i love biking to work and back.

cars to me are a whole different animal now. when i was driving (like 3 weeks ago) i could identify several discerning features of cars. now, they seem like they're all the same. sometimes i'm on the train and all i see are streaks of colour passing by, all with black windows, encasing their drivers deep within. biking has been great. i have energy all through the day, i'm in a great mood, and i'm feeling a lot more healthy than i did. i can even go out drinking on nights before, and feel better when i get to work. of course, i can't do that too often. but that was true before too.

when i biked in critical mass last friday, i heard one guy chanting to the people on the sidewalks "biking makes you smart." i think he was on to something. when i was in high school, i had to bike everywhere. i didn't own a car, and while other kids were driving in their new cars, i had to pedal my way everywhere. well, it did three good things fo me. i grew some nice thigh muscles, which have reamained good base muscles that can emerge whenever i need them, it taught me humility, but most of all - it made me smart. i guess it was more generating character than anything, but when you have a lot of good time on your hands to think by yourself - bitter and disenfranchised by your driving peers - your mind gets working on overtime, and some pretty good ideas come to mind. of course, if you can remember them.....hmmm....

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