fair warning- its long
i think a lot, mainly about how much i can't stand the ignorant people around me, and i'm always battling in my mind about controversal issues. i've wondered there has got to be a "close to perfect world" somewhere on earth. This I was thinking while I sat in borders book store sipping at my tea that i don't even like that much, and i kept looking at a bottle of pop out of the corner of my eye, but oh if i got that my girlfriend came out from listening to cd's and saw me, there'd be hell to pay (i'm on a diet untill my heart gets better) well i was sitting there and glancing over mtb magazines, and still thinking about this ficticious society.
Just then a couple came and sat at the table next to mine, i pushed some of the already read magazines over my girlfriend's "woman" magazines, so they wouldn't think they were mine if they had glanced at them. I look at what the couple were reading (they had to be in their late twenties, early thirties) and their stack of periodicals looked very similar to mine. I don't know why but i get stoked when i see other bikers around where i live, i think "good there are more". Out of a fit of exitement i blurt out "cool, what do you guys ride?", they looked at me as if i were their best friend, which made me feel good, and the man said "well, i ride a brand new sx trail, and my other bikes are just random specialized bikes." Then she said, "I ride a specialized bighit and an epic." "Do you guys have a thing for specialized or something," I asked, getting ready to say 'oh me too, i love them' if they said yes. "yeah," she said "we ran a bike shop that sold specialized, before we moved from pennsylvania, and we got hooked on the brand" Well, i'm from ohio, and i love it when i find yankees in charlotte, nc.
Well, we talked about all sorts of things. about 2 minutes into the conversation, they invited me to joind their table. we talked for a long time. Eventually, i started thinking about the society while i was listening to them. We had the same exact thoughts on everything that we discussed; religion, politics, evoultion, etc. Then i thought back to every other conversation that i've had with a mountain biker. They were all the same.
We, this, all of us, we are a utopia. I know it sounds crazy, but look how we've progressed in the past two decades, biking has brought together all of the people who have a passion for the sport, and joined them into a perfect culture. Have we had any wars? Nope. Do we have gangs that wake up at all ours of the night to go put a bullet in the challenging gangsta's head? Nope. We never have conflict. We do hold healthy competition often, but the loser gets a pat on the back. Did Bush give Kerry a pat on the back. Nope. Correct me if i'm wrong but every mountain biker has basically the same views on almost everything. We have taken our passion for the sport and related it to life in ways that enhance our perception of how the world is, and should be. To back this up I have a little quiz here.......(my answers are underlined.
Evolution- good or bad
Bush- good or bad
Kerry- good or bad
Gangs- good or bad
War- good, bad, or just f'in stupid
Ignorant people- good, bad, or die die die!:mumble:
mtb'ing- hell yes
thanks for reading i just had to get that out.
i think a lot, mainly about how much i can't stand the ignorant people around me, and i'm always battling in my mind about controversal issues. i've wondered there has got to be a "close to perfect world" somewhere on earth. This I was thinking while I sat in borders book store sipping at my tea that i don't even like that much, and i kept looking at a bottle of pop out of the corner of my eye, but oh if i got that my girlfriend came out from listening to cd's and saw me, there'd be hell to pay (i'm on a diet untill my heart gets better) well i was sitting there and glancing over mtb magazines, and still thinking about this ficticious society.
Just then a couple came and sat at the table next to mine, i pushed some of the already read magazines over my girlfriend's "woman" magazines, so they wouldn't think they were mine if they had glanced at them. I look at what the couple were reading (they had to be in their late twenties, early thirties) and their stack of periodicals looked very similar to mine. I don't know why but i get stoked when i see other bikers around where i live, i think "good there are more". Out of a fit of exitement i blurt out "cool, what do you guys ride?", they looked at me as if i were their best friend, which made me feel good, and the man said "well, i ride a brand new sx trail, and my other bikes are just random specialized bikes." Then she said, "I ride a specialized bighit and an epic." "Do you guys have a thing for specialized or something," I asked, getting ready to say 'oh me too, i love them' if they said yes. "yeah," she said "we ran a bike shop that sold specialized, before we moved from pennsylvania, and we got hooked on the brand" Well, i'm from ohio, and i love it when i find yankees in charlotte, nc.
Well, we talked about all sorts of things. about 2 minutes into the conversation, they invited me to joind their table. we talked for a long time. Eventually, i started thinking about the society while i was listening to them. We had the same exact thoughts on everything that we discussed; religion, politics, evoultion, etc. Then i thought back to every other conversation that i've had with a mountain biker. They were all the same.
We, this, all of us, we are a utopia. I know it sounds crazy, but look how we've progressed in the past two decades, biking has brought together all of the people who have a passion for the sport, and joined them into a perfect culture. Have we had any wars? Nope. Do we have gangs that wake up at all ours of the night to go put a bullet in the challenging gangsta's head? Nope. We never have conflict. We do hold healthy competition often, but the loser gets a pat on the back. Did Bush give Kerry a pat on the back. Nope. Correct me if i'm wrong but every mountain biker has basically the same views on almost everything. We have taken our passion for the sport and related it to life in ways that enhance our perception of how the world is, and should be. To back this up I have a little quiz here.......(my answers are underlined.
Evolution- good or bad
Bush- good or bad
Kerry- good or bad
Gangs- good or bad
War- good, bad, or just f'in stupid
Ignorant people- good, bad, or die die die!:mumble:
mtb'ing- hell yes
thanks for reading i just had to get that out.
