September 21, 2010

Cranky and at work

I should be working, but fuck it. Instead I feel like ranting. In no particular order.

I was under the impression that when you grow older you get blue hair not blue teeth. For some reason my teeth are starting to look blue, but only at the tops. I don’t fully qualify for Bluetooth jokes. I can't do anything about this until my health insurance starts.

Living for so long in a rural America, where your neighbours are at least a half a mile away, I’d forgotten that high density living means when you take your clothes off in front of an open window, others can see you. Ooops!

I’ve been mixing up my trips to school and back with biking and transit. To bike to the university takes me 40minutes and includes some really nasty hills. That would be sweet if my ride home was only downhill, but its not. Plus, while YummyLargeCity might be Yummy for other reasons, it sucks for biking. Tons of parked cars, drivers that can’t drive and yet choose to drive very fast. Oh, sure there are some bike lanes, but why put them there if cars insist on driving in them? I can’t believe they gave drivers’ licenses to some of these people.

Normally I’m opposed to those gianormous dark sunglasses that old people cocoon their faces with, especially if they wear regular glasses, but lately I’m think it might not be a bad idea, especially when I ride my bike with my regular glasses. Blue teeth, big sunglasses. Well that fits according to this I'm actually between the ages of 66-100. Only off by ~30 to 70 years, but that's okay I'm not offended. Hey, now where'd I put my teeth?!



And I can’t believe how hard it is to find information on how to get bus tickets. You’d think if you are the driver of a city bus, it would be appropriate for you to know this information. And yet on every bus’ side window it says, “Voted Best Transit System”. It amazes me that every city I’ve lived in has a transit system, which has been awarded best transit system. What’s the comparison? If it’s the only transit system in the city and the only comparison is to itself, then not only is it the best, but it is also the worst.

Okay back to fixing my environmental chambers so I can get my experiments started.

4 comments:

Romy said...

Queen of Cranky here...I'm wondering if I should get blue teeth to match my imaginary blue hair...

Ed said...

When I rode a bike in the city, the biggest annoyance was the car exhaust. I eventually used a respirator.

The blue teeth sound pretty strange. Most tooth paste has a whitener these days. Could that be having a chemical reaction with something?

microbiologist xx said...

The big city I live in is not quite ready for commuting by any other method than a car. The bike lanes are laughable. By that I mean, they are only present on stretches of the same road. As if you are going to ride you bike for a while, then get in a car for the rest of your journey. Of course the part where you actually need the bike lane is not the part of the road that has one. I am pretty sure whoever designed this system was either (a) using crack at the time or (b) sadistic.

unknown said...

@Microbiologist XX

In this city, I vote for (a)

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