Rain

I saw that it was drizzling outside and decided that it would be a perfect time to walk to Cow's End for some coffee. I also wanted to get away from the distractions of my room, so that I could concentrate on "Spheres," tentatively retitled "Looking Glass." I took my notebook, a pen and the one reference I'm using for the story: O'Reilly's Network Troubleshooting Tools. That's for the fantasy story I'm writing. Either it's now a slipstream story, or I'm just horribly confused. Either way, I largely ended up reading through the O'reilly book, which I'd been meaning to do for a while. Every page offered numerous ideas for my story, and wonderful insights on how utilites like ping and traceroute actually work. Network protocols rule!!!

On the walk home, it was no longer drizzling. It wasn't quite pouring, but it was definately a lot of rain for Southern California. At the first intersection, I almost experience a Hollywood cliche. The light indicated 'walk' so I started to cross the street, slightly behind a young woman with an unbrella. I noticed 3 things at once. The young woman was talking on a cellphone and thus oblivious to everything. The intersection was ever so slightly flooded. There was a SUV driving toward me at what seemed like great speed. I planted me feet with every intention of jumping and hurling the woman out of the path of the vehicle.

The SUV slowed down without hydroplaning, and I finished crossing the street. A few minutes later I remembered to start breathing again

Stupidity

The stupidity I'm refering to was not my walking throuigh the rain. When I got back to my apartment complex I saw a van full of teenagers purposely speeding down a flooded street and slaming on the brakes, obviously attempting to hydroplane. That would be the stupidity.

Now back to the writing.

Listening to: Darling Violetta (in headphones as instructed by Steve McManus of Darling Violetta)
Reading: Network Troubleshooting Tools, by Joseph D. Sloan
Words written: 822 (more to be written before sleep ensues)