Do blondes really have more fun?

I guess I'll find out soon...





















Many thanks to Andrea at Biyoshi salon for turning my black hair blond (it took serveral hours). Also I should thank KA (and La, in a way) for putting Manic Panic's toner in my hair to help get rid of some of the yellow. It looks rad now!

Rani does not agree.

Chose your bike route carefully...

When I took this job at BU I knew I was going to shave off ~4 miles round trip from my commute and in addition it would be less hilly; but I wasn't excited. Sure, my commute was going to be shorter but it was also going to go through a less savory neighborhood on a bike path. Either that or I could bike on Huntington which is also the route of the 66 and the 39 buses, along with the E line. Hurrah!

So I usually chose the bike path, sometimes taking Huntington if it's really dark as the SWC is not well lite. As an aside, I did report the lack of lighting to the Mayors office which they replied, "Sorry, the SWC is not under the jurisdiction of the city. We'll report your complaint to the State". Yeah, that issue never got solved.

I hate bike paths. Especially bikes paths like the Southwest Corridor. Why? Because even though it generally has two designated paths, one for bikers and one for pedestrians, the pedestrians rarely ever pay attention to this distinction between the two. In addition to the pedestrians I have to worry about intersections along the bike path at which cars are known to run reds, take turns without looking for bikes (or pedestrians) even when we have the "walk" symbol, or just block the intersection forcing me onto Columbus so I can cross. Awesome.

Lately those two routes just got even more depressing as both contain memorials. On huntington a ghost bike stands as a memorial for Eric Hunt. A young cyclist who was killed in April when he was hit by a MBTA bus.



The second memorial is on the SWC, near the Jackson Square T stop. It marks the site of the death of a 14 year old boy who was shot repeatedly the Saturday before mother's day.



I wish there was more respect for the lives of others. I also wish I didn't have to bike past these sorts of things on a regular basis. It's just fucking sad.

I also wish Boston has the cycling infrastructure of the Netherlands... it's all wishful thinking.