Level Up!

[evilhippo]

evilhippo has gained Bicycle Repair!
evilhippo retains the use of 12-year-old Mountain Bike.

Mountain Bike gains:
+ 2 street slicks! Biking in higher gears is now possible!
* Street Slicks unlocks Mechanical Advantage! Nobbly tires no longer hold you back!
+ Pseudo-Hybrid street cred! Old ladies in skirts will no longer be able to pass on the Lakeshore trail!
+ Braking ability! evilhippo can now stop if there is danger!
+ Vehicular rivalry! It is now possible to feel superior to cars stuck in traffic along longer portions of Lakeshore Drive!

Mountain Bike loses:
- Indoor Fun. Mountain Bike will no longer make a joyful grippy-tires-on-hardwood noise when ridden in the apartment.
- Subtlety. Every bump and pothole on Chicago's addled streets is now magnified. Learn them well, my friend!

(Thank goodness for Blackstone Bicycle Works, which is in fact as cool as the internet makes it seem. And cheap enough that I didn't have any reason to feel guilty about not buying a new bike.)

Comments

[windresistant.livejournal.com]

I just had flashbacks from arctic.

YOU have been bitten by a LADYBUG.

YOU have been killed by a LADYBUG.

......... yes, that did actually happen to me.

[evilhippo.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. I was never very clear on what was going on in Arctic back when my sister was playing it. I wonder if any LADYBUGs ever got her.

[windresistant.livejournal.com]

I wasn't clear on what was going on either. I couldn't visualize things quickly enough to react to what was going on... or even not get lost. Hence I would wander off and die so many times that even ladybugs could kill me. One time I played with Anna, whose character could FLY, and we moved so fast that I nearly exploded.

It was scary.

I always liked it when Sanders stood behind me and narrated based on emphasizing the things in caps.

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether to reference "The Six Million Dollar Man" or "Pimp My Ride".

...At any rate, congrats on your bicycle makeover!