My Scooter: Genuine Buddy 125

I just recently purchased my scooter. I was jealous of Tracey riding around. So I bought a used Genuine Budy 125. If Tracey's Vespa is the Lexus of scooters, then mine is definitely the Honda of Scooters. It's fast, zippy, stable, and fun. But made with really cheap plastic materials. The good part is that parts are really cheap, and there are a ton of aftermarket accessories.

Compared to the front wheel on Tracey's Vespa, you can tell mine didn't get the same kind of design care.

The Speedometer is nice and big.

This is something that took some getting used to, but now seems to make a lot of sense. They put the seat release on the ignition. You're usually used to going to the seat to open it. But it makes sense on the ignition since ignition already has some sort of anti-theft safety built in.

The bike came with a black back rack, and I hated it. So I changed it to chrome, along with the cowl bars you see here. They're to protect the bike if it falls over.

And there's me in the reflection of the logo.

Tracey's Scooter: Vespa LX 150

This is Tracey's Yellow Vespa Scooter. It's a 150cc LX model. It's really sorta like the Lexus of Scooters. She's named is 'Vesper'.

My favorite part of the bike design is the front wheel. It's very similar the very first Vespas. And definitely inspired by an airplane landing gear.

Vespa branding on the automatic transmission. All Vespas, and most scooters, come in Automatic these days.

A retro exhaust.

Vespa name plate.



The Key is shaped like a V.

Piaggio is the manufacturer of Vespa Scooters.

So packed with details, even the handles feature the Vespa name.

Open face Nolan Helmet.

Scooter Adventure

This weekend Tracey and I went on a Scooter adventure around town and discovered some interesting areas in Glendale.

Backing out the scoot.

We have matching helmets.

Let's go exploring!

We found some roads we've never been on.

And Found this hidden neighborhood.

With a car run off the road...?

And pink house.

And a house that needs an elevator thing to get to the front door.

Tracey on her scoot.



Then we found a great view of LA. You can see all the way downtown from Glendale.

Me. Pointing the traffic on the 5.

Tracey chillin with the scoots.

And funny face!

Watermelon

What can I say? I really like Watermelon. Especially small personal sized watermelon.

Interesting Weekends

The abandoned candy isle at a super market where you buy in bulk.






Over looking Los Angeles at night waiting for the meteor shower.

No pictures of the meteors, but a great shot of the night sky.

It may look like a dot, but it's Jupiter and one of it's moons.

This is actually the birthday cake for a friend. It just looks like kitty litter.

Bacon wrapped hotdogs. mmmm

Water balloon fun to be had.

Nintendo Entertainment System

The NES was my very first game console. We had a Magnavox Odyssey before the NES, but I never played it. I honestly didn't even know it existed. This is my original NES, I've hung on to it since I was 5 years old.


Modern video games all use a modified USB for the controller port. Even the weird looking ones from the PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube. I always wondered what kind of port these old systems used.


I don't hear a fan on the NES, so I'm not sure if these vents are functional.



No Stereo for you.


My favorite game on the system was of course Metal Gear. Though I didn't know until I was much much older that the US version of the game was pretty terrible compared to the Japan version.


My absolute favorite part of the NES was the process of inserting a game. Pushing it in, pushing it down, and closing the lid. It was such a nice ritual, it really felt like you were doing something important.

Tracey's Painting - Bathing Woman

This is a painting that Tracey did awhile back. It hangs in our bathroom over the towel rack.



Tracey's mom framed it for us when we moved into our place. I love the frame almost as much as the painting.