Now that I'm back, it's time for a RECAP!

Holy christ that was a long ass trip! I knew that from the instant I returned and was able to enjoy all the amenities and hospitality that JFK has to offer, I was glad to be back..

I actually spotted this creepy ass painting/sculpture thing while enjoying the line ride through customs:


Weird..

Upon my return I was met with some uber frustration when I accidentally fried my Macbook Pro's Logic board. Let's just say that getting stoned for the first time in a month and being wicked jet lagged will make you do really stupid things when you've realized that you've left your power cord in the bag that your airline temporarily misplaced and all you want to do is have a vigorous wank at 4:30 in the morning to some fresh internet porn after being bored to tears of what little you brought along with you..

yyyyeeeaahh, riiiight..

In any case, THANK GOD for Applecare!

Aside from a desperate lack of 'inspiration' the trip went well. As well as hanging out with your parents and sister's crazy family can get while all your relatives continuously remark on the fact that you're not married yet/don't have a girlfriend and you know you don't have much time left yadda, yadda, yadda. Yeeeeaaaahh you can pretty much go fuck yourself when it comes to my personal business. But thanks for running me on a guilt trip about something I already feel like killing myself over half the time. Fuckers..

Didn't help that there were hot chicks EVERYWHERE. I, took, a, few, snaps, for you bastards and I hope you can appreciate just how disgusted I was with myself for doing it. Though the 'problem' is that they're all like 16-21 and the ones that are closer to my age most commonly have a cigarette in one hand a beer in the other and or a couple of kids running frantically around them.. God what a nightmare. I just couldn't win..

I had all these lofty goals of doing this and or that but those got quickly dashed to bits after the first few days of swimming and 2.5 naps. It was like: wake up, eat something, take a nap, get up and eat something again, hang around a bit and go swimming, then take another nap, have some more food and or go hang out and get ice cream or some shit, then go home and back to bed. Never under estimate the value of complete and utter boredom. After a few days of all that fun under the sun I just stopped giving a shit about everything. It was actually pretty amazingly refreshing! I didn't miss a thing..

It was almost shocking coming home after being away so long and looking around my place for the first time. I couldn't help but think: "Oh christ that's right- I'm that guy.. Dammit!.."

Being away from everything and coming home made me think of a lot of things. Mostly about the direction of where I've been and where I need/want/have to go. I figure I can either do one of two things: 1) Get rid of everything I don't need-need and take on a more 'normal' lifestyle or 2) Just get like, way crazier and retarded with everything and see what happens..

Well, enough of that self diagnostic time wasting BS.. Here's some visual stimulation that had me Cheering, Jeering and BARFing in my mouth a little..

Some bikes seen on the streets of Zadar:

The street cleaner bike was def my fav. I'd like to get one of those and mount a stage/stripper pole in place of the bins. That or fill them with high explosives and ride it into an oil well fire..

Here's some crazy shit I saw catching up on the forums etc..

I'm going to assume this photo was meant as a 'Hey check out how gay this pose is' photo because I'd hate to think there was any bit of seriousness to it..

This is kind of so awful that it makes it RAD!

Best stolen bike flyer EVER!

teh sex..

I think it would be rad to attach one of those chin holders things from the eye doctor in place of an eye cap while using the lower set of bars..

Fuck riding those things, I'd throw them shits on a chain so I could wear em around my neck!

Ghost bike look a like FAIL

Pretty purple!

Essentially what the inside of Via Bicycles looks like..

Whoooooooooo tittiiieeess!! Not like I haven't seen a gazillion of those before..

Um, stem..???

Another one that so ugly it's kind of super rad..

Jizz..

Get that shit off the rafters STAT!

I'm not even going to apologize for stating the fact that I REALLY WANT to be that guy!

eeehhhhhh..

The thing that excites me the most about these repros is that with any luck it'll help drive down the price of all the NOS ones to a more affordable rate..

The whole Urban Outfitters getting into bike bullshit really had me clutching fist fulls of scalp. SO. FRAKING. RIDICULOUS.. Image via Tracko

The staggering price this Cinelli stem/bar combo floored me:


I mean come on, you can get a used 04' Pista Cuntcept frame for that much- GAWD!

Anyways, there's a lot more awesomeness and lameness out there but if this post gets any longer it's going to bore the 90% of you who've already seen this shit..

Here's some rad stuff you may not have seen yet:

1988 Olympic games photos:

aaaannd my personal fav, water dissolvable bikinis IN ACTION! NSFW!!

Whooooooo dawggie!

Now that I've had sufficient time to settle in I'll be getting back to work on the umpteen projects I'm in the middle of. Hopefully I'll have something good soon..

A note to the locals: Fette Sau before Peels this Thursday care of the Meatatarian thread on the NYC fixed board yours truly started..

Now that I'm back, it's time for a RECAP!