The headtube badge: A comet made from sterling silver. Nice. 

 

As usual we had coffee and swedish coffee bread---which is a particular kind of sweetened dough bun which is essential for proper coffee drinking. The people so inclined also busted out their pipes. 

Summer vacation

 
After dragging our asses around waiting for the last part of track season to be over, we were ready for a break and some sweden action. And sweden action we got! The weather ended up being awesome, with warm weather the whole time. As we had just moved into a much more expensive apartment in Portland, we needed to get rid of our apartment in Sweden, so as a result we ended up doing two moves in one month. If I never move again it will be too soon. But, I digress, we had a fine time, going on adventures and meeting up with all our friends again. There was even a birthday while we were away. More details to follow. 

 

As usual, we ended up spending an obscene amount of time hanging out, chilling and going to cafes. A very Gothenburg type of lifestyle. The hanging out was made very easy by the fact that Johan and Susann had vacation too, so we saw a lot of them. They are awesome. 

 

You don't have to bike very far to get to the sea outside of Gothenburg. And once you are on the coast, you can bike all the way to Amsterdam on a special bike route. Or just have some coffee.... 

SS Pussycat.

 
Last year Amelia won the womens and trans SS Pussycat alleycat, so she had to organize it this year together with Tori. The day had been set to Laborday weekend (just before our sweden trip, and the weekend after we had to move into our new place), so things were hectic. The race was a booming success though! Here, the gathering place by Harriet Tubman. 

 
Racers recieve instructions. 

 
The winner is........ BETHANY! Good job. The next people would not roll in for quite some time. 

 
In the number two spot for speed: Hazel! 

 
People competing in the scavenger hunt category had all kinds of interesting things they needed to find. Here, a picture of a fish. 

 
Prizes galore! The winner (right) beams happily in anticipation of her well earned schwag.