I bought a bicycle before I went off to the Burningman festival and I would ride around LA and fall in love with the freedom of it. I never predicted that I would LOVE biking as much as I do. It's like recess for me every day. I work in front of my computer doing my art and writing and then I make sure that I am on my bike by around 6pm head to the gym and jump in the pool and hot tub. Ahhh. Adult Recess. I LOVE MY BICYCLE. Its taken the place of jumping rope this "fitness season" in my life. Its way funner by far of course. It's like riding my boyfriend and girlfriend at the same time! I love it. I try to do about 8-10 miles every day. This is sooo much better than riding a stationary bike or jogging on a treadmill at the gym watching TV or reading a magazine. Biking now channels the same feeling of freedom I felt as an 8 year old on my pink Huffy, riding fast through the streets, trying to get home before my sunset curfew. When I was in San Francisco just recently, I borrowed a spare bike from a local escort friend and I pedaled to one of my outcall dates! It was a bunch of 60 degree grade hills all in a row and I huffed and puffed up 2 of them before I pulled over to the sidewalk and walked my ass up the last 3 blocks. San Francisco has some wicked steep hills, but over the crest is the reward: cruising with the wind in your face downhill as your thighs burn from that workout up. I just returned last week from 5 days in San Francisco. A friend of mine had just died of cancer and I was there for the memorial. I rode my bike to a club in the Mission and watched girl on girl LUBE wrestling. It was the hottest thing ever and so very San Francisco. Too fucking bad I can't really make enough money to live there again. But, I love Los Angeles. I am always happy to be home after I am away. I have ventured on my bike or a borrowed bike in cities that I have recently visited since I've blogged last. I got to go on a wonderful 3 day trip to San Diego with a client. It was the first time I'd been to downtown San Diego since I was a 19 year old college student visiting a friend at SDSU. La Jolla is a gorgeous wealthy beach community, and riding my bike along the oceanside and mansions I felt like the richest bitch out there. I threw my bike in the back of my car and sped 2 hours down the I-5 from LA to San Diego and when my work date was over, I took a day for myself to spend the nite in lovely La Jolla.
In August I went to Burningman and worked on my weight inadvertently by partying and biking in the desert sun on recreational substances. It was a great time to be had by myself and 60,000 others. I haven't been in 8 years and it has grown so so much since I've been last, but suprisingly the core elements and principles of the community are still there. Despite how huge it has become, I dropped my car keys while biking around and on the last day of the event, I went to the Lost and Found and found them there! It was a miracle. My life has been full of them lately. I am in great spirits and radiating with LOVE and LIGHT to share with you if you call me now. I hope to see you soon!
