No, I'm not yelling at you in my title, I'm just really excited. The B&B website has been updated!
Here is the rider roster for this summer (I'm under CUS, remember?): http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,362/
Here is my profile:
http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/4961
Here is my donation site (this is on the side bar of this blog as well): http://www.bikeandbuild.org/cms/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,118/?item_name_1=4961
Okay, I am going to go study now. Farewell.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
CUS
By the end of this coming summer, I will have run barefoot in the sands of Virginia Beach and danced on the rocks of the Oregon coast, muscled my way through 13 states and gobbled down dozens of well-deserved pot-lucks, helped build rafters and playrooms and kitchens and bedrooms and back porches and foundations for good lives.
I just found out that Keef and I were selected for the Central U.S. route, which is going to be simply magical. See for yourself here. This link has the route description that explains where we will be going and, eventually, when we will be going there. I love looking at it and day dreaming and night dreaming dreams that are so tangible they may as well be reality. I'm so excited to finally have these plans settled! Have you ever looked up at the stars and find that your eyes spontaneously form lines connecting all the little orbs? I've asked a couple of people this before and I don't think any of them had a clue about what I was talking about so this analogy may not make sense, but that's what happens to me sometimes and that's kind of how I'm feeling right now. I have such a pure sense of doing what I should be doing and being where I should be that its almost like these lines are just spontaneously forming in my life, pointing me in the right direction, making giving my heart away to this program in the coming months such an obvious thing to do.
But anyway, I found out about this around 9 tonight, and have been in such a tizzy ever since. Keef came (sprinted?) over and did her whole endearing effervescent giddiness thing, and afterwards we spent a few hours contemplating gear and reading the bios of the other route members. The number of ultimate Frisbee lovers and mountain climbers is encouraging and exciting and I'm really pumped about meeting them even though it is still 6 months away! Come midnight, Keef and I stopped by Grimes to pick of some friends and made our way to Franklin Street to splurge on waffles to celebrate. I am off to bed, but I hope you'll have a waffle in celebration as well, because they were pretty much perfect.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
UNC-CH Graduate, Majored in Vagabonding
I would hire a person with that kind of cred, wouldn't you? Who doesn't want a little adventure in their business? And a little Tar Heel pride? NOBODY. Well, that's what I'm hoping for anyway, because vagabond is becoming a pretty apt descriptor.
It all began when my friend Keef walked into the community office on one of the first few days of RA training. Our dialogue went something like this:
"Hey! Lacy!"
"Hey Keefer. What's up?"
"What are your plans for next summer?"
"Uh, I don't have any."
"Do you want to bike across the country with me?"
"................................Okay."
Isn't that just comical? Later, of course, she kind of filled me in on what it was and why it was. But basically, that conversation sealed the deal. That's probably one of my favorite things about Keef. She isn't a flake. That, and she's the kind of person to get her face painted like a tiger at a birthday party for a building.
So, here's Keefer:
But anyway, stuff like that is pretty much the reason why I never want to grow up. I watched Up in the Air last year, and during one of the parts where I was actually listening to what George Clooney was saying, this is what I heard:
The part about relationships is a load of B.S., they're what keep you going. (And if this weren't taken out of context of the whole movie, that is pretty obvious.) But the other stuff hit home, you know? Not that sacrificing the most dramatic forms of spontaneity isn't worth having a functioning family, but it's just a really sad thing to have to give up.
That's a LONG time coming though, and that's why I'm so excited I get to do something like this! AND, I still haven't told you the best parts! Like what the hay I'm talking about. So, back to Bike & Build. It's an organization that aims to raise awareness about (and cash for) affordable housing causes (mostly Habitat) by riding across the country. Each B&B-er raises at least $4000. Yeah, that's a lot. The bulk of it goes to the B&B pool fund, which helps out with Habitat for Humanity builds in the U.S. Also, each host that shelters us for the night gets $100 from the money raised from that particular ride group to give to a nonprofit of their choice. The riders each get to designate where $500 goes, and usually kids give it to a group they meet along the way. The last piece of it goes to buying the bike/gear/accommodations for the summer. I have lots of plans for raising money, like building lots of cool stuff out of bike parts and stationary cycling in Carrboro and B&B nights at different places on Franklin. I'll keep you posted. Also, I've decided to find out how much money my bike and gear costs, and donate that myself. A free bike from the deal would be an awesome perk, but that isn't what I want this to be about. I'll just pretend I broke my camera lens and had to buy a new one or something, except I won't be really angry with myself.
Anyway, the trip lasts about 2.5 months, and us kids will travel about 4,000 miles. The daily mileage is between 50 and 100 miles, but usually about 70. B&B-ers stop about once a week for 1-3 days to work at a Habitat build in a low-income area. Almost every evening, the group gives a presentation to the community via Town Meetings and community gatherings (Bingo, I hope?!) about what we're doing. Each night we either camp out or sleep in churches and the like.
