Wheels

So, wheels eh? I have four. They are on my little car named Billy (Chinese name, BEJ). Billy has been an old faithful friend to me for over 5 years now. He has taken me here, there, EVERYWHERE! To school when I really didn't want to go, to the Mc Donald's drive thru one very shameful evening back in the university haze - shameful as the Mc Donald's was literally 100m away from our house...let's not go there shall we, it was in Wellington in winter. Do you have any idea how cold it can get down there?! Do you have any idea how much tv shows mean to final year students and how short ad breaks are?! ANYWAY...

As much as I love Billy, I've been thinking about getting a wee two wheeled friend. A bicycle. I know they are very cool and stuff, and every man and their dog has one these days, but, so? It would still be cool to have one. I have a friend who uses his a lot (until recently when using sellotape to fix a busted tyre failed) and I feel left out and a kill joy on nice day when "Let's go cycle down by the docks" is suggested and all I can offer is a car. Besides I need a new form of exercise in disguise as climbing up the stairs to my 9th floor apartment is beginning to feel like actual exercise.

But getting a bike that isn't annoying and that is affordable is proving very difficult. Again Bif is more blessed in this area of life, like with fur purchases. I saw this bike two years ago in Tokyo at the Hello Kitty Bedazzle Station in Shibuya, and I still haven't seen anything quite as good. I am being serious. I think this is the only bike that will do for me. Sigh, bad news for me, good news for Billy.