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Working for a pre-hospital EMS service has certain details that are undisclosed in your contract. It has a tendacy to make you hard in some aspects. I can see someones arm completely stripped to the bone and not blink an eye (happend a few weeks ago), or see someones intestines hanging out of them then turn around and eat a hearty dinner. But some things you see just on the street out of pure innocence, and you become an emotional niusance. Bathing in tears and hiding in a dark room.
 
I had an instance like this just two days ago. I was on call and running errands on my bicycle. A gentleman was walking towards me on the sidewalk that saw me and waved. I broke down. Sounds ridiculous right? This gentleman was just not the ordinary guy. He had an obvious physical handicap, which turns out to be a soft spot for me. He was so excited to see me riding my bike. The expression on his face as he watched me ride by was one in a billion. I had to ride an additional mile or two to regain my composure before walking into any businesses.
 
Why does this effect me do you ask? I feel guilty. People who share handicaps don't have the luxury we do. He has probably never sat on and pedaled a bicycle. He will never get to experience the joys of carving through the snow on a foot of fresh powder. Never get to scale an 80 foot rock face in the Canyonlands. Its these instances that break me down and leave me hanging out to dry. Being an EMT and Firefighter gives me an opportunity to help these folks, but not to the extent I would like. I would love to make all these things we take for granted a reality for the handicapped. Its very hard though living in a small community. I make my efforts, but are quickly shut down due to lack of money and personel.
 
I guess one day things will happen. But until then I guess I have to run, whenever encountered, to keep my composure and show strength as a public figure.


Published On: 9/4/2008
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My Blog: China
By: markusfarkus


I got an opportunity to take a 6 month assignment to China to help HAVECO develop a transmission.  It is pretty cool here.  I bought a cool old school chinese bicycle and ride it to work every day.  A case of beer is like 5 bucks and my dinner is like 2 bucks.  I'm living in a kick ass apartment that is pretty close to work.  It is like the best place I've ever lived in.  Marble and hardwood. 2 bedrooms and an office.
 
Glad I got all my riding out of the way before this came up.  Colorado was awesome.  We had fresh snow every day and got dumped on twice.  I rode every day out there.  Probably got 25 days in this year.  Even skipped work once to ride powder.
 
life is good


Published On: 5/2/2008
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Recently I have been trying to figure out why God put me on this forsaken planet. Reason being, a Police department came to me and offered me a job. Previously to this, I was going to start school in May to follow my long roots and become a Bicycle Guru. Sometimes you get so caught up in "life" that you forget what matters most to you and makes you happy.  
 
Last night I put in a movie called "Roam." It is a sequel to the movie "The Collective." It is a mountain biking film with Pros doing insane stunts and riding fast singletrack and even Ryan Leech on his Trials bike. The great thing about these movies is that they give me an adrenaline rush right there on the couch. And even though these riders are jumping HUGE road gaps and stunts, I still find a way to relax and fall asleep. I may be sick in the head, or I may just find comfort in acts of defying death and physics. I don't know.
 
Before I started to snooze, I was watching this wicked fast single track section and realized my love for mountain biking. I sometimes look at what I have invested in my arsenal of bicycles and think, "I could have like 2 motorcycles with all this." Sadly its true. But last night it dawned on me, as it does from time to time. I love riding motorcycles. They're so free, man and machine. But a bicycle takes it that much further. Many people Say, "its not about the Destination, but about the Journey." When you finish the journey and look back and think, I did that all myself. No engine, no gasoline, just me, my bike and a burrito or two. You go so much deeper on a mountain bike than on a motorcycle. Your breathing as it sets the pace. Heartrate pounding in your ears as you make your way up ascents that would scare sherpas. The Rush when you let go of the bars to trick as you fly over gorge's. The exhilaration when you crest a mountain to watch the sun settle into the horizon for its slumber. All this under your own power. You, two pedals, a chain, some gears, maybe suspension and a frame.  This is when the Spritual aspect comes into effect that puts it way ahead of throttle twisting. It's surreal when you look at the terrain you just tackled and you get an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment.
 
