you haunt me now, like you haunted me then

the problem with living a public life is sometimes there are things that you want to say, but you can't so you won't.

today i learned how to fix various things on my bike. i learned how to tell when to replace my breaks, how to tell when my wheel is out of tune, how to fix a derailleur, how to take care of a chain, how to patch a tire, replace a tire, adjust breaks, and much more. i think that my bike is in better shape as a result. i do however, need to replace my break pads (or at the very least i need to sand them down. i learned some of the dos and don'ts of bike maintenance, and i feel better as a result.

note to everyone: WD-40 is not good for your bike, not good!

brief updates

because twitter limits my updates, i'm using this page as a makeshift twitter account...

since all my plans got cancelled, i went for coffee with niya instead, and became less focused on this paper. i'm just downloading "game of thrones" so that i can watch it again (maybe i'll understand more if i can actually focus on it, instead of having to watch out for my grandparents as well). i figure that since i have pretty much 75% of my paper done, that it is time to have a little more fun. this time tomorrow night this is all going to be over... sigh.

i started reading my old journal, and thus far have learned 2 things about past me:

1. my writing was slightly loopier, less consistent, angled funny, and in my opinion just plain bad. sure my current writing has its imperfections (sometimes i write "e"s on the end of words without "e"s, and make my "n"s look like "m"s and so forth), but it is pretty tidy.
2. i was pretty depressed, or at the very least reading my half-entries from grade 9 / 10 are depressing.
3. i was obsessed with the idea that music was saving my life... crazy.

In the suburbs i learned to drive and you told me we'd never survive

Well... I survived. Now if I only I could make it through to the end of this paper. The end is in sight, I just have to figure out what it is... seriously, how do I wrap this up? What is the answer?