Outfit of the Day, plus some rambling

[jesse_dylan]

Flint and Tinder chinos, Mollusk surf company shirt, American Giant t-shirt

I sort of failed on the whole matching front today. You can't see my brown shoes, but I don't think that was the problem. I think the brown, the salmonish, and the greyish all work. The problem is the blue shirt, which I think works well enough with the grey shirt, just not with the pants? I don't know. Matching is really hard.


I use this chart pretty much daily and thought I was following it well enough. I guess not!

I wish someone would make an app for matching outfits. I'd pay... uh... as much as $1.99 for it.

I rode my bike to work today. It only took about 10 minutes, which was pretty cool. Even driving and parking takes like 10 minutes. I did see how bike-unfriendly it is here. We may have bike paths all over town, but they are only suited for the leisurely bourgeouis pursuit of leisure riding. They do not work for commuting. For that, you're stuck with the streets, filled with crazy drivers, with the sidewalks that are not bike-ramp-friendly (or even wheelchair, etc, accessible), and with the constant threat of death all around you. I will try a different route to work tomorrow and see if I like it better. I don't think the length of time it takes will vary much. One thing I should do is figure out where the bike racks are. I was fine where I parked, locking it against a stone pillar sort of thing and bench (and no one messed with it), but if I take a different route tomorrow and end up at a different door, I won't necessarily know where a bike rack is. I can see them in my mind, but I never pay enough attention to them in real life to know if there is one there or not.

I took a different route home, kind of scaling the hill all at once at the beginning. It worked all right and took about 20 minutes to get home, which is not bad at all. (Google said if I took the same route home as I took there, it would take 13 minutes, however, it would be a really steep climb at the end.) I'll try another route tomorrow going up past my old grade school, which has a somewhat less-taxing hill. There are a few options, and I'll just try a different one every day and see what is easiest and which is quickest. I suppose the trip there will always be 10-15 minutes, and the trip home will always be 15-25 minutes, so it doesn't matter a whole lot.

Well, actually, those few extra minutes do matter. I was slammed at work all day, rode bike home, did laundry and some dishes and other chores, got stuff ready for tomorrow, made supper, ate supper, and now it is nearly 8pm. It sucks never having time in the evenings. How do people live like this? I thought I'd save time riding bike home instead of working out, but it didn't seem like it. (I did leave a little late.) Meanwhile, the folks that ignored me all weekend, when I have time, are blowing up my phone while I'm at work and this evening when I have no time. That's how it goes!

I'll admit, I did a little shopping, too. I bought a bike helmet (found one that isn't so dorky!), some shorts, a long-sleeve undershirt, some pants, and... a lawnmower! The lawnmower was $50 and actually cheaper than the pants by quite a lot and even cheaper than the bike helmet. Everything I bought is made in the USA to maintain my judgmental manufacturing nerd credibility.


It has no motor. I think I will prefer it. I do not like loud noise unless it's music of my choosing or music I am playing manually.