Guilty pleasures

[martinemonster]

I think of myself as a relatively good person. Or, I feel I could at least adequately quote Mal from Firefly in his "Mercy is the sign of a great man, I guess I'm just a good man...well, I'm allright"-speech when it comes to my actions. I live relatively healthy, I try to be good to my friends and even to strangers I meet and I try to live responsibly and avoid undue stress to the environment because I do believe that we are causing a lot of trouble for ourselves by burning fossile fuels and pretty much attempting to ruin the world around us.

So here's where I fall off the wagon. Though I use public transportation and actually feel that it is the only sensible thing to do when living in Oslo where said public transportation is more than adequate and a lot cheaper than owning a car, I love driving.

I mean: I LOVE DRIVING!

I was going outside Oslo today to interview someone for my masters, and I borrowed 3ff3ct3r's car (which he hardly ever uses by the way) to save time and effort getting out there (changing busses takes a lot of time and it costs extra and I hate busses, my bad excuses are many). I can't explain it. From the moment I sat down behind the wheels, drove out of the garage and got out on the highway I was so happy, so content, so pleased with myself that I actually called aj_stalin hoping that she'd be in Asker so I'd have an excuse to drive just a little bit longer after my interview.

I don't care that I'd be part of the problem, breaking down the environment. I don't care that I can hardly afford food now since I'm a student. I don't care that I can in theory borrow the car more often (because I feel bad every time I do). I WANT A CAR.

Comments

[45hasle.livejournal.com]

Cars kill children. Get a good bicycle instead. Then roll around like a lunatic, ignoring traffic laws left and right and laugh at the silly car-people who get stuck in traffic! This is especially hilarious when going along the yellow line keeping the lanes apart, while traffic on both sides of you is at a complete standstill...

Alternately, you can just stand at the very front of the bus/tram/whatever, and pretend it's you driving.

[martinemonster.livejournal.com]

Both of your alternatives suck, and I'll tell you why: Riding a bike is NOT the same as driving. Driving is pure awesome while riding a bike through traffic is scary and tiresome at the same time. If a car is a lion, a bike is a gazelle and I do not want to be prey.

Standing in front of the bus is okay I guess, but I know I'm not driving...maybe I should be a truck driver...

[45hasle.livejournal.com]

Nononono! Riding a bike is being an orca in a pack of blue whales. Sure, they can chrush you, but you're a sleek predator, ducking and weaving through the throng of sluggish heaps of flesh!
Not the same as driving though, I'll grant you that.

[martinemonster.livejournal.com]

Good use of imagery! :D

BSG?

[45hasle.livejournal.com]

Yes. BSG as soon as possible. I need to know what Starbuck does next. And Boomer. And all those other awesome people.