Man, this class is noisy. I'm in computer concepts. I have tennis practice tonight. Rohan challenged me 2 days ago so I going to be tired tonight. I have a essay to write. I was asked to be in a video that Jesse is going to film. I am going to ride my bike. It should be awesome. It will mostly be street riding with a little ramp footage.

Today at tennis practice, we had challenge matches. I was able to challenge Ted. It turned out to be pretty difficult, but in the end I won. I nearly killed myself a couple of times. We had to play 2 out of 3 sets. We had to go to the third set. I am so tired. As an added bonus, Brent can't play singles (because of his leg, not the good thing), I am number 6. Brent can only play doubles. That must suck. I feel sorry for him. I hate being injured.

On another note, I am currently becoming interested in making public skateparks in illinois bike-friendly. I contacted an official for a public skatepark in the Chicago area to see why they didn't allow bikes. Their reason:At this time we cannot let bikes in due to the ceiling height on the sides of the building. It doesn't allow enough clearance for the height that bikers get. This , my friend, is a bunch of shit. Even though the ceiling may be low, it doesn't mean bikes can't ride the park. Not letting bikes into public skateparks: this makes me very angry. It is discrimination against us bikers. There are over 7 million bike riders in the US alone. As one of them, I must free a skatepark from being biker non-friendly. Taxpayers' money make those "public" skateparks. While the skateboarders and the in-liners ride the park, us bmxers can only watch. I mean there is nothing more stupid than that. I guess since bike isn't in the word skatepark, they think bikes shouldn't be allowed. "Skatepark" has become a generic term for a ramp facility, just like Kleenex for facial tissues--it's is easy and simple to say. I am here to make a difference

This time by next year, I will be so ready for summer. I am going to work my ass off this summer and save all that money. I am going to Camp Woodward next year!!! Camp Woodward is like a Mecca for bmxers. It is heaven on earth. I am so excited to start working that's scary. The cost of the camp alone is $945. It is in Pennslyvania. I know this sounds crazy but is worth it. For one week, I live in an air-conditioned cabin, riding skateparks, and learning new tricks. As a bonus, Camp Woodward doubles as a gymnastics camp. OOOHHH yeah. I may be going out on a limb here, but aren't 99.9% of gymnasts girls? At the camp, they have these foam pits. Foam cubes to be exact. And what you do is, you go off a roll-in, hit the ramp, try your trick, and land in the foam harmlessly. Once you think have the trick down, you try it one the resi box-jump. All a resi box-jump is, is a box-jump covered from the beginning and end of the ramp with a thick, slick, and soft plastic sheet. So if you crash, it doesn't hurt as much. I can't wait to go.