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8.04.2006

Evaluation

What portion of your soul do you
sell to make money?








Maybe there's an acceptable percentage range that qualifies as an "appropriate" portion of the soul which is sacrificed for the purpose of human sustainability. The obvious question becomes "what is an 'appropriate' level of sustainability?" Being able to "afford" to have children - including raising them, feeding them, clothing them, and educating them so they will be able to learn what portion of their souls they will sacrifice in order to sustain themselves... and their families? What the f*ck? Suddenly we're adults and our level of "sustainability" directly determines our level of "success." We grow up quickly and learn we cannot possibly plan for retirement early enough. F*ck.

Here's the tangent you'll never see coming: IF YOU RIDE A BICYCLE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND YOU HAVE ANGER ISSUES, PLEASE DON'T TAKE OUT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS ON PEDESTRIANS, MOTORIZED VEHICLES, OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC ROADWAYS (e.g. don't run through a red light on a one-way street going the WRONG WAY.)

IF YOU RIDE A BICYCLE IN NEW YORK CITY AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANGER ISSUES (YET) IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU'RE RIDING YOUR BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK. Maybe you never learned bike-riding rule #1: Don't ride your bike on the sidewalk.

I don't ride a bicycle. I'm too chicken to ride on the street, I will never ride on the sidewalk, and I love driving. Love it. The only thing I know about people who ride bikes it what I see on city streets and what I see on t.v. These people are angry. They're busy saving the world by emitting zero environmental pollutants and getting exercise. But this big responsibility doesn't come easy. They are constantly dealing with cars, trucks and people who get in their way or hit them while they're riding their bikes the wrong way down a one-way street.

Today I was riding the bus to work and I saw a gentleman in his late 50's standing outside of his parked car on the driver's side (he had just finished parking on the right side of the street, and his car door was closed.) Traffic was stopped at a red light, and an asshole on a bike who was traveling much too fast for the traffic situation stuck his hand out and deliberately clipped the gentleman on back of his neck.

I can't take it anymore. People on bikes get a bad wrap in my book. Go ride your bike on a bike path and quit bitching about cars being on streets. At the very least, stay off Riverside Drive during afternoon rush hour.

photo by: LL
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