trinityvixen | What was that about counting chickens?

I was so excited about this past weekend. To be fair, I did get a lot done this weekend. In that way, I have nothing much to complain about. I got my bed frame moved against the wall before the new mattress arrived, so it's now flush with the wall, and I got all the space back that I wanted. I then, even with a bad back, got two queen-sized mattresses up a flight of stairs apiece at my parents' place all on my own. I caught up on at least three television shows, watched all my Netflix movies, got to hang out with

hslayer and

viridian and tried out a nauseating form of mini-golf. (BLACK LIGHT IS NOT MY FRIEND.)

Nonetheless, I started out the weekend bummed as anything 'cause the bike I ordered was warped enough that I couldn't use it. The front wheel supports, the fork that goes around the axle of the wheel, weren't aligned properly. With one of the supports at a funny angle, I couldn't install the front wheel. It's such a bummer. I had to rebox the bike, drag it to FedEx, and send it back. The place that sold it to me is going to have another shipped to me as of Wednesday. But it won't be here until the week after, so that eats about two weeks worth of what's left of summer (since no matter when it arrives, I'll still have to assemble it and get it tuned up). Which, well, is almost the only time one can comfortably and safely ride a bike in the city. Sigh.

Balls indeed, little icon bear. Balls indeed.

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That mini-golf was horrendous. Never ever again. I wanted to die.

Why is summer (as opposed to early fall/non-rainy spring) the only time one can comfortably and safely ride a bike in the city? I'd die of heat exhaustion if I tried that shit.

Fall will be okay, provided it's not too cold or wet. Generally speaking, once it gets cooler and wetter, it becomes more perilous to bike. Also, if it gets really cold, it'll make packing a change of clothes--a necessity after exercising--harder.

Wait, so you bike to work in different clothes than you actually work in?

I think that would totally rule out biking to work for me, personally. Ugh. Obviously if I worked in a skirt or whatever I wouldn't bike in that, but I feel like if I had to do it every. single. day. it would not appeal to me at all to have to change my clothes first thing upon arriving.

It's actually nice to sweat out the way up to work in different clothes and change into new ones fresh because in warmer, more humid weather, I sweat anyway. This way, at least, I get to change out of the sweaty clothes before I leave.

Anything good on Netflix? Sorry to hear about the bike - I hope they're giving you some sort of refund for the inconvenience.

There's a bike rider's league or somesuch in the city - they ride in parades sometimes. :)

Nothing very good on Netflix. I finished a season of Weeds and finally saw Coraline, to both of which I was indifferent.

I am getting no refund from the place, they are sending me a new bike. I'm just miffed that I didn't place the order at a place in the city. It would have been $100+ more, but that would have included the tune-up, and, had the bike been a problem, I might have found out earlier. Honestly, I might just cancel the new order from them, see if I can't get my money back. We'll see how quickly they ship me a new one.

Bummer about the bike. That would seriously piss me off and depress me to automatically lose those two weeks of riding time. : /

Good job getting things done and getting your Netflix stuff watched at least. What did you watch? I'm really proud of myself because I've been Netflix' favorite customer since I signed up months ago (I get three a month and tend to hold onto them for months before finally watching them or just giving up and sending them back...but I'm too determined to eventually make good use of it to cancel or change my membership), but I finally received a movie on Friday and watched it this morning, just like I intended to do. It was Eastern Promises and I rather enjoyed it. I also went to the theater with some friends and watched The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World back to back, both of which were very entertaining. Scott Pilgrim in particular is a must see, chock full of 80s video game references and ridiculousness that's done just tastefully enough to not ruin the film. And much quality humor.

ANYWAY, I hope your week goes well despite how it looks to be starting out.

Eastern Promises was just...weird. I couldn't really place how I felt about that movie. Scott Pilgrim I loved, and I hope to see The Expendables this coming weekend.

I assume there is going to be a future movie outing for this =-þ

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