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Gosh, I can't remember everything that has happened in the past week or so. But it's been pretty interesting, I think. Chris's last Thursday night ride was really good. Derrik brought his new touring rig and we loaded it up with nearly 50 cans of beer, the sick thing is he kept up with everyone pretty easy. We rode to a bar in Chippewa that I used to spend alot of time in as a kid, drank a bunch and ate a bunch of free chips and dip sitting in the back fom some tupperware party or something earlier in the night. From there we rode to Glen Loch in Irvine Park. It was really dark, and I ran into a fence, knocking it over and spilling off my bike. We tromped through the woods, and eventually got to the dam. The sky was super clear, and the beer flowed like water. We must have spent 3 hours just chilling out looking at the sky drinking and talking. It was a really really good time. Eventually we drank everything, and decided to try to make it back to Eau Claire. We stopped in to the 19th hole where a guy with an incredible mullet tried picking a fight. Im not a fighter, but I feel like this would have been worth it just to cut his hair off when he got beat up. Someday.. Once we all got back to the trail we decided to race back to Hilltop and everyone pretty much split up and booked it to town. I think I was near dead last, but it was a really good sprint, and it was fun to watch everyone take there different routes. For some reason we ended up without shirts off in the bar, some girl threw a fit on the floor, and ended up taking a shot from her friends belly button. bar close. Thomas, Erik, Ryan , and myself went to Chris's house where they made espressos and a bunch of 4 cheese spinich tortalini with fresh baked bread. Ryan ate a can of beef raviloli. Long night that involved us playing with guns and bows and arrows. Some guys with mustaches showed up, no idea who they were. One of them looked like hitler. One had a sweet hawk mustache, and I think one might have been on meth.

I have a dozen pictures of all this, but my SD card isn't cooperating with me, and keeps making my computer crash. If you want to see them send me a SASE full of toe nail clippings, a mtchbox replica of a 67' corvette, and 13.56 in peruvian currency.

Riding home the next morning I ran into Cory leaving Maries and he gave me the best scone I have ever had in my entire life. Critical mass was like stepping on egg shells. You ould feel that everyone was paranoid that the cops were going to show up with guns blazing. All in all the ride was good, and I got to talk to some people who I havn't seen in a while. I like seeing people I know, and finding out that hings are going good with them. I'm pretty sure by the time that was done I just went home and crashed, but it's also possible I went out. You decide and make up a story of what might of happened. Sunday I went to the cities for a show and to visit friends. I saw these bands, Best Friends Forever ,The velveteens , heathers, and Ghost mice. It was a really good show and I had lots of fun. Except the part where I got hungry and wnet to some restraunt to get fries for a couple bucks, and they tasted really awful. We went back to my firends house, ate pizza, watched tv, and went to bed late. I woke up to my friends girlfriend shaking my shoulder. "David you have to get up, the building is on fire" What? Im tired, sleep. She shook me again "David I mean it the building is on fire" I sat up and heard the fire alarm going off. Shit, I must have been tired. We grabbed the cats and started heading out. The hall was full of smoke, and the fire extinguishers layed on the ground. Damnit, I Wish I could have sprayed those. We stood outside half expecting to see the building explode in flames. Nothing happened, 4 fire trucks showed up and cleared the building. I helped bring the cats in tried to figure out what happened and left. I called my friend hallie and went to her house. We walked around uptown talking about what was going on in our lives. We sa a bird caught in a window,and ate ice cream. I saw a million really nice bikes that I wish I had. We got bored and decided to go swimming at her aunts pool. We were both hungry so we went to the grocery store and bought some bagels and fruit. Went to the pool, and played in it for a long time and sat around eating and talking. I decided to head to the Couch tour to wait to see alkaline trio.(In my defence listen to Goddamnit by alkaline trio and it wil change your opinion on them. Also I liked the for along time so that makes me, like, more legit. I guess.) Anyway i stood around and waited the band. Watched them, got really tired and decided to go home early instead of waiting around in the cities for another couple days.

And none of that is releveant to bikes or Eau Claire in anyway.

I got back, and decided to spend a few days at my dads house. We ate a bunch of pasta salad, played cribbage, and worked on cars. A big snake got in the house and we chased it around the kitchen with brooms untill I realized that we were two full grown men chasing a snake around (more like running from it) with brooms. I put on an oven mit picked it up and threw it in a paper bag and threw it outside. I am man.

I got back to Eau Claire and went to the Joynt with my sister around 7(?) I decided I was just going to stay there all night so i did. All kinds of good people came in and it was a good night. Today Im more hung over than I should be. Tonight is the Thursday night ride out to Derriks moms house, supposedly there will be fire, and probobly mayhem.

I still need a job, but don't want one.
The Leader Telegram published an article on the Critical mass debaucle. Read it here
I've been working on a zine for a long time (like 4 years) It will be done in the next week or two in time for the minneapolis zinefest When its all done you can get a copy from me for free.

Thats all for now. Go to the Thursday night ride or else.

O yea, I almost forgot. Dec.24 Im leaving for Peru. I will be in South America untill the end of January. Im going to be visiting my sister and living on the cheap. Now I just need to hope they give me my passport...