Trick or Treat

well home again, home again! in the last month, 9 doctor's visits, 4 hospital visits, 3 surgeries, 1 CT scan, 1 extremely sore asshole.

My wife's theory is: that i am addicted to.....No not lortab or hydrocodone, but addicted to the care and pampering i receive from the Greenville Memorial Hospital staff... "want a heated blanket dear?" want some ginger ale?" Want some crushed ice? " Want something for the pain?" har dee har funny, funny babe.... it is true at home when i need something i usually hear a "Get it yourself". Really that is not true, my wife has been great throughout this whole ordeal... "thank you so much for putting up with my lame ass. "

Report from the Doctor is that everything is healing nice, and Monday have an appointment to tighten the seton (the string in my ass) can't imaging how much fun that's going to be. I do feel a whole lot better than i did a month ago.

thanks Kip for coming by, sorry I was out of it when you came by

Happy Halloween..

What's Playing: Room to Breathe - Hangar 18

Do It To Me One More Time

Yay, i can't wait, I'm getting the undercarriage tweaked this morning/afternoon... a little in and out and then hopefully they are done with me, and recovery back home in my own bed.



What's Playing: Glory Box (Live Session Version)-Portishead

Cross Your Heart

Here's the latest art for the Clemson Cyclocross Series...

gonna be cool...

What's Playing: Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)- Maceo & The Macks

Recovery, my ass!

Yesterday the process started all over again, Seems to me every other Thursday is spent in the Hospital... 24th of Sep (first surgery), 8th of Oct (second surgery) & yesterday started at the meeting with the anesthesiologist to go over next Thursday's follow up procedure/surgery.

the Brado Pain Scale.  mine goes to 11

The night before the pain & pressure was once again rearing it's ugly head. on the pain scale of smilie faces i'm at a six/seven . So after that visit made an appointment to see the surgical group about what was going on down below...

I had just seen them on Tuesday and everything seemed fine...butt now something was wrong... I get to see the third partner in the surgical team... Well there was very little he could do in the office, so they send me back to the Hospital for a CT Scan then hopefully after a scan of my lower abdominal and rectal areas a clearer picture of what is going and what was possibly missed... was there a bigger cyst / abscess then what they had removed and drained?

I have never experienced a Colon /Rectal CT Scan before.... OMFG i hope i never have to endure that ever again in my lifetime.

There is nothing quite like a Barium Enema... Holy shit!

i'm sure that thing they shoved in my ass wasn't any bigger than the pinky finger of my lovely radiologist assistant, but i swear to god it felt like they shoved this up my fundament....

Still on for the Procedure the 29th! Yay can't wait...

Prognosis: Stay the Course, let the abscess drain, cope with the pain & pressure the best i can, bathe after every bowel movement, and try not to become an addict to lortab, and pray like hell that i don't have to spend the rest of my adult life shitting into a bag, because my butthole doesn't work.

I hate it.... that this is my favorite time of the year to be riding, and recently looking through some of my old photos and i really do miss my bike!

Kanuga Trail Paris

Issaqueena Lake Trail

What's Playing: Ænima - Tool

Fight the Monster!

Rock on Matt!

Monster Energy Drink = LOSER .... the story

A couple of weeks ago DrunkCyclist had posted up an interesting video documentary about corporate law and copyright infringements check it out...

Speak up!

What's Paying: The Drums of War (feat. Jon Forman) - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe

CUIDADO - más fotos

Caution...

yeah there's more to come, but i just don't have time to do'em all... so a few here, and a few there....i'll get them all loaded soon, just not today.

Thanks again to everyone who came out, thanks to those who made this circus show something cool & special! without your help it would have been me killing Cecil and blaming J for it all.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

i'll try to get some mo pix up shortly... thanks

Here are Cecil's Photos from the Race....

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

And Pre-Race Party....

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Enjoy!

What's Playing: Tang the Hump - Stanton Moore

Party On

I am just now getting a chance to look over all the pics taken this weekend, majority of them look exactly how i felt over the weekend... like shit. Couple of good ones, on par with my Crap, Crap, Crap , Crap, Diamond, Crap, Crap success rate of getting some good shots.... i'll post more soon when i'm feeling a little better...

Some Pre Party shots on the GTA parking deck next to Barley's Taproom...

wish i had gotten a shot of the guys riding in front of the Po-Po as Tomato is waving to them as he rode by.... Too damn funny!

