Yesterday I almost got run over. A van didn't turn its turn signal on until it was actually turning, and I was crossing the street on my bike, and I didn't have time to stop. Well, I applied the brakes, and my bike, being asked to stop while going at a speed too fast for that kinda thing, rolled over forwards. I disentangled my feet fast enough that instead of going with the bike, I remained upright, falling to my feet with the bike collapsing behind me in the road. It got another shot to knock me down when the rear tire of the bike hit the back of my legs, but I remained standing. The car kept on going. In retrospect, I would've expected to have been angry, but I was just stunned. After taking a second to regain my balance and get my bike and backpack back together, I went on. If the car had been going at a little greater speed, or my reflexes were a bit slower, I might've been hit by the car, or have collided with it.

Later that day, having read at the coffeeshop, I stopped by the grocery store, and got some supplies that I've been needing but hadn't bought because payday was yesterday. Yeah, I'm living from check to check right now. Stupid airlines. Anyhow, the new cat litter was considerably heavier than I thought it was. 40 pounds. That, combined with two big jugs of grape juice and other supplies, made it impossible to ride my bike. So, I had a very slow walk home, balancing the litter on the bike frame as I walked with it, one grape juce jug under my arm, and a stuffed backpack. I think it took me about half an hour.

Having gotten home, I found another thing to worry about, financially.

Wally was pretty happy to have the new litter though. Although, I forgot to get him new food. I'll take care of that today, I think.

I've been making good progress on pound. You might notice that topics are now linked to their entries. Backups are now complete -- they back up all the tables in the schema in sensible, nice ways, even the fields that presently arn't hooked up. Topics can have their own text and images too.

There are two parties coming up that I've been, more or less, invited to. The first is Sree's daughter's 3rd birthday, and it's being held at the Sharpsburg Sree's. It seems kind of unusual to be going to a party of someone I don't exactly know personally, but he is friendly, and so I might go after all. There's a second party being held by a friend

And so, I don't think I'll be going to that party.

Finally, here's a snippet from a recent AIM conversation with a friend: (14:48:15) Improv: Is that a bunny? (14:48:46) R: yes, with a pancake on its head. (14:49:12) Improv: How profound.