Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Noché de los Muertos
Last year I decided that I was going to put on an alleycat race, that it was going to be different than the usual fare, and that it was going to be fun. Noché de los Muertos was born. It was certainly different, a bit of fun, and the impetus for the creation of this very journal.
After the race was over, many of the people present spoke of putting on other, equally interesting events. There was talk of near-monthly possibilities. We all went our ways with the glow of enthusiasm, occupied barstool's as the competitors regaled each other with the blow-by-blow, and I was content to believe I would get to participate in the next fiasco.
It was never to be...
Now I find myself planning the El Segundo Noché, the first race since the last one, with excited people who say they're willing to help. What the heck, says I, it's not as off the cuff as last year. I've already begun to bug sponsors, scout possible checkpoints, and set the media airships into action. I'm also thinking of ways to keep it somewhat different, a bit esoteric, but not quite a far-gone as last year. I can disseminate clues at my leisure, without the fear of my blog address offending anyone's sensibilities.
I have several "theme" possibilities going through my head. Originally i had intended to do shrines... but there's the Victorian thing... or haunted...
haunted victorian shrines...
wanders off mumbling to self
After the race was over, many of the people present spoke of putting on other, equally interesting events. There was talk of near-monthly possibilities. We all went our ways with the glow of enthusiasm, occupied barstool's as the competitors regaled each other with the blow-by-blow, and I was content to believe I would get to participate in the next fiasco.
It was never to be...
Now I find myself planning the El Segundo Noché, the first race since the last one, with excited people who say they're willing to help. What the heck, says I, it's not as off the cuff as last year. I've already begun to bug sponsors, scout possible checkpoints, and set the media airships into action. I'm also thinking of ways to keep it somewhat different, a bit esoteric, but not quite a far-gone as last year. I can disseminate clues at my leisure, without the fear of my blog address offending anyone's sensibilities.
I have several "theme" possibilities going through my head. Originally i had intended to do shrines... but there's the Victorian thing... or haunted...
haunted victorian shrines...
wanders off mumbling to self
Labels:
alleycat,
bicycle,
esoteric,
fixed gear,
fixie,
mellow velo,
santa fe,
subversive,
two wheels
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
La Gazza Ladra
Labels:
bicycle,
bike projects,
fixed gear,
fixie,
la gazza ladra,
mellow velo,
pake,
santa fe,
two wheels
Sunday, September 7, 2008
duck and cover
the soldiers of the nationalsocialisthomelandsecurity have discovered the cogs of subversion and the wheels have multiplied exponentially...
resistance is not futile, we will not be assimilated
passsed the 8-month mark
returning to the steam-tunnels...
resistance is not futile, we will not be assimilated
passsed the 8-month mark
returning to the steam-tunnels...
Labels:
bicycle,
cigarettes,
crush the regime,
rant,
santa fe,
smoking cessation,
two wheels
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