Riding is not just subject to us in the Northern hemisphere either. I have seen many films where riders are in 3rd world countries. The faces of the locals light up, as well as the riders, in a way of euphoria that words cannot describe. Bicycles are a Culture and Language of their own, spoken through out the world without saying a word. One day I will ride my way across the globe. Bringing inspiring smiles to children and adults alike in far away lands and my own town of residence. Then I will have a journey of my own to tell. This.........all this, is what makes me happy.


Published On: 3/14/2008
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My Journal: top 100 songs 2007
By: O-Henry


here are my favorite songs from 2007

SilverchairStraight Lines
the ShinsAustralia
Of Montrealthe Past is a Grotesque Animal
the Hivestick tick boom
Foo Fightersthe Pretender
LCD SoundsystemNorth American Scum
Modest MouseFlorida
KlaxonsGolden Skans
the White StripesIcky Thump
Cold War KidsHang Me Up to Dry
Architecture in HelsinkiDebbie
Tegan and Sarathe Con
the Operation M.D.Sayonara
Calvin HarrisAcceptable in the 80s
Immaculate MachineJarhand
The BraveryBelieve
Kanye WestStronger
the BeesListening Man
the Apples in StereoEnergy
Arctic MonkeysBrainstorm
the BicyclesBBBicyles
the New PornographersMyriad Harbour
Tokyo Police ClubYour English is Good
Against MeAmericans Abroad
MetricGrow Up and Blow Away
Queens of the Stone Age3s and 7s
Of MontrealSuffer for Fashion
the ShinsPhantom Limb
Rilo KileySilver Lining
Arcade FireIntervention
Tilly and the WallBad Education
1990sYou Made Me Like It
Kaiser ChiefsHeat Dies Down
Kylie MinogueTwo Hearts
Panda BearComfy in Nautica
John Butler TrioFunky Tonight
Bloc PartyI Still Remember
the WeakerthansPlea From a Cat Named Virtue
Bedouin SoundclashSt. Andrews
Scry Childrn Scring ChldrenMy Darkest Hour
Imperial TeenRoom With a View
the KillersSam's Town
the BicyclesAustralia
the Cat EmpireWon't Be Afraid
Junior SeniorWe R the Handclaps
the ShinsTurn on Me
Modest MouseDashboard
Motion City SoundtrackThis is for Real
Kanye WestCan't Tell Me Nothing
FeistI Feel it All
RhiannaUmbrella
Kings of LeonOn Call
Kaiser ChiefsRuby
the Go! TeamGrip Like a Vice
the FlatlinersKHTDR
Silversun PickupsLazy Eye
KisschasyStrings and Drums
Maximo ParkOur Velocity
Against MeStop
Yeah Yeah YeahsDown Boy
Queens of the Stone AgeSick Sick Sick
Of MontrealSentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
StarsTake Me to the Riot
PowderfingerLost and Running
Eskimo JoeNew York
Arcade FireWindowsill
Nine Inch NailsSurvivalism
Jay ZNo Hook
Architecture in HelsinkiHeart It Races
Junior SeniorCan I Get Get
TimbalandHello
LCD SoundsystemTime to Get Away
the White StripesConquest
The BraveryAngelina
Ben LeeWhat Would Jay Z Do
Flight of the ConchordsHumans Are Dead
Hot Hot HeatLet Me In
the WombatsPatricia the Stripper
SpoonYou Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
AlexisonfireRough Hands
the CopsOut of the Fridge / Into the Fire
the Mess HallKeep Walking
the Pigeon DetectivesDon't Know How to Say Goodbye
Chris LilleyNaughty Girl
Le HuskyMourir Comme un Chien
the New PornographersAll the Old Showstoppers
Peter Bjorn and JohnUp Against the Wall
Tegan and SaraHop A Plane
Jump, Little ChildrenEducation
the BicyclesParis Be Mine
Sum 41So Long Goodbye
the Chemical Brothersthe Salmon Dance
50 CentAyo Technology
Paul McCartneyDance Tonight
MikaGrace Kelly
Seeing ScarletBumblebee
Tricot MachineL'ours
Giant DragMy Dick Sux
CSSMusic is My Hot Hot Sex
the RaptureGet Myself Into It


Published On: 12/24/2007
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You might be a redneck if…

 

*You've ever vacationed in a rest area.

*Your belt buckle is bigger than your head.

*You think paprika is a third-world country.

