I’m losing a lot of weight. A lot. It’s kind of nuts. Just in the past couple of weeks. Dancing. Biking. Yoga. Fruit. Or maybe it’s just reality remaking itself to match the version of me I have in my head…

I spend a lot of time daydreaming. I won’t say what about–that’s my damn business. But for an adult woman, I get the feeling it’s a lot. I dream up stories. I am in the stories. If I ever wrote them down, it would be very embarrassing. I think […]

It took forever to get pictures of this sucker, probably because now that it’s finished I’m enjoying it so much, getting pictures hasn’t been a big priority. But Jason, the artist, needed pictures so I finally hauled my butt up to Deluxe so he could take some. Here is is:

That was four 3-4 […]

Argh.

Shhhh. I am not an Obama fan. I know, I know. That’s like saying I like to kill and cook puppies.
I wasn’t a Hillary fan either, mind you. She scares me, mainly because I don’t want to see a return to her husband’s NAFTA bs…and she’s just such a classic “centrist” […]

The honey badger, she smiles…
I miss playing roller derby. But I don’t miss how craptacular it made me feel most of the time. 2-hour high-endurance workouts are perhaps a bit much for a 225-lb, 39-year-old body to take, especially one that is under mental stress as well (last year was a BITCH!). […]

Two nice stories today:
One in the Trib, stating for the umpteenth time that high gas prices are driving more people to the pedal in their daily commute. Apparently the City is going to install electronic trackers to accurately assess bike traffic. Hey guys: bike traffic is up. And we need more bike […]

Rules:
“List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what […]

In a CNN poll, 18% of respondents said their next vehicle will be a bicycle.
Can this be true?
If so, I think I’m getting in on this bike repair thing just in time. Maybe this should be my next career move rather than tattooing. Or I could open a combo shop.
More soon!

Image brazenly stolen […]

I was going to title this post something catchier: “Feelin’ Forty,” perhaps? or “Forty and Fabulous?” “Funky Forties?” “Fuck Forty?” I dunno. I think the number itself speaks volumes, ambivalence-wise.
I turned 40 in April. I hear 40 is the new 30. It’s no longer assumed that at 40, you’re raising […]