Its been some time

Hi there.

Phew! Finally. With all those awkward plesantries out of the way, i think its time to get down to what i like to call "brass tax." In my absence from this part of my little life away from my life on the interweb, i have really learned nothing that can benifit you in any general way, only in very very specific situations have i become a "ninja" or otherwise specifically skilled person. All of these situations have some relation to the fact that you are a 24-year-old cyclist that lives with his parents. So in specific review, your a 24-year-old cyclist who finished his degree and has generally no plans in utalizing said degree aside from a hefty deduction from his bank account each month reminding him in a not so subtle way of how posh his college experiance was.

Situation 1:
You just went to the fridge, and theres nothing in it remotely edible without significant effort.... and the cereal is stale because you left it open overnight.... and moms at work.... and your sick of bananas.... and your feeling more worthless than normal...

SOLUTION: Minute rice. Which, really, from turning the stove on to putting rice in mouth is like ten minutes, its still better than hour rice. And lets face it, time is not really something you are "pressed for" at this point.

Situation 2:
You take particular issue to the fact that mom enjoys half and half coffee each morning, and its getting hard to hammer twice as much coffee than usual to meet your already unhealthy caffine requirements each morning.

SOLUTION: Alterra coffee. Being 2 blocks away it feeds your need to be worthless by driving your car there, which takes longer than walking. You also feel like your somehow saving money by getting your card punched working towards that "13th cup is free" level of excellence.

Situation 3:
Mom takes away the video game you bought because its too violent... !

SOLUTION: Dont play videogames anymore, because that was the only game you could afford. Sportscenter reruns it is! Gotta love scott van pelt. This happened. A free rent is a tough rent.

Situation 4:
Car smokes and will cost more to fix than you paid for it.

SOLUTION: Do not, by any means, fix car. Drive it into the ground. Purchase $50 gas mask to prevent fumes from doing long term damage to brain.

Situation 5:
Your in the shower, and you forgot to replenish your shampoo supply, and youve been forgetting to replace the body wash you ran out of last week, but your wet already and in a bit of a pinch.

SOLUTION: Bar soap, this time in the hair as well. Youve been making due with that bar of soap that sits in the corner unused by everyone, but keeps its place in the shower because everyone thinks someone else must be using it, and soap usage is very rarely discussed in any household. One time we put a couch we didnt want sophomore year into an unoccupied room before its future residents moved in. At semester we walked by and saw the couch in use and were like "holy cow! they used it!" Turns out, one roommate thought the other roommate brought the couch, and vice versa... one day about a month into the semester one roommate says to the other while both sitting on the couch "hey thanks for bringing the couch dude!" to which the other roommate replied "i thought you brought it"
Awesome. Its just like that soap. Noone is using it, your not even sure how it got there in the first place. some things are better left unquestioned, and therefore unanswered.

Situation 6: Out of gas.

Solution: Park self in, and then helpfully suggest "oh dont worry about moving your car out for me, i will just take yours, its no big deal, really." I am especially proud of this.

Situaiton 7: Out of gas and alone.

SOLUTION: Blog.

So there you have it folks. My seven tips to being a 24-year-old cyclist living at home with his parents.

Hopefully this resurfacing in the blog world will be a common occurance. I move to Arizona in november and will have a reasonable amount of free time, so expect more at least then. In the meantime, i have alot to catch up on in your blogs... very excited.

Talk to you soon