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So...Aztalan is this weekend. Hopefully I can redeem myself this month.
I got to ride a little more, so I don't feel sooo out of shape, and I feel like I'm getting back into riding at full speed.
Started training for my new job this past Wednesday!!! Zip Line training. The only tough part was the written test, cause the instructor was horrible and we didn't even do a read through of the manual like you would anywhere else or at least the highlights...we just went over the answers as a group and everyone read the answers they found so fast I'm not sure I got them all....I can't learn that way anyway. Not with testing things. I can learn songs really quick, but for some reason I just can't pick up information like that. Probably cause I have a hard time paying attention to it. I don't even know if I passed the test honestly. It's worrying me a little, cause if I didn't pass it I can't run the zip line. Plus, if I didn't pass I know that most of the group didn't pass, cause it's not like I'm working with a group of geniuses or anything. Not good.
Aztalan changed the track...

It's pretty sweet, but I don't think anyone on a 250f is going to be able to do the first triple in the freeway section. It's pretty big (like 94 ft or so across) and you have to come out of this hole and go straight up a hill to do it. It's pretty tough. The double isn't hard though and the second one is about the same size, but you get a better run at it.


There are a few people complaining about it which is completely rediculous, because this section is way safer than it ever has been. Most of the complaints are because in order to build the track as it is they had to take down a few trees, but in all honesty those trees should've been cut down a long time ago, because they made it difficult for the flaggers to see. Plus, they did everything they possibly could to save the trees before they cut them down. Trimm
ing cut them down one at a time to try to spare as many as they could...I think we should just plant new ones around the short
track area and stuff so that there is some shade over there. That would make everyone happy, and they wouldn't be causing any danger to the riders there. Actually, if we had the money to do it we should start planting trees and bushes along the fence near the highway I think. It would make it better for camping cause it would black some of the noise, and it would make the club look nicer, cause you wouldn't have to stare at the highway all the time.

Personally, I'm just glad that they replaced the section they had there before, cause that one was awful. In fact, I don't think it would've mattered what they put in there...it still would've been better than it was. Argh, five sketchy, uneven, peaky doubles in a row...it was horrid, so yeah I'm happy now!
Oh! I forgot to mention what I did at Aztalan...I got to run the Kabota tractor running woodchips over to the new corner. That was pretty fun, cause it's like a mix of running a lawn mower and playing with tonka toys like when I was little. Yes, I played with tractors. I had boys for cousins, and was at their houses frequently, haha. Anyway, it was pretty easy, and I'd never done that before so t was exciting. I went up there again on Tuesday, and I was bored, cause I didn't feel well so I wasn't really in the mood to ride. There wasn't really anybody to ride with either, and I don't really like riding alone. So...I decided to build a rock wall around the entrance to one of the tunnels that cut under the track. I'm not gonna lie, it looks pretty awesome. Actually it looks like it belongs there and has been there forever. I still need to finish the other side, but I was pretty proud of myself, cause besides my dad poking at it when it was finished...I built the whole thing myself. The coolest part about it I think is that I know that wall is going to be there for a long time...and I know that nobody else can claim that they did it so it's like I put a little piece of myself into that track. I don't know why, but that makes me feel good about it, and it makes me want to do more projects to make that place look nice. We have rocks everywhere. The place is known for them, so I figure if I can make that place nice using the rocks that are there and not spending any money to do it. I'm gonna at least try to make that place look as nice as I can. I'm there all the time anyway.
If I don't see ya at the races I'll be here to talk at you soon.

-J

So, I raced at Aztalan...and I was totally and completely disappointed in myself. That's what I get for not riding all month (which wasn't my fault exactly...I had places I could've gone, but I don't really feel like complaining so I won't get into that right now). Anyway, I got beat by two girls that literally should have no chance against me cause I got tired. I'm not just saying that or being cocky either. They should have been miles behind me and I should've run away with the win, but I didn't. I'm over it now, but the real issue is that everytime one of those girls beats me for whatever reason (I mean my bike could've exploded into a ball of molten metal and flames for all they care) they act all cocky and won't talk to me, or if they do talk to me they are all condescending and acting like I should be grateful that they are stepping down to a level where they can even see the filth beneath their feet (aka me). It's rediculous. I hate girls. They're obnoxious and all about drama. I would much rather hang out with guys any day, because they are way simpler to deal with, either they like you or they don't; and they're either angry or they're not. Plus, you know...I'm only human and some of them are ok to look at sometimes. I have a boyfriend now though so that's not really a reason to hang out with boys anymore, cause I'm really, really happy with what I have. :D

Ok, so enough hating on my sex, and onto something a little happier...I got a job! Finally!!!! It's just going be like minimum wage or a little more than that, but it's a job and more than I'm making now ($0 an hour aka unemployed). So excited. So relieved. I'm probably going to be running a zip line. Putting harnesses on people and probably cashiering sometimes and doing other things. It should at least keep me busy, so that's a plus, cause I've been really bored most days. Waiting for Steve to call me when he's off work, and trying to figure out whether or not I'm going to get to see him that day or not.

Oh! I finally went to Borders and used the gift card that Steve gave me for my birthday along with the service manual to my dirtbike. I got two brand new books that I get to read. I got the 3rd book in a series that I'm working on slowly. The Novels of the Nightside. It's called Nightingale's Lament and it's written by Simon R. Green. If you liked the movie Sin City you would probably like this series. It's pretty twisted and dark. It's about a detective in the Nightside which is a secret part of London where it's always 3am and humans, inhuman creatures, gods, and demons all exist together. I really like it, and they are pretty fast reads of only about 250 pages a piece, and all of them are full of action and wit.