Michael Mooney's Big Wheels, thanks for coming down and making this so much fun!

More News on the Bionic Butthole... after visiting the doc yesterday He says the nether region has to go in for more servicing....SHIT! now looking at the 29th for Outpatient Surgery. I was told they can rebuild it stronger, tougher, faster, i asked "how 'bout cheaper? " (rimshot) Thanks to all my friends keeping my spirits up!, keep the butt jokes coming!

Congrats To BIKEVILLE ! yeah, G'Vegas ! Way to Go.....Although not a Silver designation, Bronze is still a major accomplishment....

The League of American Bicyclists has designated Greenville,SC as a Bicycle Friendly Community at the Bronze level. This decision involved careful review of your application and consultation with local cyclists. 2013 Silver!

Also, Major congrats to the Brevard College cycling team who clinched the Divisions II team omniums as the 2009 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships. A big factor in Brevard’s victory was rider Johanne Tuttle who won the Division II Women’s four cross and placed second in the downhill contest on Sunday. The school also saw several podium place finishes by Julia Tellman and Tristan Cowie.

What's Playing: Get Wise '91 - Mr. Lif featuring Edan

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We'll Always Have Paris

Hell yeah, what a great weekend, just hate i couldn't enjoy i like i should've/could've/would've ....butt....because of stitches in the bum made it tough...can't wait to get healed up.

So Very Cool...we're getting a ton of Great Feedback, very positive vibe about the second annual Paris Mountain Downhill Race. Many thanks to everyone who came out to participate, and Volunteer, man you guys/gals rock, made it some much easier than last years.

Gear it up

T- Minus 5 days and counting.. Registration closes Wednesday.... save some dough...do it now

www.parismountaindownhill.com

Gear it up , little Darlin, Gear it up....

Gabe is knockin' em out!

yeah i'm like a chicken w/o a head... too many loose ends, beer, sponsors, prizes, food, drinks, beer, vendors, shuttle truck, buses, venue still working on the shirts.

Pre Race Party Friday, and Race Saturday come on out and enjoy the Day.

yeah, yeah my favorite time of year and i can't even look at my bike with out hurting. suckin'

Here's the latest project All Hail's new cycling caps. Get Radtarded!

What's Playing: Who the Cap Fit - Bob Marley

Down... and Down Hard

There is no good time to get opened up... especially down below.... This is the 2nd time in two weeks, Same Room, same incompetent nurse staff as before...

"we've got to go in deeper this time" those are not words you don't ever want to hear your doctor say, especially when he's talking about your ass!

So what happened? Well they opened me up to remove an internal abscess between my tail bone and rectum ... then let that drain and heal, two weeks went by, and all seemed to be going well until about 4 days ago... same pains and pressures started back again, same spot as before....at the 2 week follow-up with the surgeon, he said "we tried to keep it small, but we're gonna have to go big!" Oh Snap! an hour later i was laying in the exact same hospital bed i was in 2 weeks to the day...

So now the recovery is going to be a little slower than the first go 'round.

Great all of this... while 1 week out from organizing & hosting the Downhill Race at Paris Mt. this is going to be interesting... my participation now looks limited..

thanks Pop for getting these beauties cut!

these are the toppers for the trophies that Gabe of SmokeBikes is welding up for us... These are going to be cool!

here are some mock ups of what the elite men/elite women trophies will look like...

Gabe you do nice fuggin' work my friend! thanks again for all of your help.

Got an email from my personal hero, Mike Mooney.

Michael's wanting to Race the Paris DH on his new big bike. Hell yeah!!! you should've seen him at Icycle flying on his tall bike, and was 10-11 seconds off the winning time... granted Icycle is not a tough course to race, but on a tall bike that is pretty fuggin' impressive.

Michael's the guy who went for the guinness world records with the 40 ft. tall bike... He's like a traveling bike circus, Big bikes, freak bikes, Bike jousting... you name it he does it. here's a video of Mike bombing down Greens lick - Sweet!

Dude you rock!

Congrats to Tomato and Kristin , who are finally legal...

sorry i missed the wedding of the century this weekend. i know the party tonight would be a blast, and i'm fuggin' missing out.... i'll do some pain pill cocktail in your honor! best wishes to you both!

What's Playing: Rabbit In Your Headlights - UNKLE