My iPod takes bad photos

i like venice.  This is the back side of brans house as we stole brett’s bike.

i finally saw some of the canals!

i found this on my bike the other morning.  there were about 20 other notes around the yard.

I found it pretty funny.   Some puppy in my building is VERY unhappy with my bike parking.

So the eye is healing super duper fast.  I MIGHT consider getting wolverine claws, since it is now clear that i am super human. My bike was fixed on Monday morning, and I have been continuing to commute in to work on my bike.  The teeth have been a painful battle with my insurance company, and have finally started to ache the way the dentist told me they would.  Hopefully that will all get sorted out next week and i can hurry up and get my root canal and gold tooth.  :)

tuesday & wednesday.   Today there is even less purple, almost no scabs and very little yellow.  It’s amazing.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY:  BIKE LIGHTS & HELMETS ARE A MUST.  BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.

unsure i’m going to edit this to include a photo of the damages.

who cares, i’m not impressing anybody.

i know it hasn’t happened yet, but i wanted to talk about all the awesome things i’ve gotten for my birthday already.  Now.. to be fair….. the cell phone and one of the swim caps i bought for myself….. (because my old ones broke) …… but i justified it by calling them birthday presents.

yes,  i bought bike shorts & soap with my parent’s gift card, and i couldn’t be happier about it.

Doc.  Bronner’s soap rocks

it smells like a peppermint patty and i am tempted to eat it…….. maybe i’m taking this intern diet too far

here some pictures from the botanical gardens.  Desert plants are fascinating.  They almost look like germs under a microscope or scenes from underwater.

Here is the route.  dL & nick met me at the La Brea Tar pits.  I took a flight over my handle bars in Silver Lake (my own stupid fault) but other than that everything was great.  And i made it back alright too.  On the way back i couldn’t make it up the hill i fell on coming down, so maybe i was justified?  It’s only about 17 or 18 miles each way.  So it’s not as epic of a ride as you would think…

The route could use some improvement.

Pumpkins.  Take a guess as who the artist was for each.