The other book I haven't started yet. It's Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, and I'll give you an update on the book when i have started it. I did enjoy a couple of other books by the same author so that was the reason for choosing Neverwhere. I've read Good Omens (written with Terry Pratchett, a comedy about the end of the world aka amazing and one of my fav books ever), Anansi Boys (a book about a man whose father is a god and he doesn't know that until his father dies and then his brother, Spider, shows up and the adventure really begins (this book was crazy cause I couldn't begin to predict what was going to happen through the whole thing. I loved it)), and Smoke and Mirrors (a collection of short stories that are anywhere from totally creepy to one's that you'll think about for days afterward wondering of they could really happen to anything inbetween). Neil Gaiman hasn't failed to impress me with his writing yet, so I'm looking forward to reading the next one.

-J

I'm sorry. I know it just shows you care or are curious enough to know a little more about my boring little life.

Anyway, I have a big race this weekend, and I'm pretty much going to leave as soon as I can get my phone working, so if all the powers or whatever is out there would please get my dad to call me it would be much appreciated, cause I would really like to get this solved. Having a phone that doesn't work when everyone else's does....well, it's basically making me want to smash the thing with a hammer. I know I can't do that though and that if my dad ever calls me this will be fixed in like 15 minutes or less (I've already spent probably an hour on the phone with one of the people at Sprint...if you've ever called them you would be amazed at how helpful they are being...it has to be a customer service miracle!)

I love Aztalan Cycle Club...but I'm not really looking forward to trying to find somewhere to shower since I'm going to be there for a day longer than I normally am. Taking showers at regionals wasn't too bad, but there really isn't space to set the whole thing up where we park. I don't think there is anyway....who knows...my dad will probably be a crab about it til someone figures out a way to accomplish it.

Yay! My dad finally called!!! My phone should be working within the next hour! My prayers have been answered...now I can finish what I was doing.

-J

P.S. K, if you are wondering and reading this before I see you. I cleaned part of your room because you threw all the cords to my laptop around and I couldn't find the one that makes it so I can use the mouse and the internet at the same time. I also found my car keys under your bed :S. I would've called you and asked if you knew where it was....which I doubt you would've since it was wedged under your bed too, but if you read what I wrote before you would know the dilemma I was in. Sorry. Love you. Good luck with Cookie.

But this time it wasn't my fault.


So, I went to Regionals a couple weeks ago...I was doing pretty good. I had taken 10 and 11 for 10th overall on Saturday. That is good enough for the last alternate position (top 6 are automatically qualified and top 10 can send in as an alternate). I was feeling pretty good about it, cause regionals are full of really fast people from all over the nation trying to get into Loretta Lynn's.


They had a band there Saturday night. The music was alright, cause it was mostly covers, and they had to keep it kid friendly, you know, since it was the youth regional. I had a lot of fun watching though, cause Steve had come to watch me race, and he's always entertaining haha. I missed most of the music actually, cause he kept making me laugh. He left when the band finished and after my dad gave him directions to get home since his normal route had a detour.


I was pretty excited for the race Sunday morning. I had slept a lot better, so I was feeling good. Practice was a mess, because it had rained overnight and the faces of the jumps were pretty slick. I almost crashed a couple times, cause I came off the jumps sideways. The track looked like it was going to be sweet for the 3rd and final moto though, so I was stoked. I got out of the gate for the start faster than I had all weekend (in about 4th place) I was in 8th trying to get 7th back, and I was almost there when a girl who had crashed herself out of any chance for qualifying hit me coming out of a corner. It figures her bike stayed running so she got going again soon as she picked her bike up and out of the front end of mine. I had to wait til she got hers untangled before I could try to start mine and eventually bump start it down the hill. I found out my break was bent up, and it ended up taking me down on the back section of the track, cause my foot hit that instead of the foot peg in a corner. I ended up taking 22nd that moto, so I finished 13th overall. It was really disappointing, cause I was running really well, but there was nothing I could do.


My 21st birthday was last weekend. I think me and Steve were the only two people there that weren't drunk. My neighbor threw me a party (since a 21st birthday is a good excuse to have a kegger I guess haha). I like people watching though, and drunk people are interesting. They tend to be honest and speak there mind. I think that the buffers between what they think and what they say completely dissappears. Plus, my cousin was there, and he was trying to pick up girls that are way older than him. It was hilarious. He was the life of the party for most of the night actually, cause he was wandering around and was never quiet. haha.


The only down side to my party was that somebody knicked my ipod off the table. If you know me you would have some idea of how traumatizing that experience truly was. I totally upset at like 3am when I figured out that it was missing. Steve was really comforting, cause he's amazing for things like that, but what really helped was my drunk cousin haha. "Its just ipod. It's just ipod," was nearly all I heard for the next half hour or so. We had to save my sister's friend from drunk guys a couple times...then, we went to bed and Steve went home.


My cousin's wedding is this weekend coming up, so me and my $3 dress (amazing I know it was supposed to be $50) are going to go have soem good times. Can you say open bar? cause I can. Haha, just kidding I'm not really that big on drinking, but it is a little bonus.


-J

This is really awkward. I am writing my first blog on here with an audience....my sister is "helping" me out. Anyway, it's late and....I can't think about anything..except that my sis now wants to write a song about her stinky ipod. Hmm, 'Stinky Ipod..Where have you been to smell the way you do?..' Haha.

-J

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