a cat-deer and a killer whale share a room in our home.
Last Monday Jen and I drove down to Victoria to “look” at adopting a dog. We came prepared to “look” with a new leash and dog collar. We left with a year and half old whippet/italian greyhound mixed with chihuaha (we think, look at his face) For a while we tried to come up with different names for him, but Ike stuck and he responds to it. Somehow he was found after the hurricane wandering around like David Carradine in Kung Fu.
He’s an interesting dog-cat-deer. He’s mellow, and knows when to ask to go outside. I like him for now. I don’t like him very much at 1:30am, 3:45am and 6am when he wants to go outside to pee/poo. Other than that he’s an alright kid. This morning while I was walking him by the Museum of Natural Science, a lady said, “oooh what kind of dog is he?”
“Dunno, whippet chihuaha I think.”
“I hope the mother wasn’t the chihuaha…”
I kept walking then, five steps later I got it. Weird, but funny. I wonder if she honestly was trying to be funny. Oh well, I’m sure Jen will write more about that cat with better photos.
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On friday at work I was walking past my boss and a customer, when my boss asked me if I wanted to sell my frame. I said sure! I honestly thought he was bluffing, but he asked to see it. I showed him my bike and said, “Alright, I’ll bring you a check tomorrow.” Still thinking that he was just talking I said, “no bring cash”. So he did, on Saturday and I took my bike apart. by the end of the day on Saturday I bought another frame. I didn’t just get another frame. I upgraded!
from this
to this
The only thing that wasn’t a clean trade over to the S Works frame was the crankset. Luckily for me, the Brazilian who used to work with us, had an EC90 crankset unused that I bought off of him too. It was all coming together. Then today, my boss told me that the wheels I ordered had finally arrived.
So this is it
“it’s a killer whale!” Jason said when it was all built up on saturday. I’m keeping the name. I also went up a size, from 54cm to a 56cm size frame. I’m glad I did. It’s a hell of a lot more comfortable. I raced last weekend for the first time (i was a bust). After looking at the photos of the race, Justin said I looked a bit off on the bike. here’s a proof of some goofy guy.
It was fun. There’s still a ton for me to learn. We’ll see how I do this weekend.
Glad you had fun. I had my first race as well a couple of weeks ago. The crit totally blew up, but I had better luck with the road race. I still didn’t do great but I was happy with not being dead last like in the crit. All the more motivation to get in shape. It was a TON of fun though, despite the setbacks. As you might already know, I’m currently living in the north east, where it ain’t exactly flat. My greatest weakness right now is on the hills, especially when it comes to 6-8% grade inclines, which completely suck the life out of me. I’ll be home for the fall, for almost three months or so, we should definitely do some riding together sometime.
Oh, and that’s a sick bike!