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Bicycling inspiration

7:29am JST Friday 19 September 2003

Woah.

I've not tried it, but of course I've considered it. Mostly I don't think my granny bike could handle it. There's a flight of about 10 steps, maybe 5 feet tall, that connects a back alley with the higher grade (elevation moreso than quality) street near the bridge in Tsunashima. On each side of the steps is a smooth steep ramp for bicycles to be pushed up or reigned down.

Today I was zoomin' behind a guy on a granny bike, mostly keeping up with him through the people clogs (clumps, not shoes) on the bridge. After the bridge, he zipped over to the street and I was like, "awright!" cause I've never seen another Japanese cat do that. But then he immediately got back onto the sidewalk instead of taking the street all the way to the light and I was like, "aw man what a "but I was cut short when he cut across the sidewalk and vanished down those steps! "WOW!"

I wonder if his spokes are tougher than my spokes. I wonder if he's in enough control slash can see enough to not annihilate someone planning to slash already using the ramp as he plans to engage it.

I look greatly forward to having my bike!

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8:30am JST Friday 19 September 2003

Woah.

I have a new favorite drink at Starbucks: vanilla smoothie. Mmmmmmmmmm. Almost as vanillaie as JCI.

Music at Starbucks so far: something by The Cure, a remake of Our Lips Are Sealed, "Our House [in the middle of our street]"