On ya bike!

22 October - Dropped off about 930pm last night - presume it's the jetlag - one minute I was reading a book, next thing I woke up at 3 in the morning. It seems this time travel doesn't really agree with me.
Went for a very long walk in order to find a coffee in the morning - had to pass three Starbucks before I found a place that didn't serve filtered tar. However, when I did find one it was very agreeable and the man who served it to me was very nice (shopkeepers can be very friendly in this town). Made a few phone calls for some ads for share houses and this time I bought a day pass so that I wouldn't kill myself traversing the town looking at them. Saw about four in the day - one quite nice and the rest not so nice - one was miles away over the river and was also unfurnished so that was out. The last one I looked at was quite funny - I knocked on the door and asked to speak to Graeme, he wasn't home - I told the guy who answered the door why I was there and he said with great urgency, 'Don't move in here! It's a hole! That's why i'm moving out!' - unfortunately he was right ... Will check out a couple more tomorrow and in the week but if I don't find anything I might go with one I saw today (if still available).
My feet are still quite painful from yesterday - despite not walking around too much today, once I get some more permanent lodgings I want to start running again - haven't done any since the failed marathon but have to get back on the bike (or not get on the bike as the case may be).
On the subject of bikes though, I went to one last bike store today, Simon's Bike Store - i'd already decided on on the Trek MTB that I saw the previous day - but after going to SBS I changed my mind and bought a very cool Specialised mountain bike and got it a little bit customised. Very happy with the purchase as it came in below my budget and they even had a sale on shoeses and I bought a $220 pair of Shimano boots for only $50. It's a very nice looking bike so i'm probably going to have to put some scratches on it to make it a little bit less stealable (knowing the way I ride, shouldn't be a problem). The guy who sold me the bike, Simon, was extremely exciteable ... "Fifty bucks! That's nothing man!"; "You're gonna go so fast! Those wheels are so thin man!", Everything he said seemed to need an exclamation mark on the end.
All in all, Vancouver seems quite nice - I really don't like some of the people in the hostel though, thank God I have a private room ... Hopefully I won't pass out too early today - it's a Saturday and I want to see if I can cope with what nightlife this place has to offer ...