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When impulse and spontaneity fail to make my "way" as uneven as possible then I shall sit up nights inventing means of making life as conglomerate and vivid as possible. Those who live in the even tenor of their way simply exist until death ends their monotonous tranquility. No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time comes to die, I'll be able to die happy, for I will have done and seen and heard and experienced all the joy, pain, thrills—every emotion that any human ever had—and I'll be especially happy if I am spared a stupid, common death in bed. So, Dad, I'm afraid your wish will always come to naught, for my way is to be ever changing, but always swift, acute and leaping from peak to peak instead of following the rest of the herd, shackled in conventionalities, along the monotonous narrow path in the valley. The dead have reached perfection when it comes to even tenor!
Richard Halliburton - 1919











It's all downhill from here

Got Bike?

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This entry was posted on 5/31/2006 8:21 AM and is filed under uncategorized.

The big news of the moment is that I'm waiting for my new bike.



Titus Bikes  Mine is going to be black!

I ordered it a week ago.  Today is Wednesday.  The pieces are supposed to come in to the shop and the bike get built up for me to pick up on Friday.  Not a moment to soon since I'm travelling on Friday to Santa Fe to roll the bike in its maiden race voyage - La Tierra Torture.

Not exactly a cheepo department store bike.  What's it like to make installment payments on a bicycle?  We (Boss J and I) were going to get a Scion xB to go with the Honda Element.  We decided that maybe wasn't the best idea after all and opted to get a pair of new bikes instead.  He got a Specialized FSR while I'm getting the dream bike ^above^.  A lower monthly payment over fewer years, and we still get four wheels.  That works, que?

Just knowing that the new bike is on the way has me motivated to be worthy of it.  Last thing I want is to be bringing up the back of the pack grunting along on super-bike.  I've gotten pretty lax on my "training."  While getting in plenty of ride time, I've been complacent to lead from the back.  NO MORE!  I'm redetermined to lose the extra ballast (I saw calculations recently indicating for a similar power output, each ten pounds lost will drop a minute from a 10k ride) and kick up the top end.  

Oh Friday, will it ever come?

 
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    • 6/1/2006 4:37 PM Travis Swicegood wrote:
      Sweet bike... You definitely made the right choice, and with the wheels all adding up.

      If you're anything like me, you'll get that first dream bike, then get it paid off and realize there's another one that would make a great addition.
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