seattle is in the grip of ice and snow: it took me almost an hour to walk a mile yesterday to the doctor, all the while scared of falling and breaking my elbow more. today i had to struggle just to get up to my house from monkey’s.

but going down to monkey’s was worth it because we fired up the revolution and loaded up some excite truck. and then we rocked it out for four hours, grabbing all kinds of accomplishments and shiny ’s’ medals. that game is all kinds of fun, and if it had online multiplay and four-play functionality it’d be my game of the year hands down.

also, i’m convinced that playing it helped me loosen up my wrist and elbow a bit, which is a good thing. what can i say, gesturing around to drive a truck is actually way, way fun.

so, i’m broken again.

those of you who remember from earlier in the year my ill-luck with things that have daemonic names (666 slayer race, devil’s gulch) will be disheartened to know that it now seems to also extend to medical terminology as well.

i was just riding along last weekend over in south seattle, andre and i on our urban mtbs looking for various and sundry trails around beacon hill. we were about a mile from the house when i went to bunny hop a pop can sitting in the street. except i failed to clear it, and the can crimped itself neatly around my front tire. it then rode up and collapsed the fender into the front wheel, sending me over the handlebars and onto the pavement. ten minutes later it was obvious that i had done a good one on my elbow, and we limped home. when it was still swollen on monday morning, i went down to the uwmc and got x-rays – turns out i have a radial head fracture. it’s a pretty annoying little break, but the only real treatment is to keep it in a sling for a couple weeks while it heals up. even after a week my arm feels much better, and i’ve regained much of the mobility, though i am using it only very gingerly as per doctor’s orders. i am typing two-handed again though (shh), and i did go out for a couple rides on the gimpcycle revision b.

regardless, between that and thanksgiving i ended up with a full week off of work which was relaxing. my mother doted on me and i ate my own weight in pie and fudge over the holiday. plus there was the drunkest night of the year, black (out) friday 2k6. after playing the nintendo revolution for a few hours we jaunted over to the horse brass for a seven hour drinking fest. it was fantastic. we then went back to jace’s for more revolutioning and some greasy pizza at 4am. i’m thankful for all of my friends, they are awesome and i don’t nearly see them enough. i’m also thankful for my new laptop, which i picked up while i was down as well.

and now, dear readers, it’s snowing like craziness here in seattle. it particularly makes me wish i was well because a good ride in the snow sounds like so much fun right now, even despite my new toy.

i think my next bike build is going to be a surly pugsley. if wide tires are fun, wider tires must be better, right?

today after work i went home and grabbed my trailer.

then i went down to red square, met my bike gang, and rode with it all the way out to west seattle, where we picked up a keg of beer. then, riding with people drinking the whole way we hauled the keg up to tt minor park on the top of capital hill where folks were playing bike polo. they failed to finish the keg, but eventually it was time to go so i hauled it over to the west side of queen anne, emptied it, and dropped it off.

i just got home and my legs are beyond tired and i am endlessly thirsty and exhausted, but it was so worth it. when you are towing a keg of beer and giving out free pints to everyone you meet, the way their faces just light up makes all the hard work worthwhile.