cycling Archives - Memos and Mirth

The biker

August 9, 2010

I bought a Schwinn bike from Target during my 1L year.

I had no car, lived in the Gamma eta Gamma house in Dinkytown, and biking seemed like the collegy thing to do. $150 felt pricy… but I bought the bike and used it until winter came.

The bike came back out this summer and last week I biked over 100 miles. Most of the biking was to work, which is 15 miles out in the suburbs.

I also somehow managed to break the bike. A pedal snapped in half. The kick stand unscrewed halfway. The handlebar was bent. The seat hurt my butt.

It was a disaster.

So I went to Freewheel bike shop, which is by campus, under the shadow of the Stacks:

1L summer

The sweaty pedestrian

August 15, 2009

I sleep with my window open.

I want to say this has something to do with “enjoying the Minnesota summer” but the truth is that my bedroom window has been stuck open for a few months and I’m too lazy to call the maintenance people.

Last night I regretted not getting that stupid window fixed because around 2am someone started shooting.

1L summer / 1L Summer Summaries

BSE: Weeks 10 & 11

August 9, 2009

Best summer ever: weeks 10 & 11: summer vacation has finally started.

Week #10 was the last week of summer school, aka, finals! I spent the beginning of the week studying, mostly at the Walter library. After my last final I went to work, and worked 10 hour days for the next 4 days.

I also decided to get health conscious, and just say no to Caribou pastries. That’s also the week I almost ran Jill off the road, and celebrated the end of my first year in Minnesota.

1L summer

Not quite Lance.

August 7, 2009

It’s a rainy summer.

The first picture is the flag outside of work. I can only see a segment of tinted¹ sky from my cubicle. I think it’s better that my cubicle isn’t closer to the window because office life is already distracting, and I would get nothing done if I could zone out by looking outside.