Yes, yes. You guys already knew that.


I've recently begun making lengthy trips on my bike (30-40 miles, though 40 makes my ass hurt, so I'll stick to 30) as a way to get some exercise and stay in shape. Being that I don't feel like sweating my ass off, I don't bring any food. I've no place to put it without carrying a backpack, and since I already have 3 liters of water on my back, I don't feel much like carrying more. I'm already seating enough.

Anyway, I usually make it a point to stop at a convince store to pick up a granola bar and a powerade to replace lost sodium and electrolytes. (I know, not typically needed for training durations of less than five hours, but I think 4 hours is good enough.)
So when I walk into the store to find something relatively healthy, it's damn near impossible. Everything is seemingly made by Little Debbie, who can not possibly be little when you look at the caloric and fat content of her shit.

I'm in no way a health nut, but ever since I started eating better and exercising more, I've felt much better. It's just disgusting to know that my options for a quick snack are mostly limited to candy bars or nacho-flavored calories. Today I found some cereal bars, that were so ignored that they were dusty. Gross.


And besides that, there's the ridiculous vehicles that people are driving. Like the woman that I saw driving the Hummer solo. I hope she has fun at the pump. Watching my brother's submission of "Who killed the electric car?", I heard one person say something to the effect of "Americans don't want to be asked to live like Europeans!" - And I thought to myself - why not? Heaven forbid we use less than 80% of the world's energy. Heaven forbid we drive a vehicle that gets more than 11 miles to the gallon. Heaven forbid we turn the thermostat down 5 degrees and put on a sweater.


I think I'm gonna go live in Europe instead.