Halloween....

Halloween party at my homegirl Ginger's place this past Saturday. Took advantage of the time to dress up like a weirdo, hang out with some rad folks, drink a few beers and generally have a good time. Ginger and her house-mates put in an AMAZING dungeon of terror, dubbed 'The Fear-Maker' in their basement. Complete with sound/light/noise activated spooks, gallons of fake blood, even a do-it-yourself autopsy room, it was crazy! Very well done. Here're a few photos I took. These are the ones that came out half-way decent. I think my digital camera was having some issues that evening. I can't wait to get another SLR! Enjoy!


-was going for The Living End's Chris Cheney look....he's got an amazing hair-stylist I guess. Wound up being a little more punkabilly. Sans guitar.



-Ginger (the murderous Stepford Wife) and her man. You can't see it, but she had a HUGE bloodied cleaver in the back of her apron, tons of fake blood. Team Ziseou represent!


-Rock! photo by Ginger.


-the party got crashed by this guy a few times.

Reserves...

Since this past weekend's cross efforts (coupled with not riding for nearly a month), I need to expand the fuel tank for upcoming events. In an effort to accomplish that, I set out to get in a quick hour before work this morning. All was going well til I flatted about 2 mi from my house. In the SAME FUCKING SPOT as I did last time! Changing the tubular was a fucking fiasco to put it mildly. Was kicking myself in the ass for turning down a ride from a good samaratin [sp?] thinking I could quickly change my tire. 35mins later, sore fingers, a fucked tubular (broken tape) and a good amount of frustration led me to hike it back home. Luckily, within the last quarter mile a shop customer recognized me and gave me a lift home. Showering up and making breakfast I weighed my options for the possiblity of selling my current wheels and going with some clinchers instead for convenience sake. We'll see what transpires.

Other than that, I've been pretty good. A bit neurotic over some the possiblity of some relationship stuff (probably all in my head), busy with the Gship amidst trying to find time to ride, screen, draw, sew, hang out with friends and such. Picked up some stuff for my Halloween costume this year. Gonna try to rock it as Chris Cheney of The Living End. Got some cool bits and pieces. I'll get some photos to share this weekend. NH Devil's Night 4 race this coming Tues, Hartford's Helloween race on Wed, Farmington Cross a week out Saturday Nov 4th. Good times coming up! Congrats to Joe and Danielle! Gettn' hitched pirate style out in Vegas Saturday...Hoist the main sail, full speed ahead!

Vegas Preview...

Yep....this sums it all up.

Movie Premier!

Got up with a Drew and Doug today and headed down to NYC for the MASH movie premier. For those who don't know, MASH is a movie about a bunch of guys who rip the hell outta some fixed gear bikes in the San Francisco area. MASH has been 3 years in the works so it was really rad to finally be able to watch the finished product instead of trying to tide myself over with short, 1 min clips on their website. Some great footage of guys going RIPPIN fast through traffic! Don't wanna ruin it if you're waiting for the DVD! Took the train down, stopped in the Village for some falaffal, went to the Brooklyn Banks to check out some different fixed contests (best trick, bunny-hop, best skid, etc). Saw some amazing kids riding. Went and got some more food (burritos!) found Trackstar (but they were closed) and went to the premier. Watched the flick, rode back to the train and went home. Snapped a few pics. Check 'em out. If you didn't go, you really missed out!

Hot Mustard!

This past tuesday evening was spent making Paul's Infamous Hot Mustard with Paul, his wife Jean, their daughter Katie and our good friend Dean. The mustard uses all kinds of secret ingredients, but I'll share some of the base ones: Scotch Bonnet peppers, brown sugar and mangos. This stuff is super spicy and tasty as well. I rode to Paul's, suffered on the two hills on the way with my 49x16 gearing. Upon arriving, a nice, cool Post Road Pumpkin beer cooled me down, followed by numerous others, as well as a couple Pink Grapefruit Vodka shots. Wielding sharp knives became a much more concious effort with the alcohol taking over. After a meal of Kielbasa, apple chicken sausage and red hots (of course we used the mustard!!), Paul treated us all to chocolate lava cake and some home-made cappuccino ('corrected' with a little amaretto). The ride home was a bit swervey, but was warm, a bit foggy, and almost devoid of cars! Lit only by my headlights...a great cap to a great evening. Many thanks to our incredibly gracious hosts for the spread of food and drinks and their hospitality! Check the photos below: