Today has been a mixed day. A lot of it was rough but I also spent time with some good friends. Saw Rich, Tim, Barris, my roommates. Drove my new car around. Even then bad days have lots of good to them. As usual, the bike made a rough day a lot better.

Even though I didn't spend that much time on my bike today, the time I spent on it was really great. I've been having trouble figuring out how to take the hits from drops in my knees a bit better to spare my bike, and I think I finally got the hang of it today. I also just did a lot with weight shifting, my saddle is perfect for it and I've been really enjoying the feel of leaning and taking wide sweeping turns. The bike makes the worst day a little bit smoother, not that today was the worst.

Not all's well in the world of the Marlin. I put way too much chain oil on the other day. Don't have a proper brush either. My chain is a little mucked up. I think it's a bit stretched too, it's been falling off a lot. May need to look at getting a new one shortly. What I really need is some quality chain degreaser and a cleaning tool.

I gotta say I can't wait until the weather gets a little bit warmer though. The spring is right around the corner. Longer days are going to be even better than the temp increase. I really can't wait, the winter is nice, but it's gonna be good to feel the warmth of a strong spring sunshine.

I watched a really cool music video today. STP, sour girl. It's on Youtube, worth a look.

I've got my first test this Thursday, in my advertising class that I have with my friend James. I think it's gonna be pretty easy, we don't have a book for the class and just do relatively short readings that are posted on the profs website. Still want to make sure I'm prepared though, may as well ace it if it really is easy right? Even though the class is easy, it's really interesting. Honestly it's more creepy than anything else. The class is about how dominant advertising is throughout all of our lives. It's insane. Really made me notice tons of advertising in my life. You'd have to not get out of bed and get dressed in the morning to avoid advertising in daily life. The average Westerner sees 14,000 Ad impressions A DAY. Millions a year. It's really insane.

Advertising is interesting, but my best class by far is Sociology of Work and Industry. The people in there are so interesting. There's a real fly girl that sits next to me. The prof's the dept. head. And the subj. is FASCINATING. I picked the wrong major, I think. Also it's really taking a lot of the mystery out of the workforce for me. There's a couple total retards in there but even they are fun. There's generally a feeling of community in that class the prof cultivates with his conversational style. He's a really charming South African gentleman who is all about engaging the students. Patient as hell too, he hears some dumb shit.

Off to watch some King of the Hill. Then read a bit of Steinbeck