June 27, 2009

• Hello!

  First off, of course, kudos to Michael Jackson.  I've been on a roll for the last week, blogging everyday, but yesterday it almost seemed in bad taste to write about anything except Michael Jackson considering the global grieving for him.

  If nothing else, my personal feelings about Michael Jackson's death is proof that when you lose someone, you think of nothing but the good things that they've done.  I spent the last few years acknowledging that he's made great music but could only really think about his controversial lifestyle, but after his death it was vice versa, where I can only really think about his contributions to music and people's lives.

  I know a small handful of people who are seriously MAJOR wrecks from Michael Jackson's death, mourning and sobbing, so my planned blog about my bike-riding experiences seemed kind of petty.

  BUT, while we happen to be on that note (like that transition?), I have been finally learning to ride a bike at the age of 18.  But at least I beat my sister.

  I'm going car-less freshman year at UCM, because our van broke down so my mom needs my car to drive to work and whatnot until she buys another car.  And I'm not going to be attending one of those campuses where downtown is steps away from campus.  Bless UCM's heart, but the campus is 5 miles away from anything in town, and that just ain't walking distance for Christa.  It just ain't.  So I decided that I needed to finally learn to ride a bike, for days that the school's bus system closes, before and after bus hours, when it's faster to bike there than wait for the next bus to come, whenever I decide I really need to lose some weight so I might as well bike there, stuff like that.

  And so yesterday, Phuc fixed up and let me have one of his old bikes, since he bought his super nice bike for UCD and 'cos the bike he gave me has a broken gear.  And 'cos I'm his girlfriend. 8D  So yesterday, my mom and I abused the street outside my house, which went swell until my mom yelled at me that I was doing it wrong and I felt completely bummed out and inadequate by the end of the session.  Lol.

  So today, I practiced by myself and I'm starting to really get the hang of it!  I finally achieved.. riding in a straight line for more than five seconds.  Lol.  But any slope uphill or downhill that is more than like 5 degrees beats me up bad.  D:  But yay.

  When I become badass bike-rider like all of you that learned when you were like, 8, and slopes and turns of all sorts stop pwning me, I may buy a real bike sometime during the school year. 

  just kiss me baby and tell me twice that you're the one for me

  Bye for now!

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