ah, summer

summer is my favorite time of year. there's always a reason to sit outside and just shoot the shit with friends. last night was just one of those occasions. sweets and i went to visit some friends who just bought a house. was a great night to sit on their front porch and drink a few beers and catch up. was lots of fun. though i have to remember to pour myself into bed before midnight on school nights. i'm not as young and spry as i used to be.

the other reason i love summer is the tour de france! every summer, for 3 solid weeks, i get up around 530a to catch the live coverage of that day's stage. this year's tour has been quite exciting. the pre-race favourite has been expelled from the race after some exciting stage wins and crashes. the last few days in the pyrenees the top 2 riders have been going shoulder-to-shoulder. there haven't been many crashes but there's still been plenty of doping scandal. so fun to watch. someday i'd like to go to france during that time and just watch them whizz by. we're getting down to the wire on the tour so my obsession will soon go back into hibernation until next july.