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walking in cupertino

I hate walking in Cupertino. Keep in mind that I'm an avid fan of walking - I spent 4 hours doing it (within San Francisco) on Sunday for no particular reason. But just trying to cross the street in Cupertino I feel like a criminal. Not really a criminal, but some sort of foreign particle that's obstructing the fluid timed traffic of right turns. Cars back up and drivers stare in wonder as I make my way over the crosswalk. I am inexplicable. I am an anomaly in the suburbian sea of asphalt.

Sometimes people honk, but not as often as I'd like. If they'd honk more my rage would be justifiable.

Taking the 12 minute walk from my office to the grocery store includes crossing two freeway on-ramps. People getting onto the freeway don't give a fuck about you - you're making them go zero miles an hour, when they should really be going seventy. I used to live here in Cupertino, approximately 3/8 of a mile from my job, and had to cross the same freeway on-ramps. I only walked to work about 5 times in a year - it's simply an enormous pain in the ass to be a pedestrian here.

So I drove to work instead. The funny thing about that is the time I ran out of gas on the way in to work, but that's another story, and it's not even that funny. So I invite you to fill in the details of that story, of how I could run out of gas on a drive that's less than half a mile. It will be more entertaining for you if you imagine it.

Anyway, I'm kind of flipping out about work right now, so I'm probably going to play hooky tomorrow. And I'll be snowboarding this weekend.

Posted by Ethan at February 12, 2004 04:03 PM