*You refer to the fifth grade as "my senior year".

*Your checks feature pictures of dogs fighting.

*Your muffler is held on by a coat hanger.

*Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night requires shoes and a flashlight.

*Bikers back down from your mama

*Your bicycle has a gun rack.

*After removing the empty beer cans from your car you find you get fifteen more miles to the gallon.

*Directions to your house include "turn off the paved road"

*You wet the bed and four other people immediately know it.

*You actually know what kind of leaves make the best substitute for toilet paper.

*Your father encourages you to quit school because Larry has an opening at the oil shop.

*The neighbors have ever asked to borrow the light bulb.

*Your wife keeps a can of Vienna sausage in her purse.

*Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.

*You hold a frog and it worries about getting warts.

*You have to take the entire day off to get your teeth cleaned.

*You offer to give somebody the shirt off your back and they don't want it.

*You ever listed fuzzy dice on an insurance claim.

*Your trolling motor used to be a fan in a barber shop.

*You list tick removal as a skill on your resume.

*You use an ironing board as a knick-knack shelf.

*You think the Battle of the Bulge is an argument between your wife and your mother.

*You've ever driven around looking for your porch roof after a bad storm.

*Your nicest towels say, "Motel 6".  

*The photo on your driver's license includes your dog.

*You've been too drunk to fish.

*You've had to remove a toothpick for wedding pictures.

*You ever used a weed-eater indoors.

*You have a rag for a gas cap (on a car that does run).

*You go to the family reunion to pick up on women.

*You have to go outside to get something out of the 'fridge.

*Your idea of a 7 course meal is a bucket of KFC and a six-pack.

*Someone asks to see your ID and you show them your belt buckle.

*You have lost at least one tooth opening a beer bottle.

*Jack Daniel's makes your list of "most admired people".

*You won't stop at a rest area if you have an empty beer bottle in the car.

*Your wife has a beer belly and you find it attractive.

*You consider a three piece suit to be: a pair of overalls, a plaid flannel shirt and thermal underwear.

*When you leave your house, you are followed by federal agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the only thing you worry about is if you can lose them or not.

*You have a house that is mobile and 13 cars that aren’t

*Your gene pool doesn't have a "deep end."

*Your huntin' dog cost more than the truck you drive him around in.

*You think that safe sex is a padded headboard on the water-bed.

*It's Easier to spray weed killer on your lawn than mow it.

*You think that John Deere Green, Ford Blue, and Primer Gray are the three primary colors.

*Your idea of talking during sex is "Ain't no cars coming, baby!"

*Taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.

*You think the last words to The Star Spangled Banner are "Gentlemen, start your engines."

*You think God looks a lot like Hank Williams, Jr., and heaven looks a lot like Daytona Beach, Florida.

*You believe dual air bags refer to your wife and mother-in-law.

*Your father executes the "pull my finger" trick during Christmas dinner.

*You were acquitted for murdering your first wife after she threw out your Elvis 45's.

*You've got more than one brother named 'Darryl'.

*The people on Jerry Springer's show remind you of your neighbors.

*You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.

*You lit a match in the bathroom and your house exploded right off it's wheels.

*You carried a fishing pole into Sea World.

*Your sister is the third generation of women in your family to conceive a baby as a result of an alien abduction.

*You think subdivision is part of a math problem.

*You think there's nothing wrong with incest as long as you keep it in the family.

*You can get dog hair from out of your belly button.

*You can't get married to your sweetheart ‘cause there is a law against it.

*The beer can collection in the town museum is the big tourist attraction.

*You can change the oil in your truck without ducking your head.

*You think "loading the dishwasher" means getting your wife drunk.

*You take a load to the dump and bring back more than you took.

*You believe that beef jerky and beer are two of the major food groups.

*You let your thirteen-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.

*You keep empty beer cans in your fridge for your friends that don't drink.

*You think a woman who is "out of your league" bowls on a different night.

*You think taking a bubble bath starts with eating alot of beans for dinner.



Published On: 11/14/2007
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if you don't know. CAPiTAs TYLER LEPORE loves bikes. In fact word has it he's opening his own Bike shop in east vancouver.  With the environment on the brink, cycling as a means of transportation could'nt be any more pertinent.  DandG thought they'd stop by his Vancouver home, say hi, sip some tea and get D's bike ready for the summer.












