If I was young...

Elephant Gun by Beirut

They have such a great sound.

I think I have discovered the first track for my Autumn playlist.

Bikes

1970 Schwinn Varsity Sport, 1980 Univega Gran Turismo, 2002 GMC

I got my first bike when I was 7.
My dad got it at Kmart and man was that thing a treat.
I remember taking the training wheels off by myself
and waking up the next day to find that my dad had put them back on.
"I don't want you to get hurt"
Come to think of it, I think that was the first time I ever used a tool.
I guess I was fated to become a grease monkey...

I don't know what happened to that bike,
but years passed before I got to ride another bike.
Now I have...5.
Pretty soon, I'm sure they are all going to be either single speed or fixie.
Not too many things in this world I find more beautiful than the simple mechanics and aesthetics of a single speed bike.
That could just be my obsessive affective self speaking.

Music for tonight is Die Bessere Halfte by Herbstrock
(yes, there is definitely a bicycle theme tonight)



Enjoy.

Beirut - Nantes

Great song.

Can you imagine walking down the street and coming across something like this?

Early Morning

Today, I am finally going to start a project that I have had on my to do list for the past year or so and that is to photograph Ontario.

On my list of what I want to photograph is:

1. De Anza Park

2. Landmarks and Restaurants (*yelp)

3. Euclid Ave

Other projects include:

1. Converting another road bike into a fixie or single speed

2. Photographing Julia

There is certainly a palatable excitement in the air

as Summer is ending (has ended) and work will soon commence.