Tuesday, October 16, 2007
(12:23 PM) | Ben W:
At long last, Tuesday Hatred
I hate that on Sunday I told Adam that I was now (then) much better prepared to do a Tuesday Hatred than I was last week, when it was rather lackluster, receiving his invitation to do it this week, ie, today, and then I completely forgot about it. I hate that I let Adam down so much that he was incapable of even explaining to me how great was my transgression: he merely sent me an email with the subject line "Hatred......" (I think I've got the number of periods right) but nothing in the contents. We both understood that there was nothing more to say: our relationship has forever been altered, and all through my own fault.I hate that on Sunday I got cold hit by a car and lacked the presence of mind to get the driver's info even though I was superficially fine. I am actually fine through and through, but my bike is not—both wheels need replacing. It didn't occur to me that it, too, might have been damaged. I hate that the only big supermarket near me is a Safeway and that all the Trader Joe's are two (2) different bus rides away, or one inconvenient bike ride. I hate that I can't even remember the other thing that I thought would be a good subject for hating, but I also hate biking in the rain and the fact that the only way to mitigate its hateful aspects at least in part is to wear kind of ugly but, apparently, functional rain gear from REI. Finally, I hate my commute. Boo to that.
