get a bicycle

today i was on the elevator and a guy with a shiny silver bike came on and we stood there like boring people in an elevator for a few moments until he blurted out, “like my bike? It’s new!”
isn’t that a nice thing to say? he said that if i want a bike i should just go and get one and not think about it, but it was my stop, so i couldn’t tell him that i’m too poor, and that if i just got one it wouldn’t be as shiny and brag-worthy as his.

anyway, for now i’ve decided to push my bike goal aside and focus on becoming a better rollerblader.

i want to live in brooklyn and bike to the park or the boardwalk with my kite and some cookies whenever i don’t have to work.

i’m working on convincing my mum that a good bike would be the perfect birthday present for me, but it’s going to be hard work because bikes are expensive.