I just remembered that The Boy has me on his list for flight benefits (my son works in the wonderful world of aviation). This means I may or may not be able to get there on the cheap, depending on whether or not there are empty seats on a flight to Vegas. This is an impetus for a chain of thought. Maybe there's some sort of possibility I could make it out there to rub shoulders with the industry elite, or perhaps just to rub the shoulders of the industry elite.
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I am Dicky Non Grata (an unwelcome Dicky). Although I am unofficially the Chief of Industry, I do not have an invite to the party. I was not forward thinking enough to contact any of my sponsors to see if they had any leftover golden tickets, and I don't have time to change my Dirt Rag Contributor business cards to Dirt Rag Important Guy Who Writes Stuff. I could possibly be smuggled onto the premises inside Dejay's facial hair. This option has not been ruled out by any means, but I have been informed that security measures are in place just to stop these kinds of shenanigans.
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There is no reason for me to be there. I am not in search of a new sponsor of any type, not that I'm not willing to listen to proposals. I'm just not actively doing anything that would require activity in an active sense. I have no agenda, no purpose, and nothing to gain but gain itself. Beer, blog fodder, camaraderie, and blatant self promotion by means of slurring "Hey, do you read my blog?" to random passerby's. That's the best I could hope for.
So what will it take for me to go to the 2011 Interbike? A miracle on the part of an airline's inability to fill a flight to capacity, a floor that can accommodate a small man that doesn't smell too strongly of urine (the floor not the small man), and someone that can vouch that I won't steal anything that isn't nailed down.
I don't think that's too much to ask, do you?
I've tried my facefriends for some help. Not so much:
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Will this be the year that Dicky goes to Interbike?
Probably not, but we can all hope.
4 comments:
I dreamed you sold me the Bröntöawesömeöus Meatplow V last night and we did an urban assault around charlotte. You were cool in the dream, so that counts for someting I guess *shrug*
i am pretty sure Tinker is taller than you.
Rob. Don't buy the BMV from Dicky. My lawyers still hold a lean on his beer fridge and truing stand...please send 4000$ to Misfit Psycles and I will arrange for it's theft and shipment.
You can keep the girl wheels on it. For free.
Dickie hit up Kuhn's. He is going to interbike, not sure if he has a room mate. He is staying at the Tuscony with all the KHS gang. We will have free drinks for you at the KHS tiki bar that we set up in an extra hotel room there!!
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