safety slap bracelets

i drove to club downunder last night to interview for volunteer positions.

this is great! i'm finally an fsu student, so i can finally get involved!

no, seriously. usually a story like this starts out with me going somewhere expecting to do something and it not working out for some crazy reason.

no. i'm really excited. this is awesome.

here's a crazy story, though. just in case you were feeling let down:

i drove, like i said, and so i parked in the garage above the bookstore. as i'm walking to the union though, i see campus cops working a traffic incident, probably a fender bender. it had been raining, you know?

it was a cyclist. it looked like a head on collision with a jetta. busted. i recognized him, hung around while he was getting checked out (he was standing, but definitely seemed dazed.)

i gave him my number and told him to call me if he needed a ride anywhere or anything. i've been where he's been. getting hit sucks. his fork was totally destroyed, too. ugh.

anyways, while the paramedics were checking him out, a campus cop brought a bag of stuff over to the kid and said "here's some safety equipment."

it pricked my ears, so i asked the guy if i could have one too.

so, i open it up and here's the contents:

1. bike lights. big and bulky, but free. one white front, one red rear.

2. a yellow reflective "safety sash." think hall monitor here.

3. and i'm not making this up: a reflective slap bracelet.

!!!!!!

yes, the bits of springy plastic we grew to love in elementary school are back! and they're safe!

just thought you all should know.

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ride journal: rode the "rain bike" to school today. no rain so far.

i love riding downtown. people zoom around me, really upset, but i almost always catch up to them at the next red light. a guy honked at me this morning as he went around. i caught up to him (he was second in line), and as i passed his car to get up to the stop line, i asked "are you in a hurry?" he just looked at me. my moral of the story to that guy: don't be a doofus.

i have to say, riding with gears makes for a much easier ride...but i definitely get there slower.

slap bracelet safety ftw!

i'm an ex-spectator

at least, i'd like to think so.

i've decided that trying to start things is difficult.

for example, i've been trying to start playing shows again and it's hard to make the first call. it's not an insecurity, it's simply a matter of time and priority.

how much of life and opportunity is taken up by day-to-day living? a ton. and that's why people "settle in", that's why people stay in routines. it's not a bad thing. it's just how it is. so.


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i've been riding my bike to campus every day (except one, i think) this semester. five days a week for five weeks (i think.) things are working out nicely, though i've been lacking energy the last two weeks. i thought maybe my body was just tired of riding, but then i realized i haven't been eating breakfast, haven't been drinking as much water, and haven't been getting as much sleep as i was at the beginning of the semester.

i'm working to change this.

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speaking of semesters, it's my first at fsu. this is great.

i have lots of opportunities to get involved with stuff that i normally wouldn't. like tonight, i'm going to interview for a volunteer position with club downunder and union productions.

i'm also learning a ton about legislative systems, especially our own. the house and senate are much different from the public's general perception.

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if i made a little cd, would you buy it?


for cheap? or maybe even free?