It's a miracle I'm alive.

[trinityvixen]

Stupid Apple. They can't seem to let me just pay for a quote I generate with them. They keep insisting that it's been placed and paid for, despite the fact that the quote not only lacked a shipping address, it had no financial information on it at all. That's...hardly placed, much less paid for, is it?

And I spent the entire bike ride to work on the phone with them. If I were less aware of my surroundings, if New Yorkers weren't, on the whole, pretty aware drivers, I wouldn't be here right now. Right, time for that goddamned bluetooth.

Speaking of biking, I've decided to keep track of the number of trips on the subway/bus that my biking saves me. When I get to 100, which is roughly $225 saved, I'm gonna treat myself to something. I could conceivably hit this within a month, seeing as I pick up extra trips when I go visit my former roommate.

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I can do all those things fine while walking because I walk on sidewalks which are generally car-and-bike-free. (Though you do still have to watch out from time to time.) It's not suicidal at all. Walking in the street WHEN THERE IS A PERFECTLY HUGE SIDEWALK RIGHT THERE OMFG (which, in case the CAPSLOCK rage didn't make clear, is something I'm facing every day) is suicidally stupid.

Once you get into the street, reading and listening to an iPod, you do have to, you know, look up, pay attention, etc. But for the most part, my peripheral vision is excellent, and that covers nearly 90% of what I need to walk and read and listen to music at once safely.

Biking, on the the other hand, is entirely in the street, entirely subject to the whims of people darting out at the last second FOR FORTY BLOCKS OF BIKE RIDE. Even I'm not so crazy as to take away anything that would help me navigate that maze.