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October 08, 2002
it's tuesday now i think,
it's tuesday now i think, sorta losing track of the days. i'm a the interbike bike expo in the venetian casino on the strip, it's about to close, glad i got to come see some of the new stuff. i found 3 different companies that make single speed mountain bikes which i'd love to have, people asked who i was and i'd tell them i was from college cyclery in reno, a little white lie but i doubt randy would mind too much. i'm finally getting the hang of the layout of vegas, the strip divides the east and west sides, and there are main streets that run north and south and east and west. someone said that the u.s. did a survey of worst planned cities, and vegas was number one. i'm not surprised. last night i rode 45 minutes from the east side where the record store is to the west side to the yoga studio, the traffic was scary at times. many folks ride their bikes on the sidewalk here, something i've always been against, but last night even i hopped up on the curb, the drivers here are frightening. i hadn't done any yoga in a ton of time, it felt really good. then we ate some food and went and got beers at some semi soulless brewpub, the waitress was funny though, we asked if an certain beer was good and she gave us the straight dope, "it tastes bad to me." she left before we could give her a tip.
it's fun to hang out at sara's house cause she has 4 siblings and two other kids are staying at the house also, there's always people around to talk to. i remember before i left having lunch with bill shrimpf and he was talking about how he and emily want a large family, and at the time it seemed like crazy talk, but now i can kinda see why folks would want that. not that i would.
my plans are still up in the air, the mates of state are playing here the 13th, as well as in flagstaff the 12th. i'm kinda doing some work here a little so i might stick around for the show here then fly to ohio, then fly back and hitch to flagstaff then albuquerque. i'm excited to see my grandma. then off to mexico, i want to be in that country by the 25th of this month.
it's superwarm here, 85 degrees-ish, i've been borrowing bikes and taking the bus around. i'm gonna go hop on a bus over to the record store, there's a show tonight, garuda from texas is gonna play, i remember seeing them in reno, should be fun. i like being around a new scene, meeting all the kids. apparently they have a internet messageboard like the one that used to run off of jeanie jo's site, and it's full of bullshit gossip. i have to check it now and try and find where the show's gonna be at. ok that's all for now, hope everyone is doing well, feel free to drop me a line.
Posted by bendan at October 8, 2002 05:26 PM
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