thanks to two years of football and almost 15 years of riding bmx, i think i have this:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood-Schlatter_disease

lucky for me i am about to start my career in a field where i'll be kneeling and lifting big ol' fat motherfuckers all day!

just found the best/worst/best thing on the internet, ever:


all girl mosh pit at an ICP "fest". oh yes.

i just received and promptly watched America: Freedom to Fascism.

Has anyone on my short list of friends watched this documentary? If so, what are your thoughts?

i am REALLY tired of the word "sustainable".

it's a great feeling to not feel obligated to listen to the right music, wear the right clothes, like the right kind of art, agree with the right kind of politics, or eat the right kind of food.

getting older kind of rules in that way.

i'm watching a documentary i got in my netflix called Food, Inc. it's super good, and thought provoking. it basically investigates and exposes our nation's food sources and problems. it's not even over yet and i have already asked myself "well shit, 90% of what i eat is so bad for me, why don't i just eat only natural, organic food?" then i realize i'd have to be making a shit load of money to be able to afford that kind of stuff.

it's not even that much of a help to be vegan, as most foods humans eat are all sourced from 3-8 big corporations.

they interview a real farmer who runs a natural no-bullshit chicken, beef, and pork farm in virginia, and he has this to say:

"a culture that just views a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure to be manipulated by whatever creative design the human can foist on that critter will probably view individuals within its community and other cultures in the community of nations with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling type mentality."

the movie also gets into why broccoli heads costs 2$ and a double cheeseburger at mcdonald's costs 99 cents. you should watch it!

i am going to see eyehategod friday night. i think i might be more siked about this than ISIS. you tell me. or not.

i just dropped a ton of money on parts to build up my cruiser, and i don't regret it at all.




bmx is cool.

this is the best fucking song this band ever wrote. i don't care what anyone says, you're wrong if you don't agree.

i can't get enough of this song.

that fat guy at the end of the raisin brand extra commercial gets me every time.

in preparation for my move, i have been cleaning and organizing the few things i own. i have a handful of things i don't need/want, and some stuff i don't feel like moving.

these things can be yours for a small fee:

free weight set: 2 dumbbells each of 15, 20, 25, and 30 pounds. comes with a stand for them all, too. 50$ or make me an offer.

black wood nightstand from target: 10$

bamboo cutting board: 10$

random plates, bowls, cups: free, comment if you need or want any i guess?

french press coffee maker: free

stand up mirror: 5$

one of those cork boards with pins: free

thanks!

i've been watching this guy's videos for about a week. lol'ing a lot.

i can't stand chris rock, but i saw this and LOL'ed. funny at about 0:50.








and this timeless classic:





and then there's this:

 i have been up since 1 am. i felt like crap last night, and tried going to bed at 930. i woke up at about 1 am, and have been up since... needless to say, i feel like i'm about to die. i cannot wait to lie down at 930/10 tonight and sleep like a baby. hopefully this is the kick in the ass i need to get into a normal schedule again. it's easy to sleep til 1pm and go to bed at 4am when you don't  really have anything to do. at 7am this morning, however, i took my bike out to 10 mile linear park and rode about half of it... took some pictures.

 i am pretty sure i'll be moving somewhere near march or april... and because of this, i need to sell some random shit i have and don't want/need/have room for. 

DVD's: The Simpson's seasons 6 and7, Dirty Jobs, some other random ones I don't feel like getting up to look at. 5$ each.
Ikea night stand and DVD tower. They are all a black wood, and in perfect condition, 10$ dvd tower, 10$ nightstand.
Ikea executive office chair. 20$ 
Pleather couch, bought in Boston for way too much, wanna get rid of it for 150$ OBO. Also have a smaller fabric couch I'll let go for 20$. 
Target dish chair. Brown, comfy, 10$. 
Target coffee table/TV stand set. Would like 100$ for the set, or 50$ each (duh). Perfect condish, the tv stand has a weight limit of something nuts like 230 pounds. 
Zildjian Z custom cymbals. 18" medium, 18" rock, and 19" medium. All of which have been on tours but are still somehow in near perfect condition. Buy them and have a piece of hardcore history. 50$ each, 60$ for the 19". 
Also have some random kitchen utensils and some records, yours to browse. 

MY LOSS, YOUR GAIN.

which reminds me, does anyone want to have a yard/garage sale?

I'll be at The Edison tonight at 730 pm to watch the BCS Championship game with a buddy of mine, Sean, and then will be joined by our good friend Andrew Bernard. If you're not a retard, you should come hang. 


GO GATORS!!!!

 just before i go to bed, i wanted to share with you all my new favorite website.

www.yankodesign.com

check this site out, it will not disappoint you, especially if you are into things that are cool. 




also, on the bike design blog, they posted this bike:


http://www.larryvsharry.com/english/BullittTNT.html

the dutch know how to do it, son.

electric FOLDING bike... take that, Mark Sanders!
http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/12/05/this-grasshopper-folds-and-generates-electricity/


and one last thing, not bike related. always thirsty in the ocean?
http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/11/26/always-thirsty-in-the-ocean/

goodnight!

 the good people over at the bike design blog recently mentioned a bike that i feel deserves a great deal of recognition:



I used to feel that all folding bicycles were gimmicky, heavy, and pretty much the last thing you'd want to break down just to lug onto the train with you, but I got to work on this bike and it changed the way I felt about folding bikes.

The  company that makes it is called Strida, and when I worked at the bike shop in Cambridge,  a man came in one day looking to get his "chain greased" because he thought it was making a squeaking noise. What was funny about it was that the bike didn't have a chain; rather, it had a belt. It was awesome, to say the least. It was the first time I had ever seen a belt drive bike, and on a crazy looking folder at that!  This customer's Strida was orange where the above one is black, and the one i linked to has a chain drive. Upon investigating what was making the creaking noise, I realized it was actually his pedal, which if pulled out and away from the bike, folded up against the crank arm. So cool! I asked the guy if I could ride it around, because the center of balance looked like it was way over the back... Boy was I right. I lifted up on the bars and practically had to catch myself from going back-of-the-head- first into the floor. Despite the center of balance being in a non-conventional spot, the bike was extremely light, solid, and it actually folded up in a way that didn't look like Escher built the damn thing. This guy even had a nylon backpack it fit into!

ANYWAYS, the point in writing this was to say that I recently discovered Mark Sanders' (the guy behind Strida) website, where you can find pictures of his Strida folding bikes, some other crazy looking and totally utilitarian urban folding bicycles, and even some nifty jar openers, haha.

http://www.mas-design.com/

I think his X bike is something that is years ahead of its time. "Steering – this was by auto-tensioned cables via variable ratio pulleys. These provide a good steering feel to hub-centre steering." HAHA, WHOA. 

I think if the weather keeps up this way, I might ride my bike to work all next week.

ok, goodnight.