1) I crashed my bike on Tuesday. I was riding down Rintoul Street when a car turned left into Stoke Street. I almost avoided it but not quite. I would have stopped OK if my brakes had been better. Driver says he was well ahead when he was turning. I don’t know whether to fork out the $80 he’s asking for and effectively flush it down the toilet, or whether to let him take me to the disputes tribunal. In that case if it goes against me I might have to pay the full cost - $230 - of fixing a minor dent in his door. I hate confrontation. It could have been far worse though, the bike’s OK and at least I wasn’t injured.
2) Shorthand practice is stressing me out; I’m banging my head against the desk quite often. Have to get to 80wpm within three weeks or fail the course; as of now I’m not quite on 60wpm.
3) My clock radio (timing device) and electric razor (noisemaker when played through guitar pickups) went missing after the Ascension Band gig. Hope I can get up ok in the morning.
4) Three pieces of music journalism (a small CD review and two more substantial pieces on Meatwaters Festival and Will Oldham gig), a news article (Resource Management Act amendment bill), and a feature article (health & safety in film industry art depts) due in near future.
5) Also a business & economics test next week.
6) Application for work placement in Phnom Penh or Shanghai was due yesterday – I haven’t started it yet.
7) I haven’t had enough exercise recently.
8) Guy in Auckland who I was hoping would review the Loose Autumn Moans album says he doesn’t like it. He says the music’s good but the words are “too loose”. What the %&^# is he talking about? The %&!#ing album’s got the word ‘loose’ in the *^&#!@ing title!
9) I got a haircut today, feels weird.
10) Three weeks in Mosgiel (outside Dunedin) working for Taieri Herald coming up in October. Then have to find a job.
I’m feeling stressed & depressed. I’ll feel better tomorrow once I can start actually tackling some of this workload. It’s the home stretch - and it's no bigger than what I got through at the end of August. I can do it. I have to be able to…
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Oh god... harsh week!
Zen monks have a bit of life-philosophy for these situations... they say that sometimes, when a lot of little things go wrong all at once, it's to distract you so that something beautiful can be born in your life without your own unknowing interference. Or maybe you're just having one of those weeks. Either is possible.
Are there any cyclists groups or co-ops in Wellington? They might be able to advise you on that little accident. Glad you're okay; that could've been ugly.
Posted by: Sister Novena at September 16, 2004 07:12 AM