life @ 13
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
pre-tripping
just as my core temperature was coming back to normal, i figured the best way to pay hommage to those still freezing in new york would be a 40-mile pre-trip ride through the slush and snow in detroit's sprawl. it was pretty shitty, but not too bad -- i know this becuase i only thought about calling to be picked up and never made it as far as taking my phone out of my pocket.
good times with mike (old college roommate) and megan (college friend and mike's wife) and their puppy in royal oak. i'm sparing you all the video clip of me singing "in bloom"
hats off to suburban/metro detroit drivers: not a single honk or side swipe after 40 miles on car-filled roads with no shoulder (i.e. 8 mile). i'm pretty sure that most of this was not out of courtesy, but because MI drivers must think i'm crazy. and not crazy in the way that i AM crazy, i mean bat-shit-straight-out-of-the-prison-mental-ward crazy. they were scared to get anywhere near me.
i'm afraid another side effect of this ride and the ride today will be deepening fears about the economy. so hopefully you all hear it from me first: it's not THAT bad here, the economy is still chugging along, and my riding a bike around detroit is not a symbol of economic distress.
"in bloom"
Mike probably singing Ozzy
prettiest couple north of 8 mile
pit stop for cinnamon doughnuts and eggs
slightly lost on an unpaved side road
just as my core temperature was coming back to normal, i figured the best way to pay hommage to those still freezing in new york would be a 40-mile pre-trip ride through the slush and snow in detroit's sprawl. it was pretty shitty, but not too bad -- i know this becuase i only thought about calling to be picked up and never made it as far as taking my phone out of my pocket.
good times with mike (old college roommate) and megan (college friend and mike's wife) and their puppy in royal oak. i'm sparing you all the video clip of me singing "in bloom"
hats off to suburban/metro detroit drivers: not a single honk or side swipe after 40 miles on car-filled roads with no shoulder (i.e. 8 mile). i'm pretty sure that most of this was not out of courtesy, but because MI drivers must think i'm crazy. and not crazy in the way that i AM crazy, i mean bat-shit-straight-out-of-the-prison-mental-ward crazy. they were scared to get anywhere near me.
i'm afraid another side effect of this ride and the ride today will be deepening fears about the economy. so hopefully you all hear it from me first: it's not THAT bad here, the economy is still chugging along, and my riding a bike around detroit is not a symbol of economic distress.
"in bloom"
Mike probably singing Ozzy
prettiest couple north of 8 mile
pit stop for cinnamon doughnuts and eggs
slightly lost on an unpaved side road
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