mail, send it to

4711 12th AVE NE
Seattle, WA 98105

if you want to talk to me in person, i got a cellphone (i know!).

the number for that is
206 331 7214

let's chat

love,
doug