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Here is a picture of my buddy Alvin after doing a ride to the Gilroy Garlic Festival in the blazing sun. Take notice of those two-toned arms.
Hit up the ‘drome bright and early on Saturday morning for a quick track session. Since our goal is to scale back on drinking/going out, the early morning track session is an added incentive to keep Friday nights chill.
The team. Hahaha.
The idiot in the yellow shirt was slowing the whole entire team down. Way to go.
Living small is the way to go. Even if you aren’t a hobo like me.
While doing my daily reading at Philz coffee today, a chill student by the name of Kasey(sp) asked me to complete a survey for his class. It was about student life in college.
We were chopping it up about college, and travel, when I mentioned that I had been bitten by the travel bug. I told him that I had traveled to New Zealand for two weeks earlier this year. He then told me that he stayed in New Zealand for ten months. That’s crazy! We exchanged stories and experiences from all the different locales that we visited.
I then told him that I and a few friends were planning a trip to Japan in the coming months. He was like, “Yeah, you should go, I lived there for 7 years.” Damn, where haven’t you lived doo? He told me that he grew up in mainland China, and then moved to Japan. He can speak Japanese better than Chinese (his native tongue) . Kasey even knew a little bit about fixed gear culture. I probably could have spoken to him about his travel experiences for hours, but alas, he had more people to interview.
It has been my dream (for a short time now) to travel around the world, to meet new people, and experience different cultures. To me, that is what life is all about. It was cool to meet another like-minded person stranger who is experiencing the ultimate lifestyle.
Coming soon. The brainchild of Mark and a few members of SJF.
Photo by Anna Marie, as modeled by Tina.
or a beautiful nightmare? I would be lying if I said Beyonce did not influence my lifestyle in anyway.
Chilled at Delores Park in San Francisco for the day with all of the hipsters. The bike swap went well, I think a few of us unloaded some parts and made some monies. I made $5 which I spent mostly on ice cream and thai iced tea.
There were a few garage sales in the area, so we stopped by to have a look-see. Anna was able to find a complete vintage Scrabble set straight from the 80s. I asked the doo how much it was and he said, “Dat da 2 buc suc doo.” I said thanks doo and handed him my hard earned deuce.
Wat u kno bout da shrim coktail doo?
Works has been having an art workshop all week, so I stopped by for a ‘zine session. It was a great way to pass the time as I waited for the UPS doo to drop off my panoramic photos.
Julia invited us over to her place for yet another BBQ (and for the record, I don’t I will ever get sick of BBQs). As always there was a lot of laughs and food.
The infamous Cacks gave me his signature necklock towards the end of the night.
One of the many hilarious moments of the night was when Julia and Marc told me that they were “decompositioning” their food scraps. Mark and I asked them,”You mean composting?” And second of all you have to dig a hole and bury the scraps, not just throw the egg shells and banana peels on top of the plants. HAHAHAHAH. Good effort though guys!
Macaframa was also being looped the entire night.
Chilled with my cousins for a little bit on Sunday. I like hanging out with them because they’re as cool I am, except for the fact that they’re way cooler than I am.
They introduced me to a new board game, which literally brings hilariousness to new heights, called Hilarium. I was like, “Hey cousins, this game is pretty hilarious, how much does it cost?” $95! The price is about the only thing that isn’t hilarious about the game.
or is it?
My buddy Joe Claus (different from the Joe in my other post), is a talented photographer who is doing a piece on people who have been recently laid off. And since I fit into that category, yours truly got a nice little photo op a while back. I finally came across the completed project. Damn I look like an idiot. Good job though Joe!
Here is the official link.
JP and Neiman had their big bday bash bbq today at the park. This time we pulled all the stops. Dan came through with generators and a bounce house, so we were able to power up the DJ booth. Our resident DJs Jeff and Ryan discotequed the bbq out. There was a pinata that made it rain sweets from the sky.
It’s crazy, but I think every get-to that we have always ends up topping the last get-to. Good times with all the homies.
Oh and the picture of me grilling like an idiot was taken by Joe. He’s going to San Francisco State to major in photography soon. He will be famous.
Photo taken by Joe
Photo taken by Joe
Photo taken by Joe
Ever since the crackdown on the usage traditional plastic bags, substitute bags have been popping up everywhere. Some of the local farmer’s markets have begun using BioBags, which biodegrade within a short period of time. Throw it into your compost bin (which I myself have yet to get) and you’re golden. I have also noticed that Savers, America’s Thrift Department Store, has also started to carry biodegradable bags.
It’s nice to know that when you forget your reusable shopping bag at home, there are other eco-friendly solutions.
Originally uploaded by corporate p
My friend Pavel made this video, which I think captures all the emotions of a fun 4th of July weekend. Even if there are some cupcake-ish moments in the latter half. =)
Who celebrates on the Fourth of July nowadays anyway? The entire country. Oopps. Well, we celebrated on the third day of July, and it was just as chill. There was plenty of drinks, fried rice, dogs, burgers and jenga to go around. A BBQ also isn’t complete without kite flying, frisbee, zoo, Scrabble, a bacon grease fire, and a personifying dog either.
Yesterday a small group of us rode out to Gilroy and back for some Sonic drank. It was a nice long ride, probably a little harder than the San Francisco to San Jose ride. The whole ride round trip is about 60-70 miles, but the headwind is brutal, although we didn’t encounter too much of it yesterday. The temperature was actually ok, it wasn’t too blazing hot, but it also wasn’t comfortable either.
Lately the people at Hellyer have been really cool about us riding on the track with riser bars and other silly fixed gear modifications. As long as you sign the waiver and have a helmet you are good to go. Absolutely free! It’s great because it introduces a lot of people to the track who normally don’t get a chance to ride it.
Riding to the track was a bit of a treacherous journey with part of the trail being blocked off. No worries though, where there is a will, there is a partially broken fence to peel back and climb through.
