Just back from a little bike tweaking at OCB. The ride to the shop was a hard one, as we (Tangiene and I) had to actually cross Broadway and go up part of Main to get into an area safe enough to ride (we pushed our bikes up from my house, just to be on the safe side). It turns out my tires were a bit on the flat side, making it harder than it needed to be, but rode like a dream on the way home.
The tweaks were simple enough and our bike guides were most helpful and patient. This is the first time I've ever used any sort of tool on a bike. The last time I rode a bike was 6 years ago in my mountain village in Japan, and it was such a bitch to ride the mountain bike that I abandoned it. (FYI: the place to get air in rural Japan is not at the local gas station; it's at an actual bike shop, and can only be filled by one of the workers there.) Before that I rode a ten-speed in high school, but it, too, was abandoned towards the end of grade 12. I am a huge fan of this bike, though: a 5-gear Glider from the UK, a find at the Sally Ann in North Van.
The bad thing about today is that my chest cold/congestion seems to be getting worse. I have no idea what it is, but it feels weird and makes me dry cough. I'm meant to go to a couple of highly-anticipated events this evening, but I'm not sure I'm going to make it to any of them. Cough. I'm such a sissy.
Last night I went to a fundraiser for elementary school art programs at the Lamplighter. Was pretty fun, though I came home a little more deaf (why don't I carry earplugs anymore?).
Oh, I did see you on the corner of Main today. I realised it as you passed and I was in mid-conversation. How was the Robot Train?
Currently listening :
Overcome by Happiness
By The Pernice Brothers
Release date: 19 May, 1998
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