Noted

Today was the day when i had my annual review and was asked about my long-term plans. I told the truth.

03/01/12 40.5 miles mtnbike

i have been spending time with people who ride mountain bikes, so it was only natural that i put this on order until my tax refund appears. right?



that'll be bike 5.

I've done nothing this week..

like, really, nothing. sweet glorious nothing.

but i'm getting bored of that.

this week, I..

taking up from last friday, winterfest for three days. went fine.

superbowl is in town.

monday: rode to work, beers, wandered superbowl village: 23 miles
tuesday: rode to work, beers, wandered superbowl village: 23 miles
wednesday: indianapolis monthly, beers, wandered
thursday: thirsty thursday urban ride downtown (yeah, tturd), beers, rolled downtown: 20 miles
friday: beer, wander
saturday: beer, wander
sunday: beer, wander

last week, i went to portland

what we or i did:

thirsty lion
cascade barrel house
green dragon
astoria towner/goonies house
norma's ocean diner
goonies rock
bill's bar and brewhouse in canon beach
bunk sandwiches
voodoo donut
hopworks urban brewery
hair of the dog
river city bicycles
upright brewing
bazi bierbrasserie
apizza scholls
deschutes
screen door
OMSI
olympic provisions
belmont station
portland art museum
stanich's
le pigeon

rode a bike, once, too.

01/09/12 - 01/15/12

bike:
01/09/12 22.20 1:21:45
01/10/12 22.95 1:18:22
01/11/12 14.81 0:52:40
01/12/12 05.00 0:35:00 snowing/stupid
01/15/12 11.00 2:00:00 southwest way and back home
75.96/wk

took a couple days off due to weather/lack of sleep

noteworthy this week:
got my star assignment changed to super bowl sunday beer specials
still haven't seen building
lot of big tents around town for the super bowl
considering doing the death march ride
pretty boring, really

01/02/12 - 01/08/12

bike:
Mon 01/02/12 14.83 1:03:50 Snow on the road.
Tue 01/03/12 15.00 0:55:00 It's cold outside.
Wed 01/04/12 16.00 0:55:00 Saw a deer.
Thr 01/05/12 17.50 0:00:00 Thirsty Thursday
Fri 01/06/12 13.53 0:44:37 Friday Night, Yo.
Sat 01/07/12 21.00 0:00:00 GG Saturday Urban Ride
Sun 01/08/12 17.30 0:00:00 Rode to Meijer on the SS
115.16/wk

first time on that saturday gg ride, i was surprised and dropped w/ about 2 or so left. better next time.

noteworthy this week:
someone bought a building
took an indystar assignment on tap handles that i need to finish this week
bought a ticket to portland
everyone was talking about kafka on the shore
i ate more food than my bikeriding justified
i have a lump in my eyebrow from when i hit my head, wondering if it'll go away or if it's a skull chip

chicken limo
chatterbox bathroom
art wall
pink floyd van

perry steam plant

I had this idea for a series of posters based on what some might consider eyesores - the first thing that got me thinking of that was the perry plant, below, which looms over the southwest corner of downtown Indy, spewing out what might just be steam.. but the place always reminded me of Captain Planet's pollution factories - which, to be honest, I never watched Captain Planet, but I seem to remember Nate talking about pollution factories, which I think is some funny shit.

There's a building, or a couple of building in East St. Louis, that, as a kid, I always considered landmarks, despite the fact that they were half torn down. Same idea here, I guess, just buildings or places that shouldn't really be celebrated, but somehow end up that way in my head anyway.

This isn't a done thing - I really need to learn to use illustrator to do these well enough - but it is something..