under an old brass paperweight.

(to quote part of a toby keith song. ach.)
what i've done today (in no particular order):
.i done woked up. which is an accomplishment in itself.
.stressed about bills, rent, snow, how to swap an alternator on a '99 subie, that sorta thing.
.pooped.
.put on pajamas. (which, at 15.13 in the afternoon, i still have on.)
.looked up bike shop websites for towns around the country where there are grad schools who offer environmental ed master's degrees.
.stared at pictures of leadville and bikes.
.thought about bikes.
.ate breakfast.
.talked about eating lunch.
.looked at the paul components website. got a little disappointed, cos he only uses iso bottom bracket spindles. talk about snobby.
.ate lunch.
.drank tea.
.talked about drinking tea.
.looked at craigslist.
.thought about bikes.
.looked at service prices at various bike shops.
.thought about going to the united bicycle institute.
.thought about bikes.
.talked about bikes.
.looked at the website for the "cloud city wheelers" in leadville. (Pb.)
.decided Pb would be gorgeous this time of year.
.looked at phil wood's website. green ano hubs. totally 1993. and totally awesome. plus he makes a shimano 8/9/10 hub. time to rob some banks.
.read the line "The good and the very good, the bad and the very bad, and the incorrigibles. Have compassion for the kindergarten pupils, however, who are doing the best they can and do not deserve to be shot at. . ."
.drank tea.
.thought about joining the cloud city wheelers. found out that it'd be round near impossible cos they're in Pb and i'm in ballard. found out it'd cost about a jackson and a lincoln. thought about whether that's a prohibitive cost ITTET or whether the neighbour dog ("puke bark") is actually a government spy.
.thought about moving to Pb.
.put on a shirt. and another shirt.
.flushed the toilet.
.forgot to brush my teeth.
.thought about bikes.
.had some toast.
.and an eggie.
.tried to apply for a job at "cycles of life" in Pb, but couldn't find the "apply your awesomeness here" button.
.watched the chickens eat corn.
.watched the chicks run around being cute.
.stirred "hunny" into the panucaku batter.
.put vanilla in there, too.
.did dishes. thought about moving to "norway". (or "norge", but i still can't pronounce that as well as "norway".)
.thought about arapahoe basin.
.and loveland basin.
.saw a picture of my rental shop boss without his shirt on.
.drank some tea to keep the bile down.
.wondered why the crystal has a couple pictures of the liftline for the new gondola, but not the man who cut the trees to make it possible.
.thought about bikes.
.skis, too.
.bikes.
.bikes. bikes. bikwes . tghjkasdfgl;kjh 'hj;ldhkgfas ;lkIA AA A AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
.looked outside. it's sunny.
and: SCENE.