once upon a time, i bought a bike at a thrift store in reno. it was a 20 inch kids biked named the pretty lady. it cost five dollars. the pretty lady went to burning man with me then returned to reno to live in the katherinehouse's shed. last christmas charles drove it and it's cousin the turbocycle up to portland for me. about two weeks ago my mechanic billy spaceman helped me put together a bastardized track wheel for it. "don't pedal it backwards", he told me, "this is either one of the stupidest or one of the most dangerous projects i've ever been a part of, i can't make up my mind". oh it was a thing to behold. i loved it so. the day after it was finished, i left it locked up out front of krista's building. along came some evil little bmx fuckers and stole my bastardized track wheel for the tire. the left behind a sad, sad lady. sooner or later i'll get another wheel together and the pretty lady will ride track once again.
okay enough of that tone. the side effect of the theft is that i'm doing a story on bike theft for my news radio class. i've interviewed the campus public safety office's director of operations and some random cyclists. i think it's going to come together really well. more news to follow.
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