Punk ass trippin' but its alright

You ever have a day that's full of stuff you are absolutely going to do, but you are blocked or stymied at every turn? Yesterday was one of those days. In fact, I think I would refer to Wednesday as the Anti-Tuesday.

For example, on Tuesday we got the good news that the transmission repair would be covered and the car would be done by the end of Wednesday. On Wednesday, we got the bad news that the car also needed new brakes (not cheap, my friends, and not covered), and it would be ready possibly Thursday.

It was just this huge day of minor backslides all over the place.

Also, I broke a chair by doing some dumb-ass thing. Luckily, the repair was (relatively) easy to make and isn't actually noticeable. I'm pretty proud of the good job I did, but the net gain for the day on that was zero. Y'know?

However, I did get some good stuff done, and have a plan for the next few days.

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Tonight is bowling night, which actually sounds really really good right now. Like it sounds good in the way that it sounded good in the middle of the day at MacWorld good.

It's physical, you get to throw things, knock stuff over, and get that destructive urge out, but at the same time, you're striving to get a good score out of it, and honing your technique. From within the chaos, you're creating your own order. There's something very awesomely black/white about bowling.

I find the sound of a bowling alley to be very soothing deep down in my soul.

I'm not sure what that says about me.

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In other good news, we finally took delivery of The Scale That Was Shipped All Over The West Coast! It's alright, and a good thing to have, but I don't think it was necessarily worth the hassle. We'll see.

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14.75 to goal.

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Been looking for a laptop bag for when I get the 17-inch back from Dragons — that is to say, if it isn't destroyed n the meantime somehow. Because I want something that doesn't scream "Steal me!" and I can use when riding my bike, there are several criteria I've been using:

• Messenger-style
• Must have third stabilizing strap
• Want something with color and style and (dare I say it?) panache
• Needs to fit a 17-inch and the iP-90, but can't be gargantuan
• Must be fairly sturdy and padded as all hell.

There is a decided dearth of bags like this available. I've only found four, and only two of them truly fit the critera. The two that don't are The Clyde — which is only on my list because I am in love with AcmeMade, but shouldn't be because it lacks the stabilizing strap— and the large convertible from STM — which is really kind of ugly and has something truly horrific going on with the straps, so um . . . *toss*

Anyway, the other two I am looking at are The Metropolis from Chrome or The Horseman from Crumpler.

What the Crumpler has going for it is that they (the company) are really fucking crazy. I met the president of the company in San Francisco and he was talking about maybe changing their website because all the flash really messes with people's heads. And I was all, "Don't you even dare! I love that shit!" (Anyone who was there may want to compare and contrast this interaction with the one I had with Paul Griffin that same day) I do believe at the time he was wearing a light yellow blazer and a crazy bow-tie and went on to go on about the gears on this weird bike that was just chilling next to us.

That said, they make fine quality products, and if the Metropolis ends up being a disappointment when I finally get to see one, I'll most likely end up getting the Horseman in a red.

You have probably already guessed that I have my eye on the Metropolis. It's hip, it's cool, the buckle looks like it'll be a breeze to put on and take off, and I love the styling. I found a couple bike shops and scooter dealerships up here that carry them, and I'll have to make time to check them out shortly.

In the meantime, I'll be keeping my eye out for further candidates.