do you want the good or bad news first? well, i usually take bad first...
first some misanthropy--last week, for a couple of days before the torrential rain that is plaguing us right now, it was beautiful! i actually got to ride my bike to work a couple of days. it was great. however, riding my bike made me see all the other crazy cyclists out there. what the hell, people?!? i mean, a red light is a red light for us too, not just cars! i saw a girl go flying through a red light WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING and when a car came speeding toward her in the intersection, she just swerved to try to go around it. the car slammed on its breaks, narrowly missing her and then stalled in the intersection right as the light changed for now my street to go. and the girl had the gall to yell and flip off the car! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? she nearly caused an accident--and it would have been her fault completely. this is where, as one cyclist to another, i must say:
get off your high horses. just because you bike does not mean you own the road because you are greener, cooler, fitter, whatever. really--you may easily die if a car hits you. oh, and cause a large, serious accident that involves people OTHER THAN YOU. i know it's hard to think of anyone but yourself, but it's time to start. it's as easy as that.
whew.
now on to the actual bad news: my computer died at home. i mean KAPUT! i found out it had a rootkit on it, and then tons of malware. it fizzled. we have cleaned it up to the best of our abilities, but the operating system needs to be reinstalled. then we'll have to reinstall our programs. my computer problems took up my entire saturday. we thought we had lost everything. the good thing is that it appears we haven't. we've got it all stored on an external mass storage device that we believe is clean (but is getting scanned for viruses this week). we just need to start over. and then save up for a new computer. this computer is 4 years old and served me well in grad school. thanks, little dying computer. but this does mean that my blog will have no photos for a while. :(
alright, the good news. i read the second c.j. sansom book, called dark fire. the first one i gave a one-word review of "meh." but dark fire was fun! i really liked it. it's light, but there is plenty of action, darkness, etc. these two books take place in tudor england. the main character is a hunchback lawyer/detective. i really recommend this one, and the first one isn't bad, it just didn't capture me terribly. so happy reading :)
time to work now, folks... later.
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You make a good point. I hate it when people say that pedestrians always have the right of way. Usually they do, but that doesn't meant they should just walk into traffic and expect all cars to stop, especially if they're not on a crosswalk. Who cares if you have the right of way but you're squished on the side of the road. Always look! And the cyclists who ride through the squares. They'll take you down if you're not careful.
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