Interbike

Oh yeah, I somehow forgot to mention in the previous post that I was in Vegas last week for Interbike. Interbike is the biggest, sweetest, coolest bike trade show or convention or whatever you want to call it in the US. All the big vendors and names are there. My buddy Brandon hooked me up and said I worked out a our shop here so i could go. It was amazing, we stayed at the Imperial Palace which was good enough for me but pretty low on the totam pole compared to other major casinos. We spent all day checking out sweet bike stuff and then all night partying. A lot of big names in cycling were there and we landed tons of free stuff and stickers. I want a new road and cross bike now. We also made it the big cyclo-cross race and a road crit which was cool. I didnt take any pics but I will leave you with Mario Cipollini throwing down some sweet Italian lines on Jen at Tao up in da VIP. If you dont know who Mario is then google him. BTW Lil Jon was about 5 ft from them in this pic. He didnt have his pimp cup... weak.

School

I dont know about this whole school thing. I need to find motivation quick or drop out and go back to the cube. Yeah, I'll tough it out I suppose. There are two problems: 1. When I am in a class and I know the subject will not help me after school I get a horrible attitude about it and refuse to learn it (and yes i know its ALL part of getting a Masters). 2. I've been here for 2 months and that's the inevitable length of time where I start getting the burning for some moving, you know, thinking about elsewhere to live, other things to do, I got problems, yeah! You'd think riding my bike all the time would fix this but it doesnt.

I started a job last week. Well a 16 hour/week assistantship job. It's cool and I think I can learn/teach myself some valuable stuff. Right now I am sharing a office with my boss, her name is Yongxia, she speaks ok English.

Bike racing, I managed to get 3rd place at the last collegiate race finshing behind a semi-pro and a pro. A few things went my but that is bike racing so i will take it. I am sure the two pros were already in the shower when I finished but either way a solid result becuase I beat to Aggies that have been edging me out at every previous race. Next race is in College Station on their home turf so it may be a little tougher this time around. Looks the team will be able to send some of us Nationals in North Carolina this year which is going to be a blast. I just hope the profs let me skip another week of school.

Word. I am not spell/grammar checking this so good luck.