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One of the ways I build a character is to think of a contradiction - are they shy but seek the limelight? Are they silently full of opinions? A brave coward? Accomplish great things by being lazy ( Read more... )

Got up early this morning and went at the bike with a pair of pliers trying to get it to loosen that back brake. Well, I got it kinda fixed - the brake still touched (and made a whiney noise) but it didn't stop the wheel from rolling! I celebrated with a quick bike to Rite Aid to pick up the refill of my prescription. I was going to get milk ( Read more... )

My bike is broken. Somehow the rear break is locked into the tire and I couldn't get it off this morning so I had to drive in with the hubby. Which leads to ( Read more... )

1. Book memes - I always get irritated at the "italicize books you've started but haven't finished". I want to brandish a ruler and scream "No partial credit!!" Honestly, if I gave myself credit for all the books I haven't finished? Sistah, please! So make a Reasie happy - delete that line from your memes ( Read more... )

I love biking in. Yeah, okay, it's downhill all the way, so there's no effort. But it's quiet, there's no frustration of traffic, very little stopping, no waiting on anyone. And I always end up early, the first person into the building, with plenty of time to brew my first cup of tea and relax and read my email ( Read more... )

Biking home yesterday was agony. Not because of the hills, but because my body reacted poorly to the exercise and half-way home I felt my bowels were going to explode ( Read more... )

The bike ride home was not so bad. The trick is not to let the hill take more time than it takes, you know? I mean, I angst over the damn hill all the way across campus, but really, it's only, what, five, ten minutes ( Read more... )

Rode my bike in to work today. Yeah, well, it wasn't raining when I left, all right ( Read more... )

You know your hair is too long when you have to worry about it catching in your bicycle chain ( Read more... )