Friday Morning Ride

I love riding on Friday morning more than any other morning I think. Maybe it's just because I don't have class on Friday and I'm already stoked that I have a whole two days to not study and not feel guilty about it. But Fridays always seem less stressful and more exciting and adventurous than the other days of the week.

My first note from the day is that right at the beginning of my ride I was stopped next to a cop at a red light. After sitting for a moment and seeing that no one was coming on the cross street, the cop drove through the red light and on his merry way. No lights or sirens, just drove through. Now, many people know that I have little to no respect for cops and that I see them just as glorified bullies looking for their daily boost in self esteem after they leave/drop out of high school, and many people don't understand why. Well friends, this is why. Once again it has been observed that if you distribute even a little authority to undeserved minds and personalities, they will abuse it until the day that power is stripped from them. Thank you fine officers of the CPD for proving this point to me this morning.

On a happier note, I found some new places today that I think deserve noting, if only so that I don't forget them. First, I saw a Gamestop on the corner of Broadway and Irving Park while I was riding past down Broadway this morning; I have a friend coming up/over from Indiana this afternoon and I'm sure he will appreciate knowing that there is one kind of close to school (closer than the Best Buy in the Hancock building where we've been going, anyway). Secondly, I found a new Borders! I always get excited when I find new bookstores (I think it's a little part of my nerdy-ness kicking in). It was a really nice one in Boy's Town. I only stopped in and looked for a moment, just because it's Pride weekend and with all the parade preparations and people flooding the sidewalks it was a little busy. But I'll definitely have to go back and check it out again sometime. Thirdly, as I was riding back up to Rogers Park on Clark, I found a Swedish Immigration museum that I had no idea was there. I didn't have a chance to check it out today, but I think that would be a really great experience for me to get back in touch with my Swedish roots, so that's also on the to-do list.

I believe that's all for today. Hope you, Terrie Chen, the one person following this blog, if you read this, have a great weekend!