grin and chariot

First things first: a hearty welcome to my sisters and their entrance into the world of drunk blog commenting. Remember your first times, dear reader?

Second things second: Nate just informed me of Weezer’s new song on their website by calling me and reading me the lyrics. At first, I genuinely mistook it for a “Beach Boys Love You” era Brian Wilson song. I listened to it on their website here, and I really really tried to listen to the whole thing. But because I already heard the train wreck lyrics in their entirety, I had to stop it half way through. Oh Weezer, you are truly and genuinely a bad thing now. It hurts.

This evening, in lieu of having any parts for my Vespa and/or a CB160 to start stripping, I made a list of ways to lighten a bike. Now, of course all CB160 racers lighten their bike, but there isn’t a hard and fast list that I’ve come across. Of course, the easiest way to lose weight off a bike is in the rider! At the races, I saw the fattest man (in full racing leathers) on a CB160 and HE WAS RACING. He must have weighed over 300lbs. He looked ridiculous, and the amount of cows it took to create his leathers must have been like a bovine massacre.

I digress. Anyway you can drill all the holes you want in a bike in places that won’t weaken the frame, but dropping 20 pounds off the rider would be huge! I’m 180 pounds now – 160 pounds would put me back to 8th grade weight… a skeleton racer. Anyway, this is way way way way way down the line, but fun to think about. I’m calling a place in Lancaster tomorrow to try and line up a bike.

So I played some “Super Smash Brothers” this weekend, and I am unstoppable as Kirby. No one can mess with me. I even made up some combos and junk. (total nerd here)

Growing a beard again. It is easier than shaving. Plus, I really am digging this homeless man look I’ve been cultivating in 2008.