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z@k

bikes is punx // punx is snax

About Me

"..make out sessions, bicycle messengers, punks and art school drop outs.."

My Interests

bikes, punk and burritos

I'd like to meet:

"kids" who like fun.
"kids" who like to ride track bikes really fast on and off the track.
the fuckin "kids"

Music:

the boss, crass, memento mori, crucifix, circle jerks, propagandhi, zoundz, rumbleseat, screeching weasel, gbh, subhumans, black uniforms, gorilla biscuits, iron maiden, madness, stiff little fingers, jawbreaker, eyehategod, body count, descendents, the pist, judas priest, jud jud, nirvana, no doubt, pentagram, ace of base, hammerfall, the west side story soundtrack

Movies:

a nightmare on elm st, wild zero, the warriors, over the edge, breaking away, quicksilver, american flyers, cb4, 28 days later, 10 things i hate about you, adventures in babysitting, an american tail, the secret of NIMH, suburbia, another state of mind, search for animal chin, west side story

Television:

the young ones, pete and pete, futurama, simpsons, the oc, ren and stimpy, my so called life, blind date

Books:

the perks of being a wallflower, cometbus, record liners

Heroes:

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My Blog

better

things are starting to look up. got x-rays a few days ago (about 14 weeks from surgery) and it looks like i am FINALLY starting to grow some bone under that titanium plate in my collar bone. not alot,...
Posted by z@k on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:40:00 PST

unhappy

its been quite boring being hurt not working, just trying to heal. some one i really love left. a friend commited suicide, i cant seem to find motivation to leave my bed before 2pm.my income is from s...
Posted by z@k on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:48:00 PST

hills and pills

i am sitting at home in pain, taking percocet, drinking beer, eating curry, listening to power metal and wishing i could be riding my bike in shit weather, putting on base miles for a killer 08 track ...
Posted by z@k on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:55:00 PST

yeah, canadian track, eh!

wow. steve i had so much fun hanging out and racing at the forest city velodrome in london, on. big thanks to rob good for organizing and doing so much work with the track, coach chris ...
Posted by z@k on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:26:00 PST

portland?

so i have been putting some thought into leaving portland. i have a large sum of debt from traffic tickets received from a few motorcycle cops that get a kick out of harrassing bike messengers and my ...
Posted by z@k on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:28:00 PST

surgury, but first...

so the word from the doctor is that i need surgury on my collar bone. my x-rays looked the same to me last week as they did 2 months ago. a big gap where there should be bone. its a little sore, but i...
Posted by z@k on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:54:00 PST

still broken

so its been over 4 weeks since i broke my collar bone. i had an appointment yesterday with the orthopedist. looks like it hasnt made much progress. still broken, still distal. so i have to wait anothe...
Posted by z@k on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:14:00 PST

broken

last night i had a crash at the track. there were alot more cat 3's than 1/2's, so candi murry pulled a few of the 3's to race with the 1/2's in a 50 lap points race, myself included. the race was goi...
Posted by z@k on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:06:00 PST

...once a week?

    iv been spending a lot of time at the track. i like it. when the track almost feels like a 2nd home. the races on thursday were good i guess. i felt good that day, aside from being ...
Posted by z@k on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:19:00 PST

rained out

so the state points races got rained out on saturday and is rescheduled for june 30th. theres talk of a cat 3 mens category, which gives me a slight chance of doing well, but i was almost looking forw...
Posted by z@k on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:35:00 PST