Weatherwise, it was a weird day. A little rain this morning, followed by a brief interlude of calm sunshine, then violent wind and snow, and finally just some gusting, obnoxious wind. But I gritted my teeth and hopped on the bike for what I hoped would be a quick 10 miles. It was good at first (thank you, tailwind), but progressively worsened to the point where I was pedaling madly and barely going 5 mph. I altered my loop once I realized that Kittitas highway was extremely bicycle-unfriendly with jackass rednecks passing me with only inches to spare, and then honking as if I was committing some terrible injustice against them. The last half of the loop was pretty agonizing, but I made it back in 45 minutes even after stopping a couple of times to check my trusty iPhone map to see how in the hell I could get off that death highway. The bike felt good and stable, I like and trust it more each time I ride it.
The prompt I got today made me laugh, because it's something I wonder every so often anyway: "What did you do before we had the internet?"
Seriously, what did we do? The internet plays such a central role in my life that I can barely imagine its nonexistence. I had a set of encyclopedias and a telephone book and lots of crazy colored pencils back in the pre-internetic days. These are all obsolete now. I would never buy an encyclopedia set, I throw away the phonebook as soon as they deliver it, and I have one pencil that I only use for Scantron tests and Organic Chemistry. But there had to be some other things to fill all my time spent on the internet. Or maybe doing things without the internet took up so much time that it evens out; the extra time is just spent looking at more stuff on the internet. I was pretty young when the internet was first hitting homes, so it's hard to remember anyway...but I do know that I love my internet-laden lifestyle, and wouldn't go back to the dark ages. Anything you could ever want to know is at your fingertips, and it is glorious.
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That's one thing I don't miss about the E-burg...it was sooo windy all the time. It was pretty much useless to put any effort into your hair before walking to classes because it would be a wind-torn rat's nest when you finally found shelter.
And, yeah. Go technology! =D
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