I’ve been pretty distracted this week, for obvious reasons. It makes getting a whole lot done hard, especially when it requires heavy concentration.

14:53 <@btm> “Loosening up the bolt, usually with a 6 mm Allen wrench, may free up the wedge and allow you to move the stem in the steerer. Sometimes,
loosening the bolt won’t loosen the wedge, so you may need to unscrew the bolt a few turns and then give it a tap on top with a block of wood
or a soft mallet.”
14:53 <@btm> AASHTA.

I got the stem out, and thus the fork off, tonight with little trouble with the above technique. With Ken’s crank puller tool I got the cranks off pretty quick so all that’s left on the frame now is the bottom bracket. Ken’s almost convinced me to pull the bottom bracket and repack it since we have most everything for that job. I’ll try to repair the slight damage to frame parts done whilst man-handling it due to lack of experience, then sand it down and paint it soon. The wheels won’t be here until next week so I have some time to try to figure out what to do about the shifters. I need to find new cables and such at the least.

I got a text message from an ex-girlfriend today giving me shit for not doing something random. I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I was curious of her motivations since she doesn’t ever call me to hang out and pretty much only interacts with me when she needs computer help. After a little thought I realized and confirmed she had a friend in town to convince her to be a bitch, and that explained a lot.

The more I thought about it, the more interesting it was. I’ve always found people’s actions while drunk as interesting; figuring that it’s how they would act without fear of social repercussions and such. Drinking seems to take away fears, but not our programming on how to act. Similarly, mob mentality can occur with as few as a pair of folk; my friend says you’re being a douchebag, so I’m going to call you on it.

It’s very, very late. So I’m going to stop trying to remember the things I was thinking about today and just go to sleep now.