Ding Ding!

That is the sound you will here on the sidewalks of Hollywood if I'm coming up behind you and you are hogging the sidewalk. Dear reader, you may be asking me silently in your head: "Why would you make that sound at strangers, Katrina?" Well, I don't... but the bell on my new bike does! That's right! I got it at a garage sale for 5 bucks. It is a shiny emerald green beach bike with a basket. So far I've ridden it to a vocal lesson and the post office... and back to the bike shop cause I needed a new tube for the back tire. I've named it already, it's my Emerald City. I also have a shiny helmet cause I live in an urban jungle with a bunch of crazy mofos and the last thing I want is a dent in my head. I put stickers on it. My friend Chris put pipe cleaner antenna it as well and told me not to take them off. At first I felt very ridiculous but he dared me to keep them on because I looked adorable with them. So I paired it with my super big bug-like sunglasses and happily buzzed down the street. As I figure, a few of my duties on this planet are to make people smile and feel good, so wearing curly antenna around Hollywood is within my M.O. It's made for some interesting conversations already from random positive comments on the street, to a little girl in an elevator who thought it was super cool, and the post office lady also liked the fact that a "girled up" my helmet. I've encountered some immovable frowns too, but more then anything, I feel they shouldn't take themselves so seriously.