I Had A Dream...

That a Dwarf broke into my parent's back bedroom. I got involved in a pretty serious physical altercation with him, I popped him in a choke hold then he tried to smash the back of his head into my nose. I moved my head then picked him up by the nape of his neck and his groin, lifted the pint sized miscreant above my head and then SLAMMED the little fucker onto my grandmothers bed. That knocked the fight out of him!! I went off to get some duct tape to bind his hands and call the police, when I came back my wife had let him go....

Women.

More Weather, Mainly In The Sky.

I've been getting some rides up in, chasing down the hours I lost to the storm...
Did some interval training today.It hurt but it was great and a first, but hey, it was on the programme...The weather closed in during the last ten minutes of pushing back to the red house (YAY). The weather remains closed in. (BOO)

Up until now an interval for me was the time between the last beer being finished and the next one being started. I love learning new things.. aparently these will help me with this speed thing I've been hearing about.

I've heard this thing whereby riders give themselves animal names i.e. clydestales, whippets etc..

This Guy is my spirit animal....

Of Spending Hours Going Nowhere/Sub Tropical Storms

Some called it "the most significant subtropical storm of the decade", others used the more hyperbole-ish/esque term "WEATHERBOMB"

I called it a weekend stuck indoors using the wind trainer when I would rather have been riding. I had some big hours to log and as I like living, decided not to venture onto the storm swept roads.

Mr Haitch and I had planned to ride at yon forest on Saturday. I, being older (I presume) and wiser (?, probably not) made the first move that morning and Txt him along the lines of "this is stupid, my house in underwater, we might die". Apparently he had his phone in hand sending me a message along the same lines. I like the cut of that man's jib (and turns out the forest was closed anyway.something about 130kph winds)...Being the Gentlemen Scholars we are we retreated to yon wind trainers for some, jeez.. words fail me here.. umm boring? stationary? necessary? training. I did get to listen to Black Mountain's sublime In The Future (amongst others)though, so it wasn't all bad. in fact, it was rather good.

And, since I'm all about endurance now I decided to get the full wet weather Woodhill experience by hitting my derailleur with a hammer, pouring a pint glass of sandy mud into my shorts and standing in the cold shower for half an hour.

I'm dead professional, me.



and..some flip side psychedelia.

In The Reeds.

Man, I been gone a long time...

Again, who'd of thought that moving to rotorua would entail more than moving down there and buying a nice shiny new bike??? sigh.

We now live with my parents. boo. I finished the winter series. Yay. The last fifty Km nearly killed me. Boo. I'm doing the highlander. Yay. I'm doing the highlander. Boo. I've got heaps of time to train. Yay. I'm training heaps. Boo/YaY. I'm leaving work soon. Yay. I'm leaving work soon. Boo. I'm leaving my family soon. BOO-URNS! I'll attempt not to go all Get in the van on it. Yay? I've lost my blog flow. boo. Stevil got me thinking about music. YAY!

That Cheered Me Up HEAPS.

More..

I would Marry Them All If They Would Have Me.

If it's not raining it's just about to. Riding bikes in this weather.. marginal.

I've backed myself into a very grumpy corner.

Seasonal affective disorder anyone? oh, look. It's beer thirty.

Janet Weiss can play drums way better than you... James and I both got this album at the same time, and both had the same thought at exact the same time when we played it for the first time (about 20 seconds in). Oh God, Fuck!! My speakers are blown out!!

Our mistake, It's just one of the best recorded albums I've heard Well done that man