Irony: Getting into med school was the biggest confidence booster of my life, but BEING in med school is the biggest confidence killer of my life. Srsly, I feel like a dumb wang probably at least 22 times a day (compared to maybe like 16, 17 times a day when I wasn’t a med student).
So anyway. Yesterday I put a new tube in the rear wheel of my bike, patched the old tube as a spare, and put the wheel back on. That took me about 17 seconds to type which is funny because actually doing it (haha, DOING IT ok sorry no I really am 24) took me about an hour and a half because I couldn’t figure out how to get the wheel on because of the rear derailleur (and I’m not even going to tell you how long it took for me to figure out that the rear derailleur was called the rear derailleur) even though I watched this video at least three times…
...so I was in a really sour mood but watching that video cheered me up because the cockrock music and intense British guy are so crazy I was like WTF are we fixing bikes or eating live babies while slaughtering a wild rhino??? Also, around 4:51, he says, ‘the chain will RUB against the second largest sprocket and NOISE will OCCUR’. Haha. It’s hard to sound badass while saying ‘sprocket’ and ‘noise will occur’ in a British accent but that guy pulls it off. Also, I like that phrase, ‘noise will occur’. I bet that’s what that guy (Intense British Bike Narrator Guy) tells his neighbors before he has a house party. ‘Cheerio, I’ll be hosting a party in my flat in a fortnight, and just so’s you’re aware, NOISE WILL OCCUR.’
Anyway. Also last night I decided to make a video to put on the internet. No, not that kind of video. Well, kind of.
If you’re on Vimeo (aka YouTube for hipsters), let’s be friends! (Contacts, whatever.) Yeah, I don’t know what possessed me to finally make a video after having that account for almost two years. I was probably high on vulcanizing adhesive. Anyway, I’m pretty sure it qualifies as a cinematic masterpiece, all 26 seconds of it. Glorious.
Newton
I watched the video sans sound, because I have a ghetto public school-donated computer that refuses to play audio.
NOISE WILL OCCUR!
Your facial expressions made me laugh.
Emma
I just figured out today that my digital camera takes video up to like 12 minutes. That’s friggen’ crazy talk! I think I’ll make a video of myself but with pants.
Marianne
Ohmigod, that bike video had me in stitches. And in No Pants, when your head first pops up and that weird warbly noise plays = PERFECT.
dv
you’re a hoot. your vid reminded me of an after school special. i watched odd things as a child.
Eunice
I fast forwarded to 4:51 just to hear the accent. I died laughing. My brother just stared at me.
I thought I had a vimeo account, but turns out I didn’t. Now I do.
Rhea
you are fun to watch. now you gotta make a video that ends in you saying “me = topless”. aha!
momo
hahahhahahahah
the video cracked me up so much lol.
and
argh,
university generally makes me feel stupid.
Luke
Yay for England! Not only can we queue, we can make bicycle repair instruction video ‘invigorating’.
View, if you dare, the exploits of Bicycle Repair Man
fear!
Rach
Haha you’re an idiot!!
(I mean that in a good way?)
Rachel
dies
Cici
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
ari
you so crazy, girl!
Julie
LOL, I think I’m going to use that phrase now for a while.
Noise will occur.
Sarai
LOL. I wouldn’t know what to say if I were to post a video. Nothing quirky or witty, that’s for damn sure.
Rachel
Yes, I realize my dialogue is intimidatingly spellbinding and brilliant. I struggled to find the perfect nuance in the denouement. ‘Me equals pantsless’? ‘Me EQUALS pantsless’? ‘Me equals PANTSLESS’? ‘Pantsless equals me’?
You should totally make a video. Everyone should! And we could all be video pen pals and live happily ever after!
jenny
i was afraid moving in with a boy would alter my pantless state.
it hasn’t.