More Newspaper-Reading-Procrastination

May 4, 2008

Well. It’s Sunday now and my paper is due tomorrow and I’m thinking I’m going to start writing just as soon as I post this. So much for my grand plan to write it before the weekend. But after that sad afternoon of not knowing what to do with myself, probably just as well; I mean, what would I have done with a whole weekend and no school work?? I can’t even imagine.

Anyway, since I am once again procrastinating a paper, I have, of course, been reading the New York Times online instead. And, I came across this op-ed piece from 1996 that was run as an op-classic this morning. Adam and I have lots of conversations about whether or not we will “need” a second car when we move to California; and, if we do, might we let him buy a vespa instead. All of these are purely hypothetical lines of thought since we have no idea where we’ll be living or how far we’ll need to be commuting. But, this piece captures some of my feelings on the subject, albeit with some added anger.

I don’t have so much anger about having to use a car as resignation and small flames of hope that one day it will no longer be needed. Admittedly, we could use the car a lot less than we do, we tend to use it more as a means of convenience than out of necessity, but it’s so ingrained that it’s hard to get over the small inconveniences of having to walk, bike, or wait on public transportation.

All this to say that my hope is we’ll find an apartment near the subway line so we can use more public transportation and less car, but who knows … idealism rarely trumps practicality in my world.

Posted in life by Sarah