Whats the deal?

My blog is about bikes, music, food, and life. I periodically write about one of the subjects but today I will be writing about all of them.

I am enraged right now. Not just mad or pissed off or angry. Enraged. What started off as a seemingly normal day has turned into a hurricane of anger in the span of a couple hours.
I had a lunch date with a fellow I have had the hots for since last May...on and off. Since I was in NY for the summer and he was in Idaho it was pretty clear that nothing was going to happen so I got my hopes up that something would happen this fall. Perhaps I hoped to high since today while we were waiting for lunch to cook he told me how much he likes some chick who lives in Salt Lake City. I got demoted to "Sister Status" by him in less than five minutes. wow....seriously, wow. I honestly thought we might have something going on since we both love riding bikes, listening to music, and eating delicious food. But beyond the fluff of that we get along great. We can communicate with each other (or so I thought) and have really good conversations.
I get sick of trying to find some one to date. Trying to find some one I get along with. I am probably taking this all to personally and that is why I am pissed off. I think I was hoping for just a wee bit more than I ended up with. Oh well.
On a lighter note, two great things happened to me this week. I got a column in the statesman for my cooking column and I got a job at a bike mechanic at Aggie Blue Bikes. I am equally excited about both and can't wait to get started.
Bike Polo is tonight and I can't wait to play. Rant over.

Maybe you should get to know your laws before arguing them

It feels good to be back in Logan, there is no doubt about it. I don't have more space than I did in my Manhattan apartment right now, due to the fact that I am staying with my brother and his wife in their apartment but I do have my bikes (only my Peuget, Pierre) back and thats what makes me happy.

The silver lining of being home is quickly wearing off as I get back on my bike and I am reminded of the stupidity of some fellow cyclists and motorists as well. Did I really just call some of my fellow cyclists stupid? you bet I just did, and this is why.
I
would first like to start off by commending all those who mount a bicycle daily to commute, exercise, or whatever. It is great that you are making an effort to keep Cache Valley air clean and keep your body looking good, but I am appalled by the lack of knowledge some of you seem to lack on laws about cycling.
You think it is OK to ride your bike the side walk, ride without a light at night, and ride in the opposite lane of traffic. This isn't OK! Stop, please! If there are three things that piss people off about cyclists it is that. A light is $10.00 (or more) at any one of your local bike shops in down town Logan. Please invest in one.

Riding on side walks? Do you really think that any one going 10 mph or more should be on a side walk? Side walks are for walking, roads are for riding. It is the law that you have to ride in the road. I can understand if you don't want to ride on Main St., so take another road to get to your destination. Bikes get in the way when they are ridden on a side walk and you are far likelier to run into a pedestrian. Please follow the law.

I don't know who taught you that you should ride in oncoming traffic. Please unlearn this behavior immediately. It is a good way to get in a head on collision with motor vehicles and other cyclists.

As for motorists, I understand you are pissed off because the above mentioned peons seem to think there behavior is socially acceptable. If you are so angry about bikes in the road why don't you contact your local government about it and stop trying to run us off the road. Killing a cyclist to make a point doesn't drive one home, it makes you look like an idiot and less like the "good law abiding citizen you seem to think you are". You aren't the only one who is affect by high gas prices, we are just doing our part to bring down the cost and help out the atmosphere since your truck isn't. Lets all work together to make the roads safer for everyone. Not just one kind of vehicle.

You may be asking what this rant came about. After reading the article below by the new york times (follow the link to read it), hearing my brother complain about cyclists riding two abreast (which is completely legal!) on country roads, and seeing bike commuters make fools of themselves in the eyes of the law.

I want people to understand that is it as important for cyclists to follow the law as it is for motorists.

This is what really got me going:
¶Last weekend, Utah state police arrested the driver of a pickup truck, suspected of plowing intentionally into cyclists on a morning ride.

Click here for the NY Times article

50 things to love

I’ve had writters block for the past three months. Everything thing that I write is negative so I decided to help myself over come said block by writing 50 things I love. My friend Misha did this list once and convinced me to do it too (a while ago) I figured it’s time for a new list so here it is. They are in no particular order.

1. Warm blankets
2. Herb tea with unfiltered honey
3. Fuji apples
4. Farmers Markets
5. Artisan bread
6. Moving, even though I hate packing up all mystuff
7. Good byes and Hello’s when parting for a while and getting home after a long trip
8. Goals
9. Jam sessions that go all night
10. Poetry slams
11. Dancing
12. Yoga, even though I hate it, I do it
13. Climbing, because it’s made me over come so many of my fears
14. Sleeping under the stars
15. Countries of the foreign nature
16. States of the foreign nature
17. Bicycles
18. Hill climbing on Kaji
19. Meeting some one and immediately clicking
20. Music that makes me feel
21. Jazz at Citrus and Sage
22. Listening to guilty pleasure music and knowing that no one knows
23. The Brooklyn Bridge
24. Cooking for people and having them love what I cooked
25. Baking, even though I mostly do it when I am mad
26. Getting packages and postcards
27. First Kisses
28. Last Kisses
29. Mixed CD’s
30. New CD’s
31. Knitting
32. Quilting
33. The Gospel of Jesus Christ
34. Listening to Jazz on a rainy day
35. Reading a good book and being sad when it is over (no, I am not talking about the Twilight series, I haven’t even read those!)
36. My family
37. Living in NYC because it made me realize what I want out of life.
38. Being awoken by a sudden poetic thought and jotting it down for further translation in the morning
    
39. Union Square
40. Mountains and oceans
41. Hiking in the mountains
42. Yerba Mate
43. Genuinely good food
44. Conversations that stop time
45. Laughter and Smiles
46. Japan
47. Riding my bike through all kinds of weather
48. Old friends and new friends
49. Journalism
50. Ally Cat Races