Ahhhhh. Turns out all I needed was a little space to myself, a creativity injection in the form of a short illustration course at Central St. Martins, and a few days of nice weather to cycle in to turn my mood around.
I suppose one of the up-sides to global warming is that, when the oil runs out, there will be no excuse for people not to get on their bikes even in the depths of Winter. Although we'll all be bacon by then, and hopefully the planet will be initialising recovery from the legacy left by the stupidest species ever to walk upright.
Rant over!
So, the cycling. My bike is a big old heavy mountain-bike which takes some beltin'. It is slow - even those miniature folding bikes with wheels the size of plates regularly whizz past me - but I feel safer astride it than I would a dinky little racer, and it copes well with the vast potholes Hackney Council seem to pride themselves on. It has a few lovable quirks, like the way it skips gears when it feels like it, and occassionally decides to lose the chain altogether - what, you didn't want your feet to go flying off the pedals in the middle of a busy intersection?! - and it certainly isn't a good looker.
Still, I have become strangely attached to my flawed hunk of (semi) working metal parts, and it has brought me much happiness.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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5 comments:
THAT's your bike? You're braver than I thought... hehe!
good on U Kel, it is hard 2 imagine the winter blooze U have experienced living in the land of eternal sunshine in the middle of another sweltering summer but glad U R over the hump. Love the bike. Hope U have a fetching helmet 2 match :o)
Oh no! I have been leading you astray. I WISH that was my bike, I think it's a stunner, but mine is a really hideous red and black mountain bike, a bit like a redback spider.
yeah, i was a bit confused coz U referred 2 a mountain bike & that dont look like one. Hey, I have a red & black mountain bike 2, I got it in my early 20s coz I used 2 ride 2 work/uni every day on a racer & got sick of having 2 fix punctures. They R the best!! We'll have 2 go on a riding expedition 1 day (when we R not on either side of the world from each other :o))
Mos def Miss Andrea! I wish I had a cycling buddy over here... well, I did meet one of the girls from work at Richmond park the other weekend, that was fun, but she is a hardcore fitness freak and I can't keep up!
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