Details of the Day

[abracanabra]

• 00:08 Uploaded a ton of gorgeous food and flower photos: www.flickr.com/photos/aswiebe/ #
• 07:03 So far, the flaw in my bike commute plan is that it means I can't carry a mug of hot tea. Mornings with *no* caffeine? Ack! #
• 14:27 ++Ate leftover chocolate ice cream at work during break. #
• 14:27 --My master plan to bike home was flawed; my very wobbly bike pedal almost fell off. Had to bus most of the way. #
• 14:29 Attempting to fix bike was a humbling experience. Couldn't get pedal entirely on. Couldn't unbolt bike seat to replace. And where to grease? #
• 16:39 Multi-tasking means cleaning up photos while listening to sci-fi podcast and either folding laundry or shredding old docs. #
• 21:40 My left knee now bends as far as my right knee! WA-HOO!!!! (knee surgery will change your perspective) #
• 21:43 Mountain Dew Supernova ("trial" flavor) tastes a lot like grape/cherry freezee pops. #
• 22:13 The Descent: of the "startle" horror ilk, the basic elements are scary before they add the extras, Argento-like sense of light, shadow, gore #

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Comments

[mischief03.livejournal.com]

I can help with the bike fixing if you need a hand. Pedals are tricksy though, so that might require fancy tools.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

It does Not want to go back in. So I'm worried I'm stripping the shaft. Mostly I just can't get it in. At All.

Define "fancy" tools? I mean, I've got tools, but I don't know about fancy tools....

I think it started wobbling again at the tail-end of my transit home, which is bad. Urf. Current plan is to sic Phil on it, and if he can't do better than me, go to bike shop tomorrow. Must have functional bike!

[mischief03.livejournal.com]

There is such a thing as a pedal wrench. Some bikes need them, some don't. Also, if you didn't already know, one pedal is threaded backwards and one forwards. Otherwise, the crank of pedaling would spin off your pedal.

Good luck!

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

Phil came home and announced I was using the wrong tools. He then produced better tools, and it was fixed.