StupidHurts

I lean my weight forward and lock my heels together. Then listen to the back tire as it skids across the pavement.

I lock up the back tire and come sliding perfectly to the line at the traffic light. I was unneeded as usual, but, it was fun which was good enough reason. I think showing off is probably the entire reason I ride a fixed gear sometimes.

Then I hear my name being called. Which is really surprising. Considering there are really only a handful people who should know me on sight. Those people are mostly coffee shop rats and firefighters. Then I look around, and spot an ambulance two slots behind me Emt’s leaning out, waving, and calling my name. You gotta have friends I guess.

But I was struck right then. Do you really want to be on a first name basis with the local emergency response crew. And know that you are on that basis because of how many times they have cleaned you up, from bleeding in of random ditches.

I am nearly done with my most recent bag, I actually would have been done with it a fair amount of time ago, but I am fairly picky about the things I make. It also has lots of hard to make pockets on it, and they were all lined with a different kind of fabric.

I am really glad with how the embroidery came out on this one. That sorta took ten hours alone.

I went to a general doctor today,  they didn’t do much except schedule more appointments, so I have three more visits before the last day of April. I do now have a prescription for mood stabilizers, they are also suggesting talk therapy. We will see what the Neurologist says on Friday.

I also ordered new glasses today.I got these

They make me feel pretty.

And lastly I want to thank everyone. I installed statistics software on Stupidhurts.org  about 2 days ago, and between then and now I managed to receive a lot more than 13k hits.

It has been an interesting weekend to say the list.

First off was Imagicon.

The guy doing “Shawn” from Shawn of the dead was my favorite.  There where lots of awesome costumes and mom stayed busy running panels all weekend.

The full album can be found here,

I unfortunately couldn’t stay at the con all weekend because I had a wedding to attend, plus I didn’t feel good.

I am really glad for Patrick and Patricia and had an excellent time at the wedding, and there are lots more pictures here.

Monday I have a meeting with my Lawyer about the disability case, that should be interesting if nothing else.

Much to my chagrin, I am in charge of this month’s Critical Mass ride. I have been dog sick and in bed all week. Today is probably my first day on my feet since Monday it is Thursday now.

Unfortunately being sick leaves me closer to my seizure threshold, and not feeling very social. But I have a really busy weekend with Imagicon, Patrick’s and Patricia’s wedding, and Critical Mass. As well as hosting two Couch Surfers from out of town.

I normally don’t do pain killers, mostly because they make it harder for me to tell if I am about to have a seizure. Once I have a seizure I usually  end up sore afterward causing  more pain.. It is a vicious cycle where I stay in pain to stay out of pain. Funny how that works out.

I did take some Percoset yesterday due to the pain, but that didn’t work out too well for me. The thing about Percoset is that it doesn’t do anything for the pain really, it just makes it so I am numb and don’t care. I have had to talk myself out of a Percoset addiction several times, just because it would be nice to not care for a bit. Unfortunately it is not an option.

I rode my fixed gear to several of the highest points in Birmingham on Sunday with a friend of mine. It was nice to just ride and zone out for a bit. I did find this random artillery cannon on the side of the road overlooking the city.

I will be working on my bike again, but that is sort of a common thing so I am not too worried about it.

I also got some shooting done at the art museum.

That makes me happy.

After 4 more hours tonight, I managed to finish the embroidery on the current flap I am working on. Now the current bag just needs all the straps and buckles that make it a bag, and then it will be done. Which is more exciting I asked for a used banner from one of the local outdoors stores, and they gave it to me. I have the perfect idea of what to do with it. Since it is the same type, but a different shade of black than the fabric I have at home, using both of them together in contrast with each other, should make an interesting flap.

Unfortunately my seizures have gotten a bit worse and my sleep cycle has gone to shit. So I scheduled an appointment with a specialist at one of the local neurology clinics, we will see how that goes.

It is amazing how quickly you can kill five hours in front of a sewing machine. When doing free hand embroidery it takes my full attention, which most people who know me,  know that’s rare. Since it takes both hands and one foot. I can’t sew and look at anything else at the same time.

I have spent the past few days working on this.

Which is essintially a copy of this bag, I have had forever.

I was sent these today on bike forums. I was amazed and figured I would share.

Here are some photos from a recent unsupported week long tour on a c1920 single speed racer. Out of thirteen cycletourists, seven were on the original fixed gear - Penny Farthings. The rest were on single speed “safteys”. They did 400km over a week.

It is kinda sad, when you don’t update your site for a week,  you start getting phone calls asking if you are still alive. And if so what state are you currently living in.

So far I have only gotten 3 calls and a few instant messages from people I don’t normally hear from. I haven’t been updating mostly because all of my free time has been spent drawing and sewing a new bag.

I have decided once I sell this bag, I am going to take the money and buy myself a new camera lens. I really want the canon 50mm prime f1.8 lens.

For some odd reason last night, the Airport express quit working on my Macbook.  Suddenly it was responding that the hardware was not installed. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue because of the really good support Apple usually provides, but of course, mine had been opened and modified. For no other reason, than the fact my warranty expired.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

The good thing about Macs is the fact most small issues can be rectified by a simple reboot. Of course if that doesn’t fix it, than it is probably the least of your issues.