I guess I have to put the obligatory  "THIS IS SORT OF FRIENDS ONLY" statement in here. 

Last weekend, Chicago's Peddy Cash hosted their annual rally. Usually called BlingBQ, I guess they wanted to change it up and called it "FTW."
St Louis caravanned to Chi Town and had an absolute blast.  The ride was pretty crazy - 80 miles total and a whole lotta potholes.


Leave it to IRE to be at the absolute end of the hundred rider ride.....


Yours truly tryin' ta read this chicago style map


One of my fave bikes there...such a pretty free spirit

I have been avoiding posting my feelings about MJ's death for several reasons.
1. I don't particularly care about Ed or Farrah
2. It's actually kind of heart wrenching for me
3. Backlash from the "MICHAEL JACKSON IS A TERRIBLE PERSON" kids

I cried. I cried for like an hour. This guy had an impact on me. Impact on the world. Did some really great shit. Broke a buncha barriers. Say what you will, I'm fucking miserable over it. Maybe I shouldn't be. Maybe I"m a cunt for separating bad Michael from good Michael. Maybe I shouldn't look past the fact that he had some serious mental issues that stemmed from a wicked bad childhood.  Unfortch, great people do bad things, and bad people do some awesome shit. I don't know what he is but I don't care.

Garett said it last night = there are two kinds of people when it comes to Michael Jackson....

And he's right. Those who care and those who don't. This ain't no celebrity death to me. This is larger. If you don't understand, it's okay. I don't really understand it myself...these feelings...

I'm sad. 

I have a friend on Facebook.
Not a real friend.
More like, oh hey, I used to work with you, we have nothing in common, I kind of dislike you actually ,but I'll be friends with you on the internet because I don't care enough about you to NOT be friends with you.

So this guy's wife died.
It was very random, sudden, and tragic.
She was 29.

I am really mystified by his way of letting the world know about this tragic loss - through facebook.
Here is the chain of events on facebook

May 2, 12:23 -Got karen to the ER finally.
May 2, 13:18 -They are admitting Karen to the hospital with a bad case of pneumonia. Its like de ja vu all over again.
M*** became a fan of Toasted Ravioli
M*** became a fan of Kool-Aid
May 3, 12:40 - Karen has the docs stumped. Whatever is going on is way beyond pneumonia.
M*** became a fan of Chick-Fil-A
May 3, 21:08 - Is worried sick. Please pray for my wife.
M*** became a fan of Streets of Gold
M*** became a fan of Cookie Dough
May 5, 19:03 - Well Karen is much less confused. Seems be just dehydration and bad pneumonia. Will be in here 2 more days most likely.
May 6, 10:38 - Off to the hospital to see how my sweetie is doing
May 6, 14:50 -Things have gotten much worse. They have transferred Karen to the ICU. Partial lung collapse. Internal bleeding. Put on a ventilator
May 6, 20:24 - Karen went home to be with the Lord tonight.
May 7, 6:19 -Someone please wake me up fron this surrealistic nightmare. I still can't believe she is gone
May 7, 22:35 - HE CREATES A FACEBOOK EVENT FOR HIS DEAD WIFE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE AND INVITES ME.
May 7, 23:00 - POSTS THE OBITUARY OF HIS DEAD WIFE
M*** became a fan of Krispy Kreme
M*** became a fan of Roller Skating
May 8, 8:42 -I am man enough to admit I have been crying like a baby these last few days and I am sure it wont stop anytime soon.
Sat 6:51 -Today is the memorial service. Going to be a very hard day. At least my family will be there including my kids. And my friends or course
Sat 13:09 - Getting ready to head out to the memorial service. Let the tears flow.
Sat 18:05 - Now the memorial service is over, the goodbyes have been said. Time to pick up the pieces and start again
M*** went from "being married" to "single."
M*** edited his "interested in"
M*** became a fan of "soccer."

brb

no time too post
too busy

with mopeds

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO TWO PEOPLE. communique 
bananacana 


(and anyone else on my FL who lives in St. Louis but is not in stlouis  if ya know what I'm sayin.)

There is a meetup on Thursday. It's going to be boss. If you could come, it would make me (and probably lots of other people) extremely happy.

7pm - Bleeding Deacon - there will be nametags. YES NAMETAGS!

That is all.

I love you.

man i'm just not feeling the internet right now
just not feeling it


i'm driving to chicago on thursday
it's actually kind of funny - i think i'm the only person from st. louis who has never been to chi-

if anyone has any suggestions
(i love things like food. and booze. and food with booze. and museums and kitschy shit that isn't boring. mebbe chinatown or somethin),
that would be awesome.


i finally took the plunge into the world of guinness and it's delicious and i'm never giving it up


i've been eating a lot of salads and french fries lately
they cancel each other out

i should probably get pajamas

i check snail mail about once every three weeks, and only when i see mail about to explode from the cracks

yesterday i checked and found that
azuresorrow (who is way more awesome than his ljname implies)
burned me a cd

i love him so hard right now
it's gross

must be fate 
cause i needed some shtuff for the drive

i also found four issues of rolling stone mag. i guess someone bought me a subscription.
that's kind of the most awesome thing ever.

i forget that snail mail isn't ALL satan...just 99.99 percent.

so my bitches and i tried another st. louis lj meetup

we had low expectations since the first one had like -3 people

let me just say that it was a meet up of epic proportions. words can't describe the perfection of this meet up.



feel free to read more here:


http://community.livejournal.com/stlouis/1036773.html

things are confusing and strange
and are also changing
with that said
i still have no real updates.

there's an lj meetup tonight.
i'm getting crunk.

