Yes, I know...It has been over a month since my last Doodle-a-Day entry, but I figure that I DO have a few decent excuses. For one, I just graduated from college. So, the actually graduation only lasted a couple of hours and it took place weeks ago...I am still going to use that as an excuse! Also, this doodle is more than just something done in a few minutes on paper. This so-called "doodle" was done a bike! I spent the week following college graduation decorating my bike in my spare time (which was really all of the time since I wasn't doing anything else) and my mom couldn't help but laugh when family would call up asking what the recent college graduate was up to. Maybe I should have been reading up on a topic I just couldn't get enough of in college or in Europe or even working, but it just wouldn't have been the thing that I would prefer to look back on as having done the week after graduation. No, no...decorating my bike is more my style. I can't take credit for the actual doodles that I decorated my bike with-that belongs to Charles Shulz-BUT I can take credit for the hours I put into decorating my bike with his artwork! I decided that with the price of gas being what it is now and all the talk of "going green", I might as well do something to help my wallet and the environment. The result? A decision to ride my bike as much as possible and drive only when I really need to. I started out just riding around my bike the way that it was (a purple resembling Barney and Tinky Winky's love child) but for some reason it just didn't feel like it was really mine (actually, the bike wasn't really mine always...I bought it from a woman down the street a few summers ago). So, I decided to customize it and what better way to customize anything than with something you love? I have always loved the Peanuts comics, so doing this project just seemed right. If nothing else, I will always be able to find my bike on a crowded bike rack.
