The Maestro Car
This morning: took the bus downtown, walked to work from there. On the way: Burlington the Busy Street. Me? I pushed the walk button, and waited for the lights to change.
Change they did! Took a little while, but it was well worth the wait. Why I declare, there must have been at least 15-20 people their cars, bunched up at the stoplight, all of them waiting for little old me! No other pedestrians around, no other cars competing for right of way, just a bunch of idling automobiles, and ME — crossing the street nice and leisurely-like (in the 15 seconds or whatever Burlington gives you). What a head trip! All those folks, mildly inconvenienced purely for my benefit. Seconds of their lives they’ll never get back. Good times.
Sorry to anybody who was in a legitimate hurry, I hope you didn’t get in dutch. Life’s a cruel maestro sometimes.
Liz said,
September 14th, 2007 at 11:28 am
I’ve experienced that before too, it feels a little trippy. I like your new layout
jamal said,
September 14th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
thanks! just shuffling things up a smadge, goin flip-mode!
Saltpeter said,
September 14th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
You should do a little dance or something like that. You could do that little “walking downstairs” bit. Or shuffling along the invisible glass wall.