There are 8 routes to choose from, and I want the VA to OR one, mostly because a Donald Miller book that I'm quite fond of talks about Oregon and I have a ridiculously romanticized view of it, so it seems like a pretty perfect place to end. PLUS, we'll be riding though the Rockies, which is super exciting (though my quads are already crying). So that is the darker blue line. Option 2 is NC to CA, which goes by the Grand Canyon. That's the little pink line. Option 3 is Providence to Washington, the red line. I have a pretty romanticized view of Providence as well, so I would happily deal. Anyway, I should find out soon and will proceed to come here to freak.
Here is a video from B&B:
And one from Raleigh Tubb, a NCSSM-er/Tar Heel who did it last year (parental guidance suggested at ~1:00...):
Actually, I haven't even been accepted yet, but it's just one of those things I know is going to happen. I dream about it a lot. A self-fulfilling prophecy? Goodness, I hope so.
Anyway, there are lots and lots of details, so if you're wondering about something, or if I flubbed up and you want to call me out, just leave a comment.
It all began when my friend Keef walked into the community office on one of the first few days of RA training. Our dialogue went something like this:
"Hey! Lacy!"
"Hey Keefer. What's up?"
"What are your plans for next summer?"
"Uh, I don't have any."
"Do you want to bike across the country with me?"
"................................Okay."
Isn't that just comical? Later, of course, she kind of filled me in on what it was and why it was. But basically, that conversation sealed the deal. That's probably one of my favorite things about Keef. She isn't a flake. That, and she's the kind of person to get her face painted like a tiger at a birthday party for a building.
So, here's Keefer:
But anyway, stuff like that is pretty much the reason why I never want to grow up. I watched Up in the Air last year, and during one of the parts where I was actually listening to what George Clooney was saying, this is what I heard:
The part about relationships is a load of B.S., they're what keep you going. (And if this weren't taken out of context of the whole movie, that is pretty obvious.) But the other stuff hit home, you know? Not that sacrificing the most dramatic forms of spontaneity isn't worth having a functioning family, but it's just a really sad thing to have to give up.
That's a LONG time coming though, and that's why I'm so excited I get to do something like this! AND, I still haven't told you the best parts! Like what the hay I'm talking about. So, back to Bike & Build. It's an organization that aims to raise awareness about (and cash for) affordable housing causes (mostly Habitat) by riding across the country. Each B&B-er raises at least $4000. Yeah, that's a lot. The bulk of it goes to the B&B pool fund, which helps out with Habitat for Humanity builds in the U.S. Also, each host that shelters us for the night gets $100 from the money raised from that particular ride group to give to a nonprofit of their choice. The riders each get to designate where $500 goes, and usually kids give it to a group they meet along the way. The last piece of it goes to buying the bike/gear/accommodations for the summer. I have lots of plans for raising money, like building lots of cool stuff out of bike parts and stationary cycling in Carrboro and B&B nights at different places on Franklin. I'll keep you posted. Also, I've decided to find out how much money my bike and gear costs, and donate that myself. A free bike from the deal would be an awesome perk, but that isn't what I want this to be about. I'll just pretend I broke my camera lens and had to buy a new one or something, except I won't be really angry with myself.
Anyway, the trip lasts about 2.5 months, and us kids will travel about 4,000 miles. The daily mileage is between 50 and 100 miles, but usually about 70. B&B-ers stop about once a week for 1-3 days to work at a Habitat build in a low-income area. Almost every evening, the group gives a presentation to the community via Town Meetings and community gatherings (Bingo, I hope?!) about what we're doing. Each night we either camp out or sleep in churches and the like.
There are 8 routes to choose from, and I want the VA to OR one, mostly because a Donald Miller book that I'm quite fond of talks about Oregon and I have a ridiculously romanticized view of it, so it seems like a pretty perfect place to end. PLUS, we'll be riding though the Rockies, which is super exciting (though my quads are already crying). So that is the darker blue line. Option 2 is NC to CA, which goes by the Grand Canyon. That's the little pink line. Option 3 is Providence to Washington, the red line. I have a pretty romanticized view of Providence as well, so I would happily deal. Anyway, I should find out soon and will proceed to come here to freak.
Here is a video from B&B:
And one from Raleigh Tubb, a NCSSM-er/Tar Heel who did it last year (parental guidance suggested at ~1:00...):
Actually, I haven't even been accepted yet, but it's just one of those things I know is going to happen. I dream about it a lot. A self-fulfilling prophecy? Goodness, I hope so.
Anyway, there are lots and lots of details, so if you're wondering about something, or if I flubbed up and you want to call me out, just leave a comment.
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