05.31.06:
found between the train station and my apartment. one of the stranger objects I've seen—can't even imagine what it's for.

05.30.06:
spoon basket at tank noodle on broadway.

05.29.06:
fever and our first heat wave this year—miserable.

05.28.06:
found in the sports section of the burlington hawk eye—me on the ground with my bike up-side down.

05.27.06:
pit-stop at hardees. me, tammie dowers, sean gauvreau, and jeffrey wat—on our way back from the snake alley criterium in iowa.

05.26.06:
burlington, iowa—above the homestretch of the wapello-burlington road race.

05.25.06:
dinner—solo lid for leona's pink lemonade.

05.24.06:
dinner—roasted duck, salted duck egg, steamed bok choy, and white rice—for four bucks from a place by the train station.

05.23.06:
opening night at the kenosha velodrome.

05.22.06:
a bird found stranded near the office. it was able to fly off on its own later in the day.

05.21.06:
cleat bolts from my cycling shoes. after about a year of use, they were rusted tight. I took the useful lives of two allen wrenches getting them out.

05.20.06:
the matt shirtz bachelor party—just a fool to believe I have anything she needs, she's like the wind.

05.19.06:
alan rovge. I'm not quite sure what he's doing—I just asked to take a picture of his funky jersey.

05.18.06:
morning routine.

05.17.06:
office expansion—we're taking over the other half of our half of the floor.

05.16.06:
raw beef au jus— yum. this week's shoot is catered by big delicious planet, the caterer of rockstars.

05.15.06:
afternoon routine in the office comfort room—brush my teeth, wash my face, apply deodorant, leave water running and take a photo.

05.14.06:
come look it's the sky!

05.13.06:
on our way to dixon, illinois—overcast with occasional sprinkles.

05.12.06:
default apple screensaver—projected on my back, spilling onto the wall.

05.11.06:
cafe iberico on lasalle—sam falbo's 32nd-birthday-eve-dinner. skimming through the dessert menu.

05.10.06:
kinny's apartment. though it may look like drunk-dancing, she's really just showing us her newly painted walls.

05.09.06:
normally this is empty.

05.08.06:
scrap yard behind trader joe's on north clybourn.

05.07.06:
sat like this for almost an hour. I'd like to think I was reflecting on the weekend's events—the road-trip to wisconsin, the race, and the practice races at the velodrome earlier today—but really I was just sittin'.

05.06.06:
team-mates waiting to register for the circuit of sauk road race. jeff kao in the foreground.

05.05.06:
found hiding under the piece of sod in our conference room.

05.04.06:
tan lines on my face from riding with sunglasses. I started alternating between different shaped frames to soften the lines a bit.

05.03.06:
little conference room. kinny patel picking through her whole foods lunch-box.

05.02.06:
la pasadita—sean gauvreau's straw, sealed at one end.

05.01.06:
wheat fig newtons. found—squished—in my jersey pocket.