Axoplasm / Blog / 2002

nov

Shot underwater toward the surface with a snorkeler just overhead. Bubbles.

Cannot Stop

2002-11-13

The travel guide didn’t mention the current. It said something about seasonally strong swells, that was all. But if you had known about the current,...

oct

Closeup of a friendly border collie, smiling

About a Year Ago

2002-10-06

on a cool dry weekend afternoon about a year ago i took the dog to the school near the house i used to share with...

aug

Selfie with a four-day beard in front of Paulina Lake

In Six Years

2002-08-06

in six years i wrote a master's thesis visited canada moved to montana changed careers fell in love with a dog started telling stories like...

may

Touring bicycle and all its associated gear. Packs, sleeping bag, tent, tools, clothes, helmet, etc. Spread out on the floor in a tiny apartment

Gear list

2002-05-09

Last week I rode my bike from Clatsop Spit (northwest of Astoria, Oregon) to the California state line south of Brookings. I rode my bike...

Utterly empty beachside road on the south Oregon coast

Day 7: Distance♥

2002-05-05

The last day of the most consequential bike ride of my life

Selfie, white man with bikey sunglasses, on a windy beach facing west. Sea stacks a few miles offshore.

Day 6: Solitude

2002-05-04

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 6 May 4, 2002 Sunset Bay State Park to Humbug Mountain State Park 61.95 miles 4:30 saddle time 13.6 mph...

Small rocky cove on the Pacific coast, with fir trees on either side

Day 5: Typical

2002-05-03

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 5 May 3, 2002 Florence to Sunset Bay State Park 62.59 miles 4:30 saddle time 13.9 mph avg. speed. Weather:...

Landscape and casual portrait of a 30-year old man in wet bike gear standing at a roadside pullout on a seaside cliff with the ocean and two headlands in the background. The farthest headland is Heceta Head, with a lighthouse

Day 4: Education

2002-05-02

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 4 May 2, 2002 Newport to Florence 51.35 miles 4:07 saddle time 12.4 mph avg. speed. Weather: cloudy, no wind,...

Loaded touring bicycle leaning against a low stone wall at a wayside viewpoint above a broad beach on the Pacific. Air is gray and damp.

Day 3: Obscurae

2002-05-01

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 3 May 1, 2002 Pacific City to Newport 59.07 miles 4:30 saddle time 13.1 mph avg. speed. Early: gray, about...

apr

Picnic table next to a small parking lot at a coastal wayside area. A bicycle is upsidedown on its handlebars next to the table. All the touring gear is spread across the table; one wheel is off the bike, and the tire is off the wheel.

Day 2: Humility

2002-04-30

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 2 April 30, 2002 Oswald West State Park to Pacific City 58.62 miles 4:20 saddle time 13.5 mph avg. speed....

Casual portrait, outdoors, of a young man with a touring bicycle next to a sign that reads “South Jetty — Mouth of the Columbia River — constructed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District”

Day 1: Hubris

2002-04-29

Oregon Coast Bike Ride, Day 1 April 29, 2002 Clatsop Spit to Oswald West State Park 39.02 miles 2:35 saddle time 15.0 mph avg. speed....

Closeup of a spindly windup toy of uncertain purpose, on a windowsill looking into the courtyard of an apartment building

A Perfect Machine♥

2002-04-22

Describe a perfect machine

mar

Rhymes with “Orange”

2002-03-20

door hinge carhenge floor binge score cinch whore ranch four-inch lore munge

This is My Cathedral♥

2002-03-13

The squall of March rain arrives like an announcement, travelling a patient course, propelled by 8000 miles of Pacific Ocean. I hear it crawling eastward...

Punk Rock saved my life

2002-03-05

punk rock music saved my life on saturday night after seven days of being pimply, invisible secretly knowing old people at the mall wished i...

Kelp

2002-03-04

Kelp grows in clumps, in groves like trees. Among and between the twenty-foot-long strands dart otters, bright-eyed and quick-pawed, hunting out squid or crabs or...