Published On: 6/1/2007
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Africa’s Congo is the world's second largest rainforest, and it is under threat. Tens of millions of people depend on the Congo for their survival, and as a major biodiversity hotspot, it’s home to some of Africa's most amazing wildlife, like gorillas, bonobos and forest elephants. Like all large intact forests, the Congo is a critical defense against man-made climate change.

Take Action!

International logging companies are creating social and environmental destruction in the Congo. Taxes paid by companies for rights to log the forest are supposed to go to forest communities for essential services like education and healthcare. But over the last three years, not a cent paid by logging companies has reached local communities.

In exchange for timber worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the companies are giving “gifts” like bags of salt and crates of beer worth less than $100. Poorly paid officials sometimes have only a bicycle to help them patrol vast areas of rainforest, making enforcement of conservation law basically impossible.

Help Save The Congo!

Despite a moratorium on new logging being in place since 2002, over 37 million acres of rainforest (an area the size of Illinois) have been granted to the logging industry, most of this in areas vital for protecting biodiversity. But it's not too late to prevent the destruction of this rainforest and the communities it supports. Please help: make your voice heard!

Peace!
ERIK



Published On: 5/25/2007
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My Blog: Bangerang!!
By: JennyG


Well well, i havent written one of these since summer! Its December already? Geez time gets away fast! Tons of shi*t has happened in my life since my last blog. So yea my summer was jammed packed with two jobs (serving and skating) But i managed to go to Penticton, BC for a week with a few friends.....good times for sure (we met random people), the skatepark was the funnest thing ever! After that I volunteered at slam city jam for a whole weekend and it was soo rad! I ended up actually skating the set up, including the vert ramp as well....It was Huge! I got to see Swollen Members up close (got to shake their hands oh yea!) I think im defintely gonna do that next year.
 
So this was my first year back at school since high school. Im going to Mount Royal College in Calgary and im taking a 4 year applied degree called Eco Tourism and Outdoor Leadership. It is seriously the best program anyone ever invented! The first day of school we had to climb this wall using only eachother to get up and over it. I was wearing a skirt that day, haha good times (i still did it of course). Anyways the people in the program are just as amazing, we are all tight!! Rock climbing, mountaineering, kayaing and canoeing are mandatory classes you have to take. We did some sick trips in the mountains, ive never been on such steep ridgelines in my life! I also had to get over my fear of being in caves, i would rather go rock climbing....which is ten times more dangerous. HAH! Next semester i have to take a wilderness survival course, should be interesting, cause i can only bring 3 items, and your not allowed to bring a sleeping bag or tent, not to mention that this is going to be in the middle of winter! So what would you bring??
 
UMM so other than i was in a relationship for 2 months, with a guy named AJ who is a rad skater......we are still friends.....I turned 20 in October (man i feel old, that was my last summer as a teen!)Got my nose pierced - didnt hurt at all. Im working at Canada Olympic Park im a snowboard instructor, my first shift is next week! Ive gotten out snowboarding a couple of times in the mountains, got pretty sore, it was sweet! I hope to get much more pow pow days in......
 
I went to the Killswitch Engage concert this week, and it was SOO good, they rock, you should check em out! (If you are hardcore that is)
 
Future news: Im going to be driving a car soon yay(well boo for polluting the enviroment and not using my bicycle) Also im going to Red Rocks, Nevada in February to do some rock climbing with people from my class! Im stoked!!
 

Well enjoy the snow! I know i am!

Catchya on the flip side

Ciao!



Published On: 12/1/2006
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lately, i've noticed that i get a tad bit pissed off at people... not just random people of course.  its not like tourettes or something where i just scream at some random passer by that they are worthless pieces of shi*t who should be forced to smell old ladies bicycle seats on hot days... no, nothing like that.  but those people who think rules don't apply to them... that somehow feel they are better than every other person out there.  those are the people who are starting to get on my nerves.
 
