walking to school this morning from megs:
i come to 45th and the ave, where all that heavy construction is going on.
i make it to the south side of 45th and am half way across the road thats blocked off,
no cars will go past.
but i see this fatty dump truck pull out and i notice that theyre getting ready for it to back up into the blocked off road.
the truck is like a quarter up the block on the ave so i nonchalantly try to make my way across that little half-of-the-street area,
when this black construction worker throws out her hand infront of me.
now this truck is a good 30 feet off and is just getting into gear to reverse.
and the black woman looks me up and down as is like
i just save yo' life. you woulda been bout as dead as you are white.
so i just look at her, and this other younger white constuction worker chic who just kinda giggles at it.
then in like the 30 - 45 secs that i coulda had to cross that little bitch section,
the black woman continues to patronize me.
you go to school?
well you should tell yo mamma and daddy to send me some money cuz i just saved your life.
they should send me a christmas card or something.
uh huh.
all this while i could have easily run across that 7 foot stretch about 3 times without even hurrying.
what the shit?
and the other younger one i think thought i was cute or something, cuz for no reason at all she comes over,
grabs my bicep, and says, ok, you can go, guy.
like i didnt realize that the fatty slow truck had just past.

then i show up to school and the prof goes over the last quiz. that takes 15 mins.
and thats it. im done with school for the day.
at least i had time to go to the library and figure out how to look up magazine articles for my assignment in archaeology.
people in the 80s thought that great things were going to happen by 2050.
i guess theres been a lot of advances since then, but nothing near what they projected.

oh, and btw, i need a job.