This is a generic race report from http://www.ducatigirl.com/wsmc/wsmc2003.html Just select any of the phrases, as I'm sure they will all happen sometime during the year... ================================================================================ We got to the track (late at night / early in the morning / in spite of a flat tire). The guy working the guard shack was (friendly / drunk / looking at my dogs with a little too much lust in his eyes). This month was (hot / cold / windy as all fuck). We found a parking spot (ideally located / riddled with oil and safety wire / downwind from the House of Charmin). We unhitched and (looked for friends to chat with / took some time out to discuss the craftsmanship that went into the paper wristbands / cried because we forgot to pack the bikes). During practice, I rode like (a skilled surgeon / an impotent, club-footed wildebeast / a squid-shaming squid). My times were (way up / same as always / so low the timer must be wrong). When the new racer school went out on track I (thought fondly of the day when I narrowly made the two-minute cut-off / snuck out with them / finished off my second six-pack of Milwaukee's finest). During the lunch break I (ate half of Chris's tri-tip sandwich / ate one mustard and three sugar packets / had even more of Milwaukee's finest). After a full day of practice we (walked the dogs / prepped the bikes for race day / took our trick "Biker Boyz" moves onto the public streets). On race day I woke up (when the alarm went off / hungover and smelling like catfish / because Chris was shouting "Ride it, Bertha!" while asleep). On our way to the track, we stopped off at Burger King to (get breakfast / let the dogs crap in their parking lot / laugh at people who've been up since 5:00 am.) After getting teched, we (did practice / skipped practice / fell back asleep). When the riders' meeting was called, we (hurried over / took our sweet time / hid under the van until everyone left the area and then resumed our poker game). Before a race I always feel (like a million bucks / somewhat nervous / manic-depressive with a twist of homocidal). When the green flag dropped, I (got the holeshot / bogged the start / realized my helmet was on backwards). In my race I finished (on the podium / mid-pack / dead fucking last, but I would never admit to it). Against my fellow competitors, I (diced it up / hacked them like an asshole / took out three of them with a simple lowside). This made me feel (alive / tired / sheepish). When I got back to the pits, a racer sought me out and (congratulated me on a great battle / accused me of unsportsmanlike conduct / handed my tail section back to me). I asked the guy how it felt (during the spirited dice / to have more horsepower than skill / to have my tail section hit him in the head). He told me that (I had a great line / I had the line of someone obviously sight impaired / I shouldn't use elastic hair bands to hold down my tailsection). I (thanked him / sprayed WD-40 in his hair and told him all the cool guys were doing it / explained that I could say no more without my attorney present). When the day was over we (packed up the trailer / paid someone to pack up the trailer / packed up the trailer and drove off without it). As always, it was another race weekend (of jolly good fun / of character-building hard work / in which the money spent would've paid half the mortgage). Until next month, (arrivederci / adiós / Auf Wiedersehen / au revoir / I hope I can remember your name).