Becky Broeder

so why don’t we?

I got cut off hard by an Audi driving ass in the AJ’s parking lot at lunch today. He was diving into a spot so that he could indulge in the holiday spirit that seems to include screwing people and hating your ‘neighbor’. I honked out of the need to be acknowledged, like some attempt to tell him to look at me when he screws me, and he flipped us off.

Oh man.

Kinda made me want to wait in line all night to buy the hottest toy then slink through AJ’s and throw the Wiiiii  that I just put on my over-the-limit credit card with a 29% interest rate at him.

I would put my only $10 in the Salvation Army bucket just to see one person that enjoys the holidays and shares that joy with others so that all the people around that person might enjoy this season just a little.

As for me, my word of the year is ‘disillusionment’ so I think I will pretend to be Buddhist and maybe be that person that makes nice. Just to piss people off, that is.

Ok, easy. I got dropped on the Wednesday ride and I’m pissy when I’m fat and unfit.

I am tossing ideas around about a pro cyclists’ union. Not really for women, per se, but for my brethren that risk life and limb then don’t get the payment they were promised for another four months. I am looking for suggestions because what is happening for those guys is not working. USA Cycling has health insurance now for $25 a month, no matter if you are in a USA Cycling sanctioned event or just living, so do it. Kudos to them. I think, however, it’s high time that teams provide what they promise to riders that are doing this for their career. I mean, c’mon. You don’t ride, you don’t race, you don’t make money, you don’t eat. Or, worse, you ride, you race, you don’t make money, you don’t eat. It’s a crazy system run on the premise of “I have a hundred guys that will do it, so buck up and eat it”. Not right on many levels. Not quite right at all. Get me some ideas cuz I’d like to see something happen with this. I can at least guarantee a heavy brainstorming session and some banter. Footnote: My team is awesome, by the way. Maybe we can get Nikki to research some labor laws…
Geez, I think it’s nap time. I have a lot of peace to catch up on.

Happy Biggest Travel Day of the Year!
BB

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