bike troubles

after a long and tiresome attempt at a bike repair, my efforts were in vain,

heres what happened(i feel like Monk....hehehe)

okay, so i decide to patchup my tires, as i punctured the a LONG time ago, and never got around to doing that.. i get the first hole in the front tube al nice and patched, get it put back on. now to the rear tire. i get it off, cassette and all, and patch up that tube. once it is back on, i realize that the front tire still doesn't want to hole any air. so i take it off again and repatched the first hole, because it looked iffy. i put it back on and pump it up, to find that is still doesn't hold air. so i take it off for the third time. and find another huge gaping hole, that wasn't there before. so i patch it up, and ride it. it seemed fine, until i come back later to see that both of my tires are flat.
so i decide to just give up, go to Jax, and get some new tubes.

but in other news, i really did survive the Swine Flu......