January 2012
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September 2011
0 posts
“There’s a curious narcissism to feeling unworthy of acceptance; I’ve...”
– http://thehairpin.com/2011/08/stretch-marks-settling-and-men-with-vasectomies
(fuck yes, Ask a Chick)
August 2011
11 posts
Ay, culos, necessito poetas con cojones
(ay, pues, tumblr es ESPANOL)
(translation: I need some fucking poets)
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If I make it past 30, I'll ride bikes forever too!... →
The Chicagoland Bicycle Federation inducted Harmon into the CBF Hall of Fame in 2006, and in November 2010 she became the oldest living inductee of the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame. Now 94, Harmon still leads a very active life
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Lake Owl Press
believe it.
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Real Talk: Lollapalooza Edition
I swear to God, skinny pale twee fair whitegirls in whatever racistass cultural appropriating nonsense you are choosing to wear while skipping across every single street near my office at the end of the commute, I DO NOT CARE how tiny or stoned or tripped out you are, I WILL RUN YOU OVER WITH MY AMAZING RACING TIRES IF YOU DO NOT GTFO OF MY WAY.
This post brought to you by I am too old for all of...
Oh man, The Hairpin →
Mostly, your relationships will end. You will hold people close to you with the knowledge that everyone is on a timeline. That everyone’s heart will eventually stop beating. Most of the time, though, things will not be this grim. If they were, no one would get laid.
The right people will be your memory bank. The right people will bring out the best in you.
Some people are the wrong people....
A timeline of my breaking body parts
(maybe in order of how awful it feels)(no wait, not)
Knees, thighs, ankle backs from pedals, rain crashes, tripping on my top tube
Belly and related tubes within due to all sorts of shenanigans, I’m sure. Salsa and beer for dinner may be the root cause of this.
Lungs as apparently I’m back to my seventeen year old roots, where I chain smoke because I feel awkward around all people
...
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How'd the hell'd we get here?
(in which I put one thing on Tumblr in August, at least)
Mercury chooses to slow down, along with my womb apparently
Hot, hot heat
Inability to eat
Loose Woman
Hiding not running
July 2011
11 posts
Friday you are supposed to want to make me do...
I want to go drink myself into sweat on my front steps and not go anywhere.
Damnit, July.
not trying to turn this into a feminist bikey...
onelessminivan:
photo by John Greenfield
But.. Dottie from LGRAB noticed the same perturbing advert parked out front of the Bike Village at the Pitchfork Music Festival that grossed me out and she had the balls..ovaries?.. to say something about it.
How can we move beyond the perceived machismo entrenched in cycling culture when this particular breed of objectification is rampant. Or should...
Guys, "Dear Sugar"?
Where the hell have I been!? I mean, seriously, it’s is almost as good as a hug from my wife, in internet form.
“The hardest period in life is one’s twenties. It’s a shame because you’re your...”
– Helen Mirren quoted in Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” (via)
(nb: I think this has has has to be true)
Things it is hard to express on the internet
Fake sunburns. Rage balls. Trapped. Two wallets in SIX MONTHS. Bank of America keeping my money from me. No money. Court dates. Ninety one. Summer squalls. Monday (again how again!?). Inability to cook. Too many people in my ear all the time. Ninety one. Skinned shoulders. July, what the hell?
“My husband, however, had this to say about it (and I’m paraphrasing): Men don’t...”
– Forever in Hell (via)
Sometimes I wonder what Micheline would say about...
June 2011
21 posts
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Heart it races, Horoscope Wednesday
TAURUS
April 20-May 20
Spontaneity should never be undervalued, Taurus. Lay foundations that are tried and true, but don’t forget to inject play, adventure, and passion into them. Security is important — but if you’re not enjoying your life, you will never feel secure enough. Cultivate joyfulness as well. (SFBG)
After meditating on your astrological omens for the rest of 2011,...
Sometimes when I like things on Tumblr, I wish I could explain. Mostly that I see that little heart button and go OH! you deserve a little hearting today.
OH AND
I’m also snark blogging in other lands. Message me for details.
Getting flats feels so personal
I mean I know it isn’t, but I hate hate hate it all the same.
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“Yo te recordaba con el alma apretada
de esa tristeza que tu me conoces.
...”
– “Hemos perdido aun este crepusculo” - Pablo Neruda
An Average Woman's 10-Stage Journey Through... →
Ho. Ho. Ho.
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WHY IS PICKING A NEW TUMBLR THEME SO HARD
Real talk.
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Seguir only sounds like secure
Here’s the internet broom sweeping the path up to my stoop. Window open.
Summer seems to retreat, and I’ll do the same. Beer and breeze will make me remember it isn’t capitulation. There is Marquez to read and poems to grind out. Projects to pretend start. Sleep. So much sleep.
Or that when you feel your bones beneath you you must believe all the parts of you still there.
Ba Le Expands to Chinatown-- Grub Street Chicago →
I will be there all. the. time. Sandwiches in the summer. YES. IN MY BELLY PATE PORK BELLY.
The Real Reason Why Bicycles are the Key to Better... →
The most vital element for the future of our cities is that the bicycle is an instrument of experiential understanding. On a bicycle, citizens experience their city with deep intimacy, often for the first time. For a regular motorist to take that two or three mile trip by bicycle instead is to decimate an enormous wall between them and their communities.
Why didn’t I just bite the bullet...
Ninety four not helping
How I always need a hug from my brother when he needs that from me
How my road rash is all shiny and stretches out
How there are too many holes in my bike tires
How much hate I feel when I get all shaky at work
How I really want a nap.
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“From the complications of loving you
I think there is no end or return.
No...”
– Mary Oliver, “A Pretty Song”
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Helter swelter Horoscope Wednesday
TAURUS
April 20-May 20
As you move through deep emotional terrain, the best you can do is leave the past behind you. Avoid self-fulfilling prophecies and be open to potential. Today is a new day — be interested in what it has to offer. (SFBG)
I dreamed you were a member of an indigenous tribe in what Westerners call New Guinea. You had recently begun to show unusual behavior that ...
May 2011
25 posts
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TRUE FACTS
Even as a stumble tongued pocha halfie, terrible gringo accent Spanish makes my skin crawl.
Put some fun between your legs part 17
Me: Would you spend ___ on a bike if it was super awesome?
Edgar: Yes. What bike?
Me: Looking at Raleigh's and Scott Speedsters.
Edgar: Oooh.
Me: Test rode one yesterday for funsies. Edgar it was like... having sex with...an angel. On a bike. Who also is kinky. And then gives you the best cigarette ever.
Edgar: Hahaha.
Me: I mean I was FLYING.
“Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too...”
– Hafiz (via pakkageek)
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lindsheyhey:
Dream me oh dreamer down to the...