what brought this up was a recent flight i was on.  the flight itself was fine, but there were more than a few people who were just plain a**holes.  whether it was the little old lady beside me with her knitting needles who thought it should be obvious that she wasn't a terrorist, or the guy who brings all his luggage as 'carry-on', and then has the audacity to complain that the guys at the security checkpoint are too slow.... COME ON!!! if you weren't such a douche and make them have to go through all your crap, they could move a lot faster!  these are the same type of people who bring 20-odd items into the 16 or less lane at the grocery store... do you think each person in line behind you isn't boring holes into you with their eyes?  and yes.. admit it... you all count other peoples stuff in those lines!  i know i'm not the only one...
 
what is it that makes people think they are above the rules?  what makes them automatically think that these are just guidelines or suggestions that can be dismissed?  do they think they are smarter than other people, or do they simply not care that everyone else tries to follow these rules even though it may take a little more time force us to put in a bit more effort?  a**holes...


Published On: 9/9/2006
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Hey kids! I know some of you have been wondering where old uncle Junior has been off to.  I've been a bit indisposed since I started a new job in mid June, coupled with the fact that I fought with influenza for about two weeks (this was my own version of fight club).  That period wasn't totally devoid of excitement however, there was an SB.com EC meet in there (during my battle with the flu) which was nearly epic.  July is looking to be exciting too; it begins with a downward spiral of debauchery known as Canada day.

The plan for this Canada day was as follows: barbeque at my digs for friends and family, copious amounts of beer and shots, bicycle bladders full of gin and tonic, backpacks full of tall boys and Mongoose topped off with a bus trip downtown in the evening to partake in the festivities.  This is really when armageddon started.  Fortunately, as the title states, you can't have armageddon without a "dd", I would personally like to thank OC Transpo for providing it.

The bus ride downtown was exciting in itself.  My friends and I quickly became the most popular people on the bus when they discovered that we had backpacks full of booze.  So between sips of gin and tonic from the bladder, and raucus renditions of "Oh Canada" (which my brother and I sang in french...the way it was written), we made several friends on the fateful 45 minute ride (and unfortunately a few enemies).  Our favourite friend was easly Busty McBigboobs because she was really friendly in addition to her more tangible qualities.  This would not be our last encounter with Busty and her acolytes.

We got downtown just in time for the fireworks.  Afterward, we fought our way through the crowd to make our way to the Brig on York street; Busty and company in tow.  Fortunately for us, the Brig is our second home so the bouncer let us in without much delay (thanks Dano!).  Unfortunately Busty and co. got discouraged by the crowd and decided to move on to the next bar.  Once inside, we said quick hellos to the staff and proceeded to drink more.  This is when the evening gets hazy.  I remember frollicking in a fountain with dish soap.  Bartering four tall boys of Moosehead for a stack of Beavertails and only vaguely arriving home to the mess from the day's party.  Somehow we ended up with a firehose.  I'm not entirely sure how but when asked "why do you have a firehose?", the standard response was "why don't YOU have a firehose?".  All in all, no one died so a good time was had by all.  That was the 1st day of July.  July 2nd was mostly spent cleaning up the previous day's mess.  If the quality of a party can be measured by how long it takes to clean up the mess afterward, then this was a fantastic party.

<grr, there's supposed to be artwork here but the upload is broken...it will come later>

The next big event for me so far this month came on the 5th, my birthday.  I officially entered my third decade on this planet. It's not that big of a deal to me, but everyone else seems to think so.  I just have one hope, that THE 30's are not a road map to mine (great depressions, Nazis, rise to war).  Only time will tell.  Daily Barns will keep the interested parties updated.  Until next time...

Keep shreddin' the GNAR!
J.


Published On: 7/6/2006
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Here I am...my valley, my friends and my work.
Sorry, no pics for now..just let me have enough time to put some good ones on. My life here is full of different things.
I've found my lovely Federica with her super-crazy boyfriend Cece, and Marion with her lost weight...good girl, - 10kg!!
I've found my job, left out for a few months..but it's like riding  a bicycle: you never forget! Only the clients are worst than winter ones...
Snow is only on the Marmolada Glacier, but my board is at home, you know, it's not like Des Alpes...and I go running every now and then, just to keep myself fit for winter! Even if I think I'm drinking too much....ahahahaha!! No, I'm not a drunk mountain girl! I promise!!


Published On: 7/3/2006
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Little Johnny came home from school one day slightly
confused, His
mother was Jewish and his father was black.
So Johnny asks, "Mommy, am I more Jewish or more
black?"

