Aggressive Pedestrianism

A friend today walked up to me and said, "I almost hit you yesterday."

And the first thing I thought was, "Why do people keep telling me that?"

My theory of aggressive pedestrianism goes like this: Step in front of the car, and the car will stop. I'm not being risky or foolish by doing this--I grew up in a city. If you wanted to cross a street, and there were no stoplights around, that's how you did it. Granted, it's probably unneccessary in College Place, but old habits die hard.

Speaking of crossing the street, I saw a "moderately-framed" person running across the street the other day--basically, the same way I always cross College Avenue--and it struck me just how dumb he looked. The truest way of gaining fashion sense is to be able to see yourself through someone else's eyes.

I'd like to present myself as proof that my theory works. I've been hit by motorized vehicles 4 or 5 times, depending on whether the fifth one counts--and I haven't been killed yet. Therefore, stepping in front of a car will get it to stop.


"Those who fail to learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them." (Anonymous)