Friday, April 17, 2009

Local Kid Makes Good

Well, not yet, but I'm on my way. My New Year's resolution was to learn how to ride a unicycle, and now stage one of the process is complete. I've made the purchase:


Now, it's just a matter of learning how to ride the thing.

Short video clips of me falling on my face will be forthcoming.

11 comments:

  1. I'm beginning to see why Don Quixote is one of your favorite books. Be sure to wear a helmet.

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  2. Good observation! I'll definitely be needing a helmet. Maybe a lance too?

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  3. I hope you get good enough to take it off some jumps. Your kids must be thrilled.

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  4. Lodo: Oh, I am. This is happening.

    Matt: I'll be satisfied if I don't end up getting my face scraped off. The kids are surprisingly ambivalent to the whole thing. I think they're pretty accustomed to my out-of-left-field hobbies at this point.

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  5. Are we looking at a future in the circus?

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  6. Very possibly. I'm graduating in the Spring with a bachelor's in psychology. What else is available to me?

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  7. Oh man, good luck with the uni! And did you know I'm a former UC student? Did some BA (English) and MA (Fiction) there, yeppers.

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