"What does it really matter? If you want to know for
sure you'll just
have to ask your father," his mother tells him.

So, when his father arrived home from work, Little
Johnny asks the same
question, "Daddy, am I more Jewish or more black?"

"What the hell kind of a question is that? Why do you
want to know if
you're more Jewish or more black?" asks his dad.

"Well, it's like this dad... Tommy down the street
wants to sell his
bicycle for $50, and I don't know whether to Jew him
down to $25,
or wait until it's dark and steal the damn thing.


Published On: 6/5/2006
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 On Christmas morning, a cop on horseback was sitting at a traffic light.  Next to him was a kid on his shiny new bike.
   The cop said to the kid, "Nice bike you've got there.  Did Santa bring that to you?"
   The kid said, "Yeah."
   The cop said, "Well, next year tell Santa to put a taillight on that bike."  The cop then proceeded to issue the kid a twenty dollar bicycle safety violation ticket.
   The kid took the ticket, but before he rode off, he said, "By the way, that's a nice horse you got there.  Did Santa bring that to you?
   Humoring the kid, the cop said, "Yeah, he sure did."
   The kid responded, "Well, next year tell Santa to put the dick underneath the horse, instead of on top of it."


Published On: 2/22/2006
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Bicycle : by Queen

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like

You say black I say white
You say bark I say bite
You say shark I say hey man
Jaws was never my scene
And I don't like Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say God give me a choice
You say Lord I say Christ
I don't believe in Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All I wanna do is

Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my -
Bicycle races are coming your way
So forget all your duties oh yeah
Fat bottomed girls
They'll be riding today
So look out for those beauties oh yeah
On your marks, get set, go!
Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race
Bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle
I want a bicycle race

Hey
You say coke I say caine
You say John I say Wayne
Hot dog I say cool it man
I don't wanna be the President of America
You say smile I say cheese
Cartier I say please
Income tax I say Jesus
I don't want to be a candidate for
Vietnam or Watergate
'Cos all I wanna do is

Bicycle (yeah) bicycle (eh) bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle bicycle (c'mon) bicycle
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like


Published On: 2/7/2006
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My Journal: Resume
By: DarrenJ


I am a dynamic figure, often seen scaling walls and crushing ice.  I have been known to remodel train stations on my lunch breaks, making them more efficient in the area of heat retention.  I translate ethnic slurs for Cuban refugees.  I write award-winning operas, I manage time efficiently.  Occasionally, I tread water for three days in a row. I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe incline with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes.  I am an expert in stucco, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru.
Using only a hoe and a large glass of water, I once single-handedly defended a small village in the Amazon Basin from a horde of ferocious army ants.  I play bluegrass cello, I was scouted by the Mets, I am the subject of numerous documentaries.  When I'm bored, I build large suspension bridges in my yard.   I enjoy urban hang gliding. On Wednesdays, after school, I repair electrical appliances free of charge. I am an abstract artist, a concrete analyst, and a ruthless bookie. Critics worldwide swoon over my original line of corduroy eveningwear. I don't perspire.  I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I  have been caller number nine and have won the weekend passes. Last  summer I toured New Jersey with a traveling centrifugal-force demonstration. I bat 400. My deft floral arrangements have earned me fame in international botany circles.  Children trust me.  I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I once read Paradise Lost, MobyDick and  David Copperfield in one day and still had time to refurbish an entire  dining room that evening.    I know the exact location of every food item in the supermarket.  I have performed several covert operations with the CIA. I sleep once a week; when I do sleep, I sleep in a chair. While on vacation in Canada, I successfully negotiated with a group of  terrorists who had seized a small bakery.
 The laws of physics do not apply to me.  I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic, and my bills are all paid.  On weekends, to let off steam, I participate in full-contact origami.  Years ago I discovered the meaning of life but forgot to write it down. I have made extraordinary four course meals using only a mouli and a toaster oven.  I breed prizewinning clams.  I have won bullfights in San Juan, cliff-diving competitions in Sri Lanka, and spelling bees at the Kremlin. I have played Hamlet, I have performed open-heart surgery, and I have spoken with Elvis.


