The Wildly Eclectic Me

Well I was not very nice to my scooter while I was pregnant and then again afterwards and it stopped starting. I assumed this was because the battery was dead. And it was indeed dead. First I took it out and tried to trickle charge it and that did a big fat nothing. I wasn't really expecting it to work, but it was cheaper than a 100 dollar battery and I needed a trickle charger anyway so I don't let this happen again. So then I bought a new battery and still nothing! I can only assume that it has something wrong with the electrical system. Oh great! Couldn't it have been like ANYTHING else??? So now I'm going to have to try to hunt down the cause. The lights don't attempt to come on or anything. If anyone has any clues please share! I also checked the fuses...well I sorta checked the fuses. I pulled them out and looked to see if they looked blown and none of them did. I guess before I do anything else I should get the fuse tester out and check them to see...

Now see! I knew I loved my Hogs for many reasons! One of the many reasons I bought my scooter a whopping four years ago, (I can't believe how time flies) was that you can park it at any bike rack on campus! And the permit for it? 5 bucks! Well it seems that our football players liked the idea too. I've seen the number of scooters growing all the time outside the stadium during football practices, but I was never really sure exactly how many there were. Until someone sent me this article... "Roughly 20 Arkansas football players own scooters that can go around 50 mph on straight-aways and 65-70 mph if they're heading downhill. Of course, their coaches are constantly telling them to slow down." Yes please, slow down! We don't want our star players wrecking. That wouldn't be good for the image of the scooter in Arkansas! They've even formed their own "Scooter Gang" called the Rydaz for which they have a hand signal that they often flash to...

Alrightie... The uprising has been put down, but I think I'm permanently damaged from it. If you don't know about the original incident then by all means go read up. It was truly and absolutely horrific! So I finally got up the courage to give the scooter a nice detailing. The first thing I did was unscrew the taillight cover. *cringes in horror at the sheer memory of it* And a mass of wiggling squirming ants and larva fell out. It looked something like this... I have a video too, but I don't want to shock and horrify anyone that throughly. I thought I would die! In fact, I was much too traumatized to continue. So I screwed the cover halfway back on and ran away. Yes, I fled like a scared little girl! Sometimes you gotta run! Hush! Living to fight another day and all! This worked to my advantage, however, because the next day when I went back to finish all the ants had abandoned their posts and taken their creepy, little larva with them. So in the end I conquered...

Okay! Now they weren't actually in my pants. So you think where might they actually have been? Well let me tell you! I don't get to ride my scooter very often much to my dismay. So whenever I have the opportunity naturally I take it. This weekend my darling husband and I decided to have Mexican from the place that is just about 3 miles down the road from our house. So I thought...Perfect!!! I'll make him watch Nicky and I'll go pick it up, then I'll get to take a nice refreshing scoot around the neighborhood. If only I had known! I saw an ant on the leg shield of my scooter, but I didn't think much of it. I seem to live in the ant capital of world. It's a constant battle to keep them out of the house. So I brushed little Miss. Ant off and opened up the helmet storage under the seat, took out my helmet, and went on my merry way. Remember always wear your helmet! Nicky agrees... Yes, that WAS just a blatant excuse to show you my adorable boy! So I p...

Now I'm not a big comic book fan. I only recently found our local comic book store, when seeking out the new Anita Blake comic, but I just found this one that I'm going to have to buy! Scooter Girl by Chynna Clugston-Major A black romantic comedy with scooters??? I'm there!!!

A PINK 125 Genuine Buddy to be exact! My best scooter buddy tipped me off on this scooter ages ago. I know what you're thinking... And its not JUST because it's pink! It's also got a lot more umph than my little Metro. It'll get up to about 60 MPH. Now I don't plan on cruising the highways on my scooter so why do I need to be able to go 60? Because sometimes you need to be able to get the heck out of the way. I'll need a motorcycle license before I can actually drive it, because in Arkansas if it's over 75 cc's you need one. I'm thinking I'll take the motorcycle safety class that the local community college does. Of course, I can't afford my buddy now so it really doesn't matter, but hey its good to dream! I actually saw one of these for real the other day! There is a place in town that sells them. I didn't even realize it, until I saw this adorable pink scooter sitting out in front of the place. I squealed quite loudly and...

Its Bikes, Blues and BBQ here in Fayetteville and I've never seen so many motorcycles in one place. There are also some scooters but not too many. If only we could have a GIANT scooter rally here... Oh well, one can but dream. There are even motorcycles as far out as we live, and if you're quiet outside there is a constant distant rumbling. My friend, Lishy, pointed it out to me and its really lovely! Like we have the ocean nearby or something. The dogs have finally gotten used to the sound of the bikes and don't bark every single time one goes by. That was getting more than a little old. My little guy is teething and he is grumpy and hard to get to take a nap anyway so dogs waking him up when he has just fallen asleep has been more than a little irritating.