SHOULD I DATE HIM Y/N?



My Self Summary
I guess at the end of the day, I just want to be able to say that I was a player, not a spectator, in this life. I just want to get out there, meet some folks and do shit. I'm sick of sitting in my fortress while everyone else has fun.

What I'm doing with my Life
I'm working on a degree at the moment. I haven't decided whether I want to major in history or political science, but I'll wind up with some combination of the two as a major/minor.

The Six Things I Could Never Do Without
A nearby public library
Soccer
A little bit of wind in my face
My circle of friends
Board games
I would have said my books, but Hurricane Ike ruined them all. Thanks, dick.

On A Typical Friday Night I Am
I'm usually at a friend's house watching a movie or playing Risk. A fair chunk of my social circle are in recovery or are trying to cut down on their drinking, so I'm not at bars often.

Message To Me:
So I was re
Everything was going alright, then I saw the bit about how you like The Specials. It's about time I found someone in this city who likes them! As soon as I found them, I hated everyone for not telling me sooner.

Shared Specials love aside, you seem pretty cool. If I seem pretty cool, feel free to write/set off a flare/whatever.



I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS, HE'S KIND OF CUTE.

BRONEK SI POTPAL YM KNIHT I

SHOULD I DATE HIM Y/N?



Anthony





Self Summary:
I'm not really your average guy, I don't watch television, I find our dependence on automobiles shameful even though I own one, I will usually check out the nerdy girls before the "hot" ones, I'm not obsessed with technology nor the lives of the rich and famous. Going to a Cardinals game is fun but don't see the importance or appeal of sports beyond that. I really love This American Life, abandoned buildings, dense urban environments, open spaces, travel, road trips, design, shopping at the market on the weekends, and finding awesome buys in thrift stores. The radio is on constantly in my house, it's mostly tuned to NPR (My dogs like to be informed), but sometimes I'll listen to jazz, classic country on AM, or KDHX. My favorite seasons are fall and spring, I love rain and snow. I love all kinds of food and tend to eat rather healthy, but sometimes it is fun to eat something bad like coconut cream pie, or tres leches. I find great pleasure in discovering all the hidden gems St Louis has to offer. In the evenings or on weekends you might find me bowling, playing tennis, playing pool, biking, taking pictures, or just walking the streets of our fine city. I avoid fast food, chain restaurants, big box stores, and strip malls. I bring my own bag to the grocery store, and support local businesses as much as possible.

What I'm Doing with my Life:
Managing a movie theater, it's a good job if you can get it. I also spend a lot of free time supporting preservationist, urbanist, and social justice activism. Other than that I work on my house when not spending time with those I love.

I'm really Good At:
I think it's more important to be passionate about something. Anyway, here are some things I am rather good at, daydreaming, making plans, listening and being compassionate, finding pleasure in the small things, creating action, wasting away hours reading a book or listening to music, reading a map, having a sense of direction, admitting when I am wrong, not gloating when I am right.

So he writes this to me:

My only input is that the guy is 35 and if I find out he is managing some south county white trash movie theater whose patrons include girls who wear sweats with "PINK" written on the butt and boys with ratty hair and purposely unpurposely tilted baseball caps, it would make his profile QUITE funny. 

i like doing nice things for people




i don't like being taken advantage of


i'm not even sure the last time anyone did anything thoughtful or kind for me. yeah, i'm being selfish and horrible. but i feel like i'm being yanked here.

So I have been provided with the greatest link to the greatest website in the entire world.
I'd like to share it with you.
But I'm not sure you can handle it.
Oh god, you can't handle it.
I've been laughing for 15 minutes.
You'll die.
You can't handle it.

But I will post it anyway.

you can't handle it

Hey all,

I hardly pay attention to the LJ writer's block stuff because it's usually pretty lame. Today's no excuse, HOWEVER, I think we've all checked to see what famous people share our birthdays at some point or another.

So here's my question:
Who shares YOUR birthday?
Also: This gives me an excuse to create a birthday list so I'm gonna need you to list your birthdays, pretty please?

I share mine wif.....

( nice )

I've spent the past 12 hours sleeping, waking up, eating Cocoa Puffs, and then sleeping again. It's been quite swell.

I'm supposed to do epic things this weekend, but I'm sure it will consist of me vomiting in garbage cans after drinking copious amounts of vodka.

I will go to the grocery store and buy blocks of effing tofu and figure out how people cook and consume this shit.

I rarely post videos, which means that if I do, it's so you can all get schooled on something that will change your lives. I think you need to be schooled on how to lure women into your life based on the contents of your fridge. I promise you, whether you want ladies or not, they will flock to you if you follow this man's advice.

SWF SEEKS PENIS

I got the apartment in tower grove!! No roommates!! All me!! I'm crying. I'm actually freaking crying. Oh dear lord. I don't have any bowls! Hooray! EXCLAMATION!!!!!