Home During Work Time

this is one of the few perks of my job. i'm right smack in the middle of a 48hr shift, but i've spent the majority of the time at home since my partner lives across the street. its a good thing considering i have to reglue the wheel for this weekends race. getting the old tape off the rim is a bitch. the tape easily peeled off the base tape of the tire, but the rims another story. i first tried using acetone to soften the old tape, but that wasn't cutting it, so i bought some "Oops," which is some really nasty stuff. i scoured the internet trying to find articles on solvents to use, and i came across one where a guy used this stuff. it apparently doesn't hurt the epoxy in the carbon fiber. so, anyway, i've been srubbing and scraping the rim for the last few hours with minimal success. it does work better then the acetone, however. i'm about half finished, so i figure this is a 3 hour job. i guess it's the price you pay for using tufo tape. a half-tard could apply the tape, so i figure its worth a little effort taking the shit off (with regular tubular glue you can just add more glue over the old glue without removing the old stuff. its a mess to work with though.)
tomorrow afternoon mary, sampson, and i leave for san francisco to watch the treasure island triathlon. mary's tri friends are doing it, and she wanted to watch. i found a cyclocross race to do in dublin, ca which is southwest of oakland. i'm racing cat B since i think the level of competition in portland is higher then anywhere, really (a look at the results of the USGP of cyclocross races supports this.) we shall see though. the C race is only 30 minutes, with B's racing for 45, like i'm used to. i best be getting back to the rim. i think i've lost about half my brain cells by huffing solvents lately. if i end up having a child born without a face, or nipples, you'll know why.
-brooks