there are few things i don’t like about living in victoria. but here are three.
people on longboards (this excludes my two favorite hippy friends luke and natasha): everyone and their fucking dog has a goddamn longboard in this town. i want to throw sticks whenever i see one. people dragging them behind them all over campus thinking they’re awesome because they can balance on a piece of wood with big dumb wheels. i have respect for skateboaring. skateboarding is hard. skateboards aren’t smooth moving creations like these new fangled longboards. they’re somewhat difficult to manouvre. but longboards get no love from me at all. none.
another thing that pisses me off is people’s apperant inability to signal when they are driving. i cannot name the number of times i’ve been on my bike at an intersection staring at a car unable to discern whether the jackass driving is going to turn right, left, or keep going straight. they drive all slowly because they see a cyclist (me) and then at the last second after slowly approaching they turn. or keep going straight. it fucking KILLS me. i’ve also been cut off dangerously from these same kinds of assholes. buddy drives past you and is in front. you think everythings cool and then BOOM! turnin right.
i wish there was a signal you could give with your hand to indicate to these shitty drivers that you wish they would signal. until then the middle finger will have to work.
this city does something to people i think. everyone is in a bit of a daze while walking around from place to place day to day. you know that thing that happens when you’re just walking to wherever you’re going and you have a low speed pseudo-collision with another pedestrian. you do that left-right-right-left dance. DRIVES ME MENTAL! people in victoria get in my way more than anywhere else. many times during a day i wish i could just reach out, grab the badly placed human and move them by the shoulders. kinda like a bug y’know. pick it up, face it another direction and watch it stagger away, dumbfounded and confused, bumbling onwards.
i HATE it when people get in my way. if i’m in a bad mood i’ll just slam right into them. slow walkers too… AND ANOTHER THING!!! when people with umbrellas… its like you put up your umbrella and you instantly become spatially retarded. GET OVER YOURSELVES UMBRELLA PEOPLE!! get a rain jacket and stop standing under awnings with your stupid fucking umbrella
I love Danny, and I agree with everything you said Torie. I blame the bad driving on two (2) things:
1. The elderly
2. People driving the way they fucking walk.
I had two near collisions on my bike with motorcycles yesterday. Scared the shit outta.
Fuck’s sake, I hate it. But it’s nice biking weather here, when it ain’t so windy out. We need to adventure before we both take off into the blue northern yonder. I’m also jealous of your Alaska plans, I wanna go there.