another saturday...

well, i made it down to the harbor, fells point & back home on the bike all in one piece. no major (or minor) incidents. the bike is a little squeaky though - the brakes are loud & the springs in the seat squeak with every bump. (and if you've driven around in baltimore, you know the streets are in terrible shape - huge lumps & bumps & potholes.) it was hard work but i feel accomplished. my colleague m & i met a recent acquaintance of hers at a pizza place along with some other folks. they're animal activists. it was different... i mean, i'm glad i went. m is much more adventurous than i & probably loves people more than i. but it was refreshing to go someplace new, using a different means of transportation & meet new people. i don't believe i'd want to spend more time with this particular group - but it was good to realize i can interact with people i don't know. conversation wasn't always easy... i was the only semi-vegetarian present - the others were vegans. so we had vegan pizza (soy cheese). it wasn't bad but i prefer real cheese. i got a short lecture from this guy about the health problems caused by consuming milk & cheese...blah blah blah. i tuned him out after a bit. it's one thing to say, "i cut dairy out of my diet because....." & another to start telling someone else how to live. though i admit i tell other people what to do at times. sorry, d. (i'm sitting here on the couch eating a handful of shredded cheese right now.) a few of the animal activists were a little wack - felt strongly about the ethical treatment of animals (& i agree that this is important), but not so much about people.... bizarre. one girl told me she wanted to create an inviting situation for someone to break into her house so she could catch them in a bear trap. dunno but i didn't find that too heart warming. anyway, we escaped before having to take part in their "demonstration". i'm not sure i get activists... at least not these activists. and girls with uber hairy armpits always freak me out a bit - especially when they're wearing tank tops. yuck.

i also dyed a pair of pants today & it turned out poorly - just as i suspected. i bought olive green dye for a pale khaki pair of pants. at first, they looked kinda green underneath a blotchy sheen of bright orange. now that they're dry, they're just plain ORANGE. wtf? i'm so glad i used pants i didn't care much about. stupid fabric dye.

d & i are planning a nice long walk to the farmers market tomorrow. we thought about biking but decided to walk instead. maybe i'll bike to the garden though. we'll see. i think the hill could humiliate me. i'll try not to be too proud.