enter. danger. zone,

I am leaving for peru for a month starting on tuesday. You already know this, and by now you are wishing I was gone a week ago. But this time is for real. I don't think I will be posting anything before then, so this is my formal internet goodbye.
I will be in Miami on x-mas. I do not think I will like florida. But I do get to see the atlantic. I've never seen that one before. I will try to get to a computer while away and do internet things, but I doubt that will be high on my list of priorities(keeping my socks dry is #1)
Anyway, I will be in town all day monday so lets hang out. Make sure to check:
http://bikeforge.blogspot.com/
http://ecbikes.blogspot.com/
http://northoften.blogspot.com/
often.
bye bye!

Tis the season

http://leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BIKSHR41GMP

From Zac Barnes:

can we do a simultaneous ride and carol?!

deck your bike, bundle up, invite friends, carry a sled?!

perhaps those of us in eau claire can meet at anybody's bike shop on water st., ride waterstreet, downtown, neighborhoods in between, stop in banbury to warm up (play some bike polo?), do some sledding on the east hill and then head back home!

perhaps we can meet at 9:45 or 10pm?let me know if you want to join...this saturday we'll also be doing some work in the banbury place. join us anywhere between 12noon and 4pm

partofpartypeople in3d

No, I have not posted in a while. Yes, I suck.
Now that we have that out of the way here is the skinny. It's cold out. Really cold, -30 windchill cold. But yesterday I saw at least 3 friends riding their bikes around town. We are tougher than winter. Saterday was my Syd and my going away party. It was areally good time, and I was super happy to see all of you people who showed up.
If you are in the dark about this still I will explain. While you take the brunt of winter in one week I will be on my way to peru. First stop is visiting familey in chicago, then from there Miami, then ecuador, then peru. My familey is going down there to visit my sister who has been there for over a year doing work for peace corps.
Needless to say I am very nervous and have been using this as the excuse for me being exceptionally high strung recently. I know that it will be fun and it will be good, but at the same time sometimes knowing things doesnt stop you from getting far to drunk and having an emotional breakdown on a telephone.
So what worries me about this trip?
airplanes, language barriers, stomach aches, eating meat, airplanes, being with my familey in close quarters for a month, spending a lot of time in my head, wild animals, blisters, wet socks, bad plans, being poor, being so midwestern, missing friends, etc. etc.

I know if I listed what excites me it would be a much longer list, but once again sometimes knowing isnt everything. So the story goes. Right now I have one more final in approximetly 20 minites, then I am done with another semester. I will return my books, use the internet some more, and go home and start packing. I have one week to turn my apartment into a few rooms filled with boxes, and a bed in the corner. While Im gone hopefully dozens of people will come look at it and see if they think that they would like to live there. It is interesting how impermanent a "home" can be. After so much changed happened in that house, i will stop paying rent, move out, someone else will move in , and it will be a memory.
The same could be said for this trip though I guess. I will pack my bags I will go, i will make another country my impermanent residence, atatch my emotional significane to airplane seats, mountain tops, ocean shores, mud puddles, and hotels. Then I will leave and someone else will take my place there.
I type while I should be studying.
Thank you again everyone for coming out. If you want to see me before I leave you have 7 days to call me. Adios!

featherust

Last weekend was fun. I dont remember all of the details, but I am sure of it. Saterday was a blast and about 25 people showed up for bike polo, and food. It was really really fun, and I can't wait to do it again. There was a decent table of food for everyone, multiple rounds of the most ramshackle game of bike polo ever played. A few important lessons were learned. Bike polo is dangerous, mountain bikes are kind of fun, and i love old blue bike frames.

I went to a friends opening and it was really good, I feel kind of bad because I was very dirty and probobly very disheveled, but it was good anyway. I went home and napped. Im realizing that I might be becoming a fan of naps. I know this is against everything I have ever said about naps in the past, but they have begun to grow on me. Last Saterday was the hanukkah party and there was a plethora of amazing food/people/jams. My sleepy head didnt last after one drink at the bar though so I went home kind of early.

Sunday I worked all day, but then amanda and i made plans to play in the fresh snow that evening. We mixed a bottle of rum with a pot of coffee, success! Then we just wandered around town playing in the snow taking pictures, and hitting things with makeshift walking sticks untill we got to the joynt and called it a night.

Today I am sick and tired. As a matter of fact I feel so ill I didnt even make myself breakfast this morning. Anyone who knows me knows that this is a sure fire way to put me in a bad move. David-breakfast=grumpy disaster to the 5th power. That said i have alot on my mind but I need to go now, so i will whine about it later. have a good day!

ps Ride safe! I ate shit a couple times already this winter, be carefull!

new new new

Two new websites
1. www.ecbikes.blogspot.com new weboste for the banbury bike project.
2. www.northoften.blogspot.com new temporary home to NO10

go to them both and poke around . thats all

grarring

Greasy Fixins

FOOD+BIKES?! No?! YES!

Saturday
Banbury Place Bld. 17 (off of galloway)
POT LUCK!
Noon sharp!
Bring food and your bike. We will have music pumping and lots of bikes to play on, fix up, and a good chance of the first ever bike polo game. (In which case please try to bring your own club supplies will be limited) So put simply. This saturday show up with a dish to share or even a wsmall snack, ride your bike in a warm large basment with good people, play bike polo and ride around. It will be fun.