once again.. hello. i'm surfernick. time is at a premium these days.. and something has to give. but right now, at this very second, i have lots of time.. 3:46 mins to be exact. as my fingers dance along this keyboard, i'm simultaneously staring out the window of a american airlines s80 at a beautiful sunset.. from seat 3a to be exact.. that's right, 1st class baby : ) a glass of nice (airplane standards) patiently sitting on the right side of my tray and some warm mixed nuts on my left. at the moment.. life is good. hell, they didn't even charge me for my bike. but we all know how your luck can change in an instant. it's bittersweet though.. i miss my girls terribly already. i wanted to spend the day with them so took them to work with me. they completely destroyed my office. it looked like kb toys threw up underneath my conference room table.. but they had a good time so it's all good. they're probably all snuggled up in my bed watching a movie right now.. eating cheesy popcorn. i can't complain too much.. i'm in route to the famous casa de la hippstar-o. over the next week, i'll tackle some of the most beautiful roads the u.s. has to offer. the trip is actually two-fold.. i have a CFM review class to take on thursday and friday but i'll be out early enough to get a few hours in each day. probably a little time behind the motorbike as well. hipp has it all planned out.. tomorrow evening is the infamous wednesday worlds.. so make sure you stayed tuned. maybe i'll update while i'm on the road via twitter. yes, twitter. this way you can keep up with me every minute of every day. for those who don't know THE hippstar.. first, i'm sorry.. second, he's a legend.. a true legend. his racing age is somewhere in the latter 40's and he's still finishing up in the top 10 in some major p/1 crits.. hell, he won one of them last year- the burlingame criterium. he's amazing. always able to put himself in the right position at the right time.. the true mark of a sprinter. though, i wouldn't call him a "true sprinter" a la rogut style but he's pretty damn close.. he's DAMN good. though as nails.. they say he use to drink rattlesnake piss before races. i'm not sure if that true or not.. of if that's even possible.. but i wouldn't put it past him. change the subject now.. not entirely.. still bike related. it's time to build the family cruising machine. i'm thinking of something steel, possible lugged. it's got to stupid dope looking as well.. i have a rep to uphold. i'm thinking mtb bars, my rock shox paris roubaix (not the ruby) - i have some of the actual forks that lotto rode in paris roubaix, maybe an internal hub, possibly disc breaks, a 15" woofer, the total package. i'm looking at either soma or surly.. opinions?? my boy kerkhof, or k3 as i like to call him, is gonna hook it up but i'm not sure what direction to go. speaking of directions.. apparently some asshole got bad directions and cut my boy, tj.. aka THE jeweler or tyler jewell, off causing him to crash in a serious way - broken scapula, clavicle, several ribs, pride, and a punctured lung. el amigo driving had one too many bud lights and is now on a forced vacation. but don't fret ladies.. word on the street is that he's looking as pretty as ever.. he'll be back in no time. on the bright side.. by the time he's back on the bike, he'll have new tx tough clothing. supposedly it showed up to geoff's today.. we'll see. it's now 10:26.. the flight attendant just hooked me up with two more chocolate chip cookies and another glass of wine : ) i have some ambient moby streaming though the ipod. i'm not a super moby fan but he does have some good ambient stuff.. specifically his songs 1993-1998 album. the track God moving over the face of the waters is one of my all time favorites.. it could very well be THE favorite. lil wayne uses it in his track "i'm me".. another one of my top picks. but ambient is probably my favorite genre.. i fell like it just speaks to my soul. time to hit the potty.. then watch a little 300 on the iphone. check back soon... i promise some updates. -out surFy