A little better....

My leg doesn't hurt as much anymore and the road rash on the chin is healing nicely. I have a replacement Reynolds fork for the Frugeri for now. I'll be installing it tomorrow...and then possibly going on the first ride after the crash to check out the leg. I think I'll do the last week of Superweek if the leg does feel good and heals correctly. The rest of the year will probably just be training for Collegiate MTB Nats. This year has not been going the way I was hoping it was going to be.


After my leg operation....The doctor said it should heal just fine...

It occured to me I could have died when the whole accident happened. I wasn't wearing a helmet...I kissed the asphalt at around 20-22mph...I've already had a stroke so another head injury would not have been good...I could have been hit by a car passing me. Nothing bad happened. Someone up there must really like me. But its hard, I've had so many close calls in my life...Sometimes it seems like one of those times should have done me in. I know most of you probably don't want to hear that, but its true. I'm just really good at hurting myself severely and then recovering with nothing wrong. What can I say...

Today I cleaned my room finally. 4 hours and some moving around of furniture and its done. I'm actually pretty happy with it. Finally nice and clean. I just can't wait until all the construction in the house is done. It'll definitely be nice. I DO honestly feel spoiled in this house and I really don't deserve it.

I got an email from Kat today. She was the one in Italy I could tell almost anything...the female Minch if you will. I miss her alot. It took her awhile to email me back. She was very sorry about that. I was disappointed that I never got a call from her when she got back to the states. Now she's in NY...very far away from me. I do miss her. I don't think I could be mad at her. I'll try and give her a call later on this week.

I'll be going up to Point tomorrow to see Boner, Will and Minch and to explode a shitload of fireworks. Minch and I made a 425 count sparkler bomb. It'll be insane if it goes off like its suppose to. Then on Monday it sounds like we'll be going on a trip to Great America. That should be fun...I think it says something about not going on roller coasters if you've had a stroke...hmmm. Oh well. I'm not going to have that stop me.

Two more months of summer left. So much to still do. I need to get motivated. I want my crush to come back from Germany. I want a girlfriend. We'll see what happens....

Ciao

I could use a rub down....

So I didn't feel like doing the MTB race today so I didn't. Instead I got out of bed around 10am, watched the tour, and then went on a bike ride. I felt really good on the 3 hr ride. I went to Beilleville and then went up Observatory Hill in preparation for Superweek.

I got back home and did a little sunbathing. I actually fell asleep outside in the sun for 2 hrs...yet didn't burn...hmm.

Then I was going to meet Geo, Ash and Amelia at Rhythm and Booms. So I got on the Frugeri and decided to TT it to the Park. I'm doing really really well. And then BAM!!! I go over my handlebars and scrape my chin and hands. And my thigh is in intense pain. I look back at my bike....and...well...my fork is not connected to the bike anymore. Yes, my fork broke in two. Umm...I've never crashed my baby, or never had anything crazy happen to it. So the fork must have had a problem. I was able to walk to the fireworks in pain.

Now I sit here in pain still. I either severely sprained a muscle or cracked a bone slightly. We'll see what it is. I may not be doing Superweek. I'll put pics up of the fork later on.

Ciao

Oooo...Piece of Candy....

Ok so this has been a pretty good week....

First of all on Tuesday I had my interview at the Rock Agency and well, they want to sign me. I guess I have a good body and good bone structure for fashion and runway work....which was what I was going for. The interview went very well and I could see almost right away that she liked me. The only thing they want me to do is to grow out my hair for a month or two. In August I will be getting professional pictures taken for my "business card". That'll cost $500. But hey, I'll be making $95-$130 at gigs. So that should be fun. But yeah...I'm a male model now! Ego grows a little more....

On Wednesday Geo and I took a drive over to Ann Arbor to see some of my villa peoples. It was an awesome time. It was so good to see them again. We stayed there until Friday morning. We saw the campus, saw town, and drank a lot of Sangria. We got into a border fight with some guy named Patrick and Beard Man (he was a dumbass and couldn't hold his alcohol). Their only comeback was about cheese. It was really stupid, but I was getting severely annoyed. Patrick later on apologized to me, but I still thought he was an idiot. Met one of Karen's friends...Jaime...he was really cool and laid back. It was definitely nice meeting him. So hopefully all of them come to Wisconsin at the end of July/beginning of August. If not we'll definitely see them again because Geo and I will be staying at Karen's house again for the Michigan/Wisconsin Football game in Sept.


The whole gang at Silvio's Pizzeria...

We got back last night at 9pm...we left Ann Arbor at 11am (our time). That was a fucking long drive. We got a late start because our car's battery decided to die and we had to jump it with Karen's car. I hate Illinois traffic, construction and tolls. On the way back home Geo and I bought about $300 worth of fireworks. We didn't actually pay that much...it was buy 1 get 2 free. Dangerous, exploding projectiles will be happening soon...probably out in Lake Mills at Ashley's house. That'll be a fun time. Mark you should be here so we can shoot fireworks at you. Geez...


Before we found out the Car decided it didn't want to go anywhere...


Trying to Bump Start the Mazda...

Last night was interesting and fun. Ash, Geo, Gehling, and I went to the terrace to drink. We each had a pitcher of beer. I just started drinking it right out of the pitcher. Then when it was time to go we chugged the last 1/4 of the pitcher. Wow that got me drunk...but we went to the bars after that. We went to the Nitty and each had a Long Island Ice Tea. Then it was off to Hawks for some more drinks. I know I had 2 more capt. and cokes (which by the way were very strong). Geo and Ash had a crapload to drink also...we were all just tanked. We spent the night at Ash's place and this morning we woke up to watch the Prologue of the Tour de France. That race is going to suck this year cuz of all of this doping scandal. I was going for Ullrich...but never mind....go Big George!

Today we are just relaxing and watching the World Cup. Later on we'll be going to Rhythm and Booms for the Midwest's largest fireworks display. And Minch is coming down to hang out with us too! Tomorrow morning its off to Eau Claire for WORS #5. I really need to start biking more. I don't even know how many Superweek races I'm doing anymore. We'll see....

Ciao