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Friday, October 9

Making the most of it, and you're welcome

Although recent events hardly make this holiday pleasurable, don't forget that today is Bike Messenger Appreciation Day. Hug a messenger, buy him a PBR, or fill out his unemployment paperwork for him... do something else (maybe a little soft shoe or juggling performance) to show him (or her) how much you care. Remember, if you got it, a truck brought it, but a bike messenger filed the documents at the courthouse that kept the trucker outta jail when he got drunk and ran over some mail boxes along the way.

In an effort to keep myself current on all things cycling I have resorted to going to the main branch of the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Now that my internet access is gone at the satellite office I saw no other alternative if I wanted to keep things here on the blog timely and relevant. How else would I keep up with the status of my "friends" and see what the hot topics are on the 29'er forum (head angles and big tires? Wow.)? Anyways, I've been to the Virtual Village three times in the last 2.5 days. I have seen some interesting things while surfing the web or waiting for my turn at a keyboard.

One gentleman was watching bootylicious rap videos blown up to full screen for the world to share in his viewing pleasure. I do believe I like big butts, and I can not lie.

An older white haired lady was watching a youtube video... but one of those videos where there is no video, just an image of the performer displayed while the song plays in the background. This is not abnormal, but the fact that the performer was a teenaged diva and the older white haired lady had her eyes closed while she danced and sang out loud was... ummmmm... disturbing.

And yesterday was the capper. Two people were on the computer behind me. While the man was clicking and clacking away on the keyboard his female companion had her head down on the desk. I wouldn't have looked back, but when someone approached and asked if they needed an ambulance my morbid curiosity got the best of me. She was still sitting with her head down, but there was a large amount of orange puke at her feet. Kinda like this:

Eventually security showed up, followed by a clean up crew, two medics, and three firemen. It was like a mini parade in the basement of the library... minus the candy, but plus one pile of vomit.

Let's just say I can't wait to get to the library again today. If there's nothing new on the interweb there's always people watching.

This sporadic access to the interweb has kept me from perusing my favorite online periodical of all time, XXC Magazine. This is Jason Mahokey's fourth publication of the magazine, and each one is better than the last. I'm not blowing smoke up your ass either. This is what I want from a magazine. If I wanted beer reviews I'd go down to the Common Market and see what the pretentious hipsters are drinking. "How's that Drunken Giraffe Ale? Do you find the Pregnant Nun IPA a bit too hoppy? Is the Unemployed Messenger Stout as bitter as they say?" I'm sure they'd let me know if I asked nicely and pretended to be one of them.

What was I talking about? Of yeah, XXC Magazine. Like I said, I used to get a chance to read it in its entirety while I was at work, but since the articles are a bit more involved than the average magazine offers I have not had the spare time to dedicate myself to a good solid reading yet. I did peruse the topics, and a quick scan revealed an interview with Gerry Pfl... I mean "The Pflug". Jason tried to get to the bottom of "The Pflug's" strange dietary habits, but "The Pflug" dodged the hard questions like a true pro. Anyways, I was mentioned in the article, and that's all that really matters. Chalk up one more mention in the mass media. Now if Jason could just get this magaine done up in a glossy print version so I could carry it around at work I'd have something to do during the day that didn't involve strange people trying to vomit on me.

Do yourself a favor and stop being so productive at work. We're all gonna lose our jobs eventually, so spend your time at work entertaining and informing yourself with issue number four of XXC. If you don't click over you'll miss some really cool stuff, like this picture of Garth "Sideshow" Prosser curled up in the fetal position after being told the local dred salon was outta patchouli.

9 comments:

WPG said...

Your best post in a while. I particularly like the patchouli joke. And you are 100% correct on the XXC thing. It is absolutely awesome, and I too wish I could get my hands on a non-virtual copy.

dude said...

shit man, i got shafted, i never got to celebrate BMAD the whole time i was up there, at least i don't recall, i'll definitely have one for the cause later

cornfed said...

Strange coincidence that BMAD falls on the same day as Leif Erikson Day and moldy cheese day

keep your chin up rich.

wv: disess

Anonymous said...

i hear the next round of stimuli money, from our now nobel prize winning prez, is going straight to bike messengers. keep your head up.

later,

dd

Jason said...

New goal: Mention Dicky is every issue.

I will say I DID mention beer in Issue #1, but since then prefer to drink it whilst laying out the mag instead of writing about it. Thus giving me an excuse for typos, and help kill the pain of realizing that bankruptcy looms. ;)

Glad you dig the mag. Hope to have "non virtual" copy in the distant future. First- PowerBall.

Peter Keiller said...

hey buddy...if you're going to regurgitate facebook posts on your blog and blog on your facebook...something has got to give.

i mean i'll watch threes company in perpetuity but Dicky re-runs?
you arent even syndicated...

either way.
good luck fucker.

Anonymous said...

"Remember, if you got it, a truck brought it, but a bike messenger filed the documents at the courthouse that kept the trucker outta jail when he got drunk and ran over some mail boxes along the way."

hehe!!
I think bike messanger are the most efficient thing in our economy!

check this out:
http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/trans0209gettingaround.html

Now, yah gotta tell the man at the wheel (prez) that you add efficiency. The most efficient vehicle out there. Get a grant!
Spend it fast like everyone else.
Then retire.

Seriously though, you should consider a book on adventure racing and other misterious things in life (could be the book title)...
with the likes of clips from Tinker, Jeremiah Bishop (cause he just kicks butt), life of a SS, etc...

table of corruption:
1) Why are you here
2) Why would you want to do AR
3) Some of the best
4) Beer and AR
5) the snaz - SS life
6) what not to do
7) bizzare tails
8) what to do
9) fixing it up
10) spill your gutts
11) got balls

Anonymous said...

maybe one day you'll walk into the library and someone will be reading your blog on the computer. Then you can be like, "hey, let me tell you the condensed version, now get off that computer so I can write the next post." Or, just walk up, sign the screen and say you're welcome.

mandy said...

Happy messenger day.