Published On: 12/5/2005
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My Journal: 14/1/2005
By: snoman18


Snow
Snow
Lots of snow
Everywhere we look
And everywhere we go
Snow in the sandbox
Snow on the slide
Snow on the bicycle
Left outside
Snow on the steps
And snow on my feet
Snow on the sidewalk
Down the street.

Published On: 1/14/2005
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My Journal: 12/3/2004
By: thebucket


For one reason or another, my friend Seth knows chinese and has been feeding my sayings. Remember kids, keep an eye out for my bicycle, and national 'DAVE' day is TUESDAY MARCH 16TH. What's 'DAVE' day?, well, it's when you take one of the best daves you know and treat him/her like the someone special they are. My cat's name is Dave, but....he's lost any special he had in him.
Gone to hang out with Little italian men and drink coffee now. I need to go snowboarding. someone please go snowboarding with me. Jing-Ming went to Paris or something for a fashion conference. When she gets back I will then be updated on no-fashion style, which is what I'm into. I like to call it 'anti fashion no-style style' which basically doesn't mean anything. I make no sense now, I need coffee. bye!


Published On: 3/12/2004
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My Journal: 1/8/2005
By: juliaaa


This morning I woke up and it was cloudy. The clouds were nice for a change after 35 degree weather for the last however long. The clouds kind of reminded me of winter and then all day at work I couldn't stop thinking about winter and how awesome it is. Then I thought hmm... I should make some toques when I get home from work...Then I walked outside of my airconditioned place of employment into the sweltering heat only to hop on my bicycle and ride 20 minutes up hill.

--------Phoenix headwear--------coming soon

Published On: 8/1/2005
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My Journal: 19/7/2004
By: Bigdix


Haha found this guide I wrote a couple years ago...thought i whip it back out and added a couple of things to it.

BIGDIX GUIDE TO CHINESE GUYS(and GIRLS)




1.) First thing First...we can ride. But we prefer to ride
     bicycles.
2.) Some eyes are slantier than others. Check out my
      homie slanteye.
3a.)Yes we all know Kung Fu. From the dawn of time.
3b.)I am NOT a ninja or knows karate. Thats some  
      japanese shi*t. 
4.) Rice intake on a regular basis is mandatory..or else chinaman goes weak
5.) No my family don't operate a laundromat, corner store, or a takeout joint.
6.) Chop Suey and Lemon Chicken is fake chinese food. And fortune cookies came form the states.
7.) Yes my parents drives a Mercedes...but that doesn't mean i drive a honda. MUGEN.
8.) China will take over the world. I am currently accepting applications for candidates that wants to work at my rice paddies.
9.) All chinese people don't look alike...we don't look like koreans or japanese either. All white people look alike.
10.) Last but not least, pretty much everything is made in china. I am. So is the monitor you are staring at. SO next time you see a chinaman, HOLLA at him~


If you got offended by this post, suck it deep. it's a joke aite...laced with hard facts. educmacate yoself.


Published On: 7/19/2004
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My Journal: 22/4/2005
By: Meggs


"The Gamble"

One by one I gather up the little white and red pieces of laminated paper, who's jack of diamonds and Ace of spades, if brought together in the correct manor, could be my winning hand. The gamble could pay off yet could land me back at square one. The final card is doled out and into my hand with a deafening silence after it leaves the comforts of the green felt.

It's now or never and why stop when I am ahead? I came here to win and I could not live with myself had I folded before it's really even begun.

I laid my cards out on the table and sat waiting patiently in silence. The dealer's eyes share no insight as to the potential outcome because he knows the answer lay not with him but in the deck held so effortlessly in his hand. The moment suspends in what seems to be hrs of anticipation of the arrival of the last card to be dealt.

His hand reaches for the red laminated bicycle as my eyes cloud. Things appear distorted as the card's identity starts to be revealed. The cloud thickens and I can't see the green felt of the table any longer. The fear grips me, am I dying? Am I going to pass out? What is going on?

Birds chirping, low murmers and the earth's monolog speaks as my eyes open. Am I still alive? What what the picture on the card? Both eyes ae open now with clarity of the scene from the green felt table. It was a dream but one of promise, necessity and adventure. My card will be revealed in time. But until then I must be willing to take the gamble.


Published On: 4/22/2005
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