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Today is National Coffee Day

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Let me start off with a side note,it turns out that I may not be getting the bicycle I mentioned yesterday. Turns out the back rim will cost a lot more than expected. Pewp. Though I have been checking Craigslist and Chubby's Cruisers. Onto the real reason for this post. Lately I have noticed weird trends in my vernacular, some of which can be traced to specific circumstances and trends of those around me. Other trends though have come completely out of left field (which I believe is a baseball term that means "out of nowhere"). I have been known to abbrev words before, whatev... nothing new, though these new additions have been more and more prevelant. Current linguistic "trends" which I have been practicing: - I have created my own suffix "-ems" and add it to a plethora of words and sometimes even names, which doesn't change the meaning of the word whatsoever. Also it must be spoken in a nasally almost whiny voice that is almost reminiscent of a S...

My Life = Bananas

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Aside from Week Zero and Week One happenings (will talk more in depth on on my other blog) I have been able to squeeze in a few other things. Like finding a wonderful bike lady who only has one bike left in her inventory since she is going on a bike-selling-sabbatical. Evidently it is teal (my fave color), is a simple fat cruiser (what I was looking for), has a basket (also what I was looking for) and should fit my height as well as my budget. Oh and she mentioned it has fur accents... I didn't really know what that meant, I thought possible cheetah print decals. Well she sent me the following photos of said lovely bike and I have been enlightened. She said the fur is easily removable. Though I like it and it adds a little "spunk," I think I will remove some of it because it might be a bit much for my taste. Like leave the bar and seat and remove all the rest or maybe remove all but the basket. Not sure just yet. In addition to campus antics and finding a bike I have also...