Winter bike ride; new folding bike

I think that I just recovered from Thanksgiving about a half an hour ago. My ride home was filled with adrenaline. Before the holiday I put my gangly winter bike in my U of M bike locker to get it out of the way so that I could cram more friends and relatives into my apartment. So yesterday I thought that I would rescue the bike from being locked up for a record amount of time, but the lock was frozen.

Today, really itching to ride, I slammed up against the door a number of times and it worked. The hobbit-sized door opened like butter. The adrenaline started rushing when I found that there were spots along the Greenway-Hiawatha route that were sheets of ice. I refuse to get studded tires for me $20 department store junk bike.

My da gave me at folding Dahon Boardwalk bike over Thanksgiving. It feels a little strange, mostly because the handling is so sketchy on the snow and ice, but it is pretty fun and it is really quick to fold down. It is cool. I might actually invest in studded tires for that puppy.

New obsession

I'm beginning to be obsessed with the Pedersen Bicycle. I hope that I can ride one this year when I'm in Europe.

worst blogger ever

I was hoping that my witty descriptions of life would help compensate my complete lack of digital camera.

There is this bike in my 'hood that I see locked up all over with these tall kids-bike-esque handlebars but with a twist that I long to digitally photograph. Well actually a couple of twists. The tops are twisted around so that they resemble a brass instrument more than a handlebar. I was wondering how they made them look so shiny if they actually just fashioned by some welder. Would it be cool to make a brass instrument that could be used as handlebars? You could tool down the street playing Sousa?

Here is the latest results of a quick quiz that I took to help me procrastinate from making a yarn pom pom. Who really procrastinates making a yarn pom pom. I probably need help. I was think about making a "things to do before I'm 30" list and which would basically include a list of all of the drugs that I want to take, since I've pretty much done whatever the fuck I want for years. I don't suppose that it is appropriate to discuss this quiz in any personal statements that I might write for a grad school program. I'm pretty inappropriate anyway.

You Should Get a PhD in Science (like chemistry, math, or engineering)

You're both smart and innovative when it comes to ideas. Maybe you'll find a cure for cancer - or develop the latest underground drug.

What Advanced Degree Should You Get?