it's been a pretty shitty 2012 and there are little to no indications that this year is going to be any different than 2010 & 11. Suckfest.
80+hour work weeks (money will be nice when i see it) , 5+ weeks of work crammed into 2 week deadlines which seem to be the new MO these days. My client waits till the last possible moment to turn me on to the project and it's due "next Week" normally 30 days, 45 days maybe even 60 days to turn a project. Now it's a week maybe two if i'm lucky. So there been absolutely no riding. I can hear myself getting fatter.
Been to 3 different hospitals in a week (not for myself thank goodness). Twice with my dad who suffered a stroke after a minor surgery on Monday they transferred him to another hospital that specializes in cardiac care. They released him from CCU and yesterday he got to go home. The other hospital visit was for my son who suffered a groin injury with lacrosse conditioning.
To add to the bad luck turns out i lost my CamelBak Hawg and all of it's contents which include a Nikkor 70-300m zoom lens and case. Yeah, I guess it was left in the car and someone got it. Yeah i'm a dumbass.
Missing - gimme a shout if you happen to see this on the street, pawn shop, local trail.
Yeah, i am Ready for a change for the better, good times, good friends, good riding, great venue, great event, and a good buzz or two. Today going to pick up some screenprinted goods, a bunch of shit to burn and a keg of brew and i am off to Fontana Village for Icycle.
only it's not going to be horrible like this
and this
it's going to be sunny and high of 57*F that is just Wrong..
i'm outta here
bRad
What's Playing: Flames Go Higher - Eagles of Death Metal
hard to believe this year is over... I'm kind of glad to see it go. went from zero work projects to having too many work projects. A lotta shit happenin' here on the local scene, too much petty drama and politics to get into on here the blahhg .
Christmas Time in the City
had a great Christmas! though seems here lately the "spirit" hits, and then wham; it's gone...
even got in a couple of rides
I'm really diggin' the Cross Check
Seems I'm banned from the neighborhood xmas parties... well that's not exactly true. i just can't attend bearing gifts of Shine.
I put a hurt on too many people including myself
luckily it was our bathroom i stumble back home to redecorate and not our host's.
i am pretty sure i did several of these
including the Rough Rider & Spaniard followed by a Swallowed Dove that resulted in a Dandy Fop
It's all a Blur to me
My apologies to anyone I might have offended in any way; also sorry to my son, who got to see the awesomeness in action. Thanks for the shine Santa Squirrel, btw you're my favorite Holiday bad influence.
My goal(s) for next year? Ride More, Work Less.... (No not be Workless) Bitch Less, Be a Better: Dad, Husband, Friend, Artist, and cleanse my liver, and stay out of Hospitals & Jails. oh and get more stuff published.... and build more trails .....
oh yeah i going to hire illegal immigrants to manufacture our Christmas cards... too much damn work.
Things coming up.
Sonya and I are celebrating 22 wonderful years of Marriage this New Year's Eve, Yeah it get's easy after a while.
Next weekend (Jan 7th) come out and help us get this new Sulphur Springs trail going! so we will have a venue for the Paris Mt. Downhill.
You don't have to be an REI, Friends of Paris or SORBA member to attend, but we do ask that you Register (FREE) online so we know how much food to have! GE is providing the volunteers with lunch, REI and BillyGoatBikes/Mountain Khakis is providing some swag too raffle for those who attend.
Yeah trying to whip my liver into to shape for Icycle coming January 28th, What is Icycle? Well it's a big frozen Party in the mountain of western North Carolina and the next thing you know a Race breaks out. it's an XC race during the day, and a Downhill event that night.
It used to be the first race of the season, which that title is now owned by the Snake Creek Gap series. Icycle always has such a great vibe to it, nobody is too serious about racing as they are about having a good time.
also Working on Eric's Pisgah Productions for his 10th anniversary web updates for all of the races
and for his Newest Race the Pisgah 111k Race.
which will be May 19th *Permit Pending, The course layout, logistics and details are all coming soon. This event is a Jeff Papenfus memorial race event. ALL proceeds to go to Jeff's wife Lisa. Jeff had been toying with the idea of doing a 100 Mile Race for a year or so then, after starting up the Greenville Short Track Series he was bouncing ideas off of me, and a couple of others, plus getting info from Eric on putting on an event in the National Forest. With Jeff passing away last summer Eric decided we needed to make this event happen in memory of Jeff. so without making it a complete gravel grinder Eric scaled it back to 100k instead of a hundred miles, then after some minor route changes it turns out the total distance became 111k.
Shirts maybe?
Some Recent media exposure for the Pisgah Stage Race & Shrimper in the Squirrel suit. I even had some pix published in the latest edition of XXC mag (full 2 page spread in the back) Now if i could just start making money off this photo gig.
I've also been workin' Todd's updates for his three races in 2012, Trying my best to make something cool, but different from everything else i'm working on. Trying a new look for Swank65
so who knows maybe it'll be something else... it's been a tough challenge to keep everything different year, i kind of wish there were a couple of others doing some art for the local riding scene... feeling kind of stuck in a rut.
plus TTR Bikes stuff using the New logo, getting some shirts and stickers done up
and trying to find a local mural painter to tackle some blank walls
Got some recent projects in the mail yesterday, Thanks Stevil!
I'd rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in
the Bad thing about Good weekends; They just don't last long enough! spent Saturday trying to shoot Christmas Card photos for my lovely wife. Which meant draggin'
Dumb
and Dumber
to the park in the hopes we capture the perfect image(s)
This year things went a whole lot easier. The secret? leave the wife at home... Yeah there's just too much stress when she gets involved into the production, the dog gets stressed, the kid gets stressed...
So Harrison and I grabbed the dog and were told "don't come home till you get the perfect shot!" Thanks no stress there.
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Sunday was off to G-G-Georgia to ride Paynes Creek with the Chip (Birthday Boy) & Jackie and their boys.
Thanks to the SORBA workday that cleared the leaves off the trail the day before. Super fun ride.
Smokey & the Bandit
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Then it was back to G-G-Greenville to meet with The President of the Friends of Paris Mountain and the Rangers to present $3000 for the Sulphur Springs Trail project. Some of the proceeds from our Downhill race in November are helping the Friends complete the reroute sections of the downhill. hopefully within the next week we can get dirt moving on this project
Finally we've done something more than just throw a kickass Party! Makin' the SorbaMom Proud!
What's Playing: Pavement - Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
