daisy, daisy, give me your answer do...

I got this Royce Union off Craigslist - the guy lives in Long Island and despite having a DWI, took it on the LIRR and delivered it to me on Bedford Ave. I hadn't ridden a bike in over 10 years and I biked that sucker all the way home. It rides pretty well - altho the chain shifts on its own, which wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't going up that horrible long slope that is the Williamsburg Bridge. Shit's painful. So far I've put a basket on it, gotten a new chain, and changed the brake cables and casings. The bike put me back $120 and I've spent a total of $77 on it (inlc. bike chain). I've ridden it into Manhattan and Long Island City. I love that thing.

Up next I want a lighter bike - this one is good for tooling around Brooklyn in because it's got the basket (key for carting six packs and food around) but I want something I might possibly able to ride to work on. A BMX-type bike would be cool too but I don't think it's really practical. Haha - PRACTICAL. That's me!

Oh boy.

Update:
Stupid friend called me after all those dumb emails. I didn't answer - left me this long winded message asking the directions for this store she wanted to go to that I took her to before, because she was maybe going to be in the area later, and she wanted to buy some blah blah blah... It was really about 2 mins long, just to ask where the freaking store was. She called me again next day but I didn't answer - must've gotten the message because she didn't leave one.

In other news, trying to save up for our trip to Japan; Ryan and Co. and I leave end of September for a week of EGL slutting.