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[theinevitable]

today, I worked for 4 hours. Then I went out and bought myself some new, hot, undies. they had man-kini bottoms and I laughed. like... string mankini.

now, I am doing two things: preparing for my date-which-is-not-a-date and trying to decide something.
The thing is, I just found out I have 5 (a number of days depending on whether I can convince someone to switch days with me, probably 3) days off work. Now, I can go to the beach for (probably 3) days, and swim and such with my family and some neighbors. OR, I could go visit my friend lindsay, which I have wanted to do all summer. This would probably involve more crazy fun, and less relaxation. I haven't seen her in 2 years. At the same time, she will have work, and she is a waitress so it will probably be around dinner time, and until late at night. I am waiting for her to call me back.

Um, I would have 5 days off in a row in which I could travel, except that I have a doctor's appointment one day. Damn.

[smick]

I meant to post this today, but forgot before I went out and did it.

"Today I'm gonna ride 24mi across 8 of the Portland bridges."

I did.  It was awesome.   My knees are totally wiped out.  At the end I felt SO rad.

[Nabubrush]

I meant to post this today, but forgot before I went out and did it.

"Today I'm gonna ride 24mi across 8 of the Portland bridges."

I did.  It was awesome.   My knees are totally wiped out.  At the end I felt SO rad.

We did the 6-bridge ride. I would like to point out here that Smick and I (and my lovely) rode right the fuck down the middle of I-5 with 10,000 of our closest friends on our bicycles today. Did you? No, you did not.

[pmcd9]

I meant to post this today, but forgot before I went out and did it.

"Today I'm gonna ride 24mi across 8 of the Portland bridges."

I did.  It was awesome.   My knees are totally wiped out.  At the end I felt SO rad.

That's awesome.  I have a flickr friend in Portland who likes to bike across bridges

[smick]

We did the 6-bridge ride. I would like to point out here that Smick and I (and my lovely) rode right the fuck down the middle of I-5 with 10,000 of our closest friends on our bicycles today. Did you? No, you did not.

That was so incredibly exhilarating.  The other best part was standing on top of the Fremont (The farther arch bridge in the photo) and looking far north to the St. John's thinking "That is so hell of far away.  I'll never make that." and then standing on the St. John's looking back to barely make out the Fremont in the mid-day haze thinking "I did that.  That was me.  I AM RAD."

Paul: I'm going to spend a good amount of time looking through your friend's flickr.   Her bridge pictures are pretty awesome.

This Bridge is right by my home.   It's my ladyfriend's favorite.   We live a block away from the elevator she mentions.   

[theinevitable]

my fitness goal is to bike into downtown st louis by the end of the year. this is not that far, and entirely attainable-- in fact, I could probably do it now. My dad basically said that I would be hit by a car and killed, and that it was unbearably idiotic. I went off on one of my rants where I went on about how a lot of people in the world don't have cars, and that biking is the most energy-efficient means of travel, and besides it is a good goal and I need to get in shape anyway, etc.
the real issue is, I would not put it past myself to get hit by a car, unless I took back roads. In which case: killed and mugged.

at the same time, standing next to the mississippi would be a nice end-point to a bike trip.

[Golfhaus]

at the same time, standing next to the mississippi would be a nice end-point to a bike trip.

I dunno... the only parts of the Mighty Mississippi near STL that I saw looked kinda crap. It was only the part by the Metrorail, where the Casino Queen is anchored, but man.

[theinevitable]

I mean, metaphorically. "I am by the mississippi!"
and then, you know, I get shot. Statistically, you are pretty likely to be hit by stray gunfire from East St Louis.

[jay-ell]

Today I'm gonna (already did) go to the doctor and hear my unborn baby's heartbeat. 

Sixteen weeks down, twenty three to go. 

[side_show]

Today I'm gonna (already did) go to the doctor and hear my unborn baby's heartbeat. 

Sixteen weeks down, twenty three to go. 

That is so cool.  Do you get one of those crazy 4-D images later on?  All my friends have been getting those.  It's a tad creepy to see what a baby looks like before s/he's born, but also really neat.

[linnea]

I mean, metaphorically. "I am by the mississippi!"
and then, you know, I get shot. Statistically, you are pretty likely to be hit by stray gunfire from East St Louis.

I think that East St. Louis gets a pretty bad rap because of its high crime rate. A famous architect once proposed enclosing the entire city within a dome. I drove out to Champaign with a friend in '99 and we got a flat tire in East St. Louis at 11:30PM.  Sam (my friend) wailed, "I'd rather run around naked through Chicago's south side rather than get a flat tire in East St. Louis!" I've never seen someone change out a flat so fast in my life. We left the city and drove for a damn long while on the donut tire before we found an acceptable place to have the regular tire repaired.

That is so cool.  Do you get one of those crazy 4-D images later on?  All my friends have been getting those.  It's a tad creepy to see what a baby looks like before s/he's born, but also really neat.

Yeah, those are really cool. I'd love to see the sonogram images, if they give you digital ones!!

[theinevitable]

I mean, I feel like having a horrendous crime rate justifies having a bad rep. it is a pretty scary area. Mostly in that... it is like a ghost town. We drove through, and it was just... empty, abandoned buildings.

also: when I said "metaphorically," I meant something more like... symbolically.

[linnea]

« Last Edit: Today at 01:13:30 PM by side_show »

smells! What did you EDIT?? It's driving me insane - my post looks identical to how I remembered it, but it says you edited it. Did you just put that there to toy with me?

[side_show]

smells! What did you EDIT?? It's driving me insane - my post looks identical to how I remembered it, but it says you edited it. Did you just put that there to toy with me?

Oh sorry, I edited my quote - it had a typo in it - it said "what the a baby..." before, so I fixed it up to read "what a baby...".  I make so many typos that I'm starting to get embarassed about it.  I went in and fixed it in the original post, but then realized it still had the typo in your post too.  It was either go back to my post and re-add the typo, or go into your post and correct the typo there too.

[jay-ell]

Nah, I'm not planning  4-D ultrasound.  For one thing, I don't think my insurance covers it, and no way am I paying several hundred dollars to see my kid.  I'm sure the kid would rather, you know, go to college someday.  But I will post the regular ultrasound photos next month.  We (hopefully) find out the gender on 9/11. 

Ominous.