People and Places I Like

I like David Brooks. But if you've read this blog, you know that.
I like Australia. And Big Sky and cool people, and even Mandy Moore.

And now for some blogs:

• BikeSnobNYC takes a cynical, critical look at bike culture. Mean. But amusing to the point where you can't stop reading it.

• IndustryOutsider is Brian's blog. Brian is a Bike Forums moderator who is cool. He lives where I want to live and thought I was tall. He also thought that I should post a photo on my blog because "Any women that sleeps with a Surly should have a photo." This implies that sleeping with a Surly is an intriguing quality guys should be attracted to. Unfortunately, I have not found that to be the case. You would think in a culture where guys outnumber girls more than 2 to 1, I could get a date. OK, this has turned into me ranting about dudes. I'll stop so you can read Brian's blog. He writes about cool shit, some of which is about bikes and some of which is not. Kinda like me.

Pets

This is Chowder, he is the most awesome cat ever but he is not in Philly, so it moos.
This is my Surly Cross-Check. Since Chowder isn't here, it is my new pet.
Notice how it is next to my bed. I will caress it before I go to sleep because it is just that awesome.
It may be a bit too big for me, but someone was selling it on Craigslist because it was too small for him. $300 for frame/fork/Ultegra cranks! He was a cool dude who works at Bicycle Therapy and knows my boyfriend* Dane, and he wanted to sell it to a cool dude. I'm not a dude but I'm cool, so yay.
It's going to sit by my bed til I can build it up. I think it'll start single speed, because that is easier, with whatever parts I gather for cheap, though I will get a new headset, stem, and seatpost. It will be my allpurposesweet bike. Fatties on for some winter riding and offroad. Racks on for touring. Eventually it will have gears. Most awesome.

*Dane isn't my boyfriend, I just think he's really ridiculously good looking.