So how’s the bike commuting going you ask? Super! I really love it, and think I finally might have found a form of exercise that I can really enjoy. Plus the fact that I’ve gone 3 days over my normal gas tank fill up day makes it even better. In fact, I’m finding that riding my bike can be super relaxing, so much so that after getting home from work the other night, I rode another 5.5 miles over to my brother’s house for dinner. (My brother was kind enough to give me a ride back home, since going east is considerably harder than going west in ABQ because of all the hills!) I’m also feeling a lot more confident on my bike than I did before, and am getting comfortable riding with the traffic on the smaller streets. So all things considered, I love bike commuting and am so happy I gave it a try.
The only thing I need for my bike now is a catchy name, and this is where you can help me out. She’s (yes, I’ve given it a gender.) an older gal, but she is still full of energy and loves to go out on rides. Not one for being flashy, my bike is a workhorse, and she has a few scars to prove it. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to be treated kindly and get a cleaning every now and then. Oh, and as you can see in the picture, she’s quite a nerd, and prefers to be parked where she can brush up on her Electricity & Magnetism Theory.
So do you have any ideas for a name I could use? If left to my own devices, I might just name her COBOL or some other programming language (yeah, I had a car that I named FORTRAN once…), so I figure that maybe I should give the non-nerdy people a shot.
In knitting news, I finished my first Gentleman’s Lozenge Sock with Anne’s beautiful hand-spun tree scum yarn, and the sock is looking fine. I was a bit worried about the fit, but it turns out that my fears were unfounded (I swatched, how could I be wrong?), and the sock fits wonderfully. I love the pattern, it makes such an elegant looking sock, especially with such nice yarn. I’m planning to cast on the 2nd one today, which should give me enough time to finish the pair and make them my June socks.
In Yarn Nerd news, I dyed up a custom order of 9 skeins this weekend, and tossed a few other skeins into the dye pot as well. I have plans for a few of them, but there’s at least 2 that are available, so I’ll probably just put them up on the blog sometime this week. I also have one other skein that was a botched custom order, which I’ll be offering at a discount, so keep an eye out for those.
In preparation for my big summer dyeing plans, I’m taking a simple survey that will help me decide what things are most important to my wonderful customers in terms of yarn. I have a good response so far, but any more volunteers who would like to help me make my observations more statistically sound are more than welcome. You can take the survey here. Also, if you put in your name/e-mail address, you’ll be entered into a raffle for some Yarn Nerd coupons and great Yarn Nerd yarns.
That’s it for me, I hope everyone has a nice Father’s Day, and be sure to tell your Dad how great he is! I know I’m thankful for my Dad, he’s pretty much the best ever. So thanks Dad, I love you!
ok I’ll be the first…so glad the bike commuting is going well! And I’m also glad that you haven’t fallen off your bike yet. As far as the name goes, you could go old fashioned and give her a name like Tess, Nellie or Belle. Or you could go high tech and give her a name like Flash,
Iron Maiden, Zoom Zoom…I know very cheesy! You could name her after a flower, Rose, Lilly, or Daisy. Have you thought about coffee names, like Latte, Expresso, Americano??? By the way I think you dad is pretty awesome too!
Love ya~
How about Rhoda?
Velma. That bike is definitely a Velma. As in Scooby Doo Velma. You hit a bump and shriek “jinkies!’
An older gal with some sass who likes to go for rides? Uh, Blanche?! (But then if she’s kinda nerdy and a little bit rough, maybe she’s more like Dorothy…)
(Sorry, all I can do is relate to old Golden Girls episodes.)
Geraldine. I’ve been watching the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley, and the title character is called Geraldine. Here’s a link to the show’s information: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/vicarofdibley/
Why not COBOLT, since it is blue? … Is that too nerdy and weird? It probably is.
My steed is named Diana (Goddess of the hunt). :) I do like the name “Cobolt” too. Or Cobol-T. g
hmmm. although i like the name cobol, it sounds a bit masculine to me. what if she had a sex change and became a he and then cobo or cobol would be perfect!!
great to hear you are doing well with your bike commuting, kudos to you for benefiting both your health and the environment!!
Gotta second “Velma”–great choice!!
How about Saphire and call her Saphie for short?
:-)
Glad the bike commuting is going so great! I miss being able to do it….How about Bessie for a bike name? A trusty, reliable steed, workhorse (it was the “horse” part that got me thinking) nothing fancy, but quite functionable.
I had a prof whose dog was named Ada, but that’s definitely a geeky name… Love the tree scum sock!
I think you should name her Grace Hopper. Dunno, just feels appropriate. Sufficiently geeky, but not overtly so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
my entire time at unm i relied on my bike since i had no car and all my money went into tuition, books rent. we used to head out and ride all weekend — in the sandias and then down to old town with a quick stop for margaritas ;o) i think those are some of my fave memories of abq so i’m enjoying reading about you and your biking!
oh, how about ruby mae? ruby mae is my best friend’s daughter and she is this little 4yo that i swear has an old lady living inside her. she is adorable, sufficiently old fashioned and spunky with a serious twinkle in her eyes.
When you said electricity and magnetism, all I could think of was ‘Auntie EM’ (I had a very old workhorse 3 speed-it was practically an antique-that I called my wicked witch bike…so I had wiz of oz on my mind). Or when you’re mad, how ’bout ‘blue bitch’. Or ‘bitchin’ blue’? Or just bb.
what if you call her kila (as in kila bytes)
just to let you know
great job with the blog i look forward for your next post
Yay! Glad you’re enjoying the biking. I’m so bad at naming - my kids were practically born before we agreed on names for them. I do like Stacey’s suggestion but I would add a middle name like Bessie Blue! (Kind of like Bessie Lou)
Name your bike AJAX. It’s slightly geeky but a cool, fresh kind of geeky. It also looks good with your name. Adam, Ajax…
Big Bertha! HAHA. I just think that’s funny.