January 16, 2002

  • The Rainfall of Death...


    I was going to wait a couple days, but this was quite urgent and needed to be addressed.  Friends, Roman's, fellow Xanga-ites, lend me your eyes for I have a very sad thing to announce to everyone.


    After last night's rainfall, I awoke this morning to the sight of a very terrible thing.  This morning, in the parking lot, aghast at 9am, wide-jawwed, eyes wider than they have ever been, my heart stopped for a brief moment in time, for I noticed rust on several areas of my car.  My rims are starting to rust, the screws holding my brake pads are starting to rust, the chain and the pedals again, starting to rust.  My precious Yellow Lightning, my Yellow Beast of MackDaddyness is slowly being reduced to a piece of rotting metal.  Yes, it is still driveable, but it will never be the same, it is slowly dying.  Please join me in a brief moment of silence.


    Speeding through traffic, weaving through all the locals, hopping curbs... brief, but oh such fond memories we've had together.  Although the bright yellow finish on my car still overshadows the growing rust, I look at older models, perhaps by a couple months that have rusted so much that the car might has well been brown.  Other yellows have faded, mine I fear, will fade as well.


    Haven't they heard of stainless steel here?  Well, I guess that's what 115 RMB (about $20 CDN) will get you.  A piece of shit.  Well, it's still my piece of shit, and I'm still going to try to pick up with it.


    "Hey baby, wanna ride?  Hop on the back and I'll pedal away... wheeeeeeeeee!"

Comments (10)

  • I didn't realize you had grown so attached to your little yellow bike. But no matter how battered or worn it becomes, it's still yours...haha. Anyhow, you don't need it to help you pick up. Just rely on your natural charm and charisma!

    Btw, thanks for the pointer regarding the annoying fax transmission.  I'll keep it in mind as a contingency plan.

  • Forgot to give you eprops.  I'm still getting used to this.

  • in regards to your last post:

    smoking - cool

    hacking attacks in the morning - cooler

    blood in your mucous - coolest

  • Hey if it was only $20, you can just buy another when it croaks. And another, and another, and another. =)

  • A  bright yellow shiney brand new looking bike is too flashy... you'll start getting the gold diggers and people will start talking about you like they would if you owned a Porshe over here. Your bike was too high profile anyways. =)

  • Need us to mail you some WD-40? 

  • Hey, did you hear of the movie "Beijing Bicycle" - made me think of you, running across Bei..well Shanghai looking for a new bicycle. =P

  • go paint a rust-protection coat over you pretty yellow bike!!  hey, so if you're coming out of a club drunk, do you still bike it home anyways?  haha... "boozing and biking" over there isn't like drinking and driving i guess

  • Even if you have to eventually get a new baby, it'll always be your baby.  Never replaced.  Ride, err, drive, your car with pride!! 

  • haha i used to live in china. ALL the bikes are rusted. you're not the only one. =P

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