Preparing for the apocalypse… and taking advantage of it

Someone once told me that St. Louis is like a donut; at one point, everyone lived in the city, but now everyone just lives in the suburbs– highways and major roads are the only way to get anywhere. However, the highway that runs straight through the middle of St. Louis is being shut down for 1-2 years for construction / improvement purposes. Several thousand commuters, myself included, have been displaced onto local roads. It takes twice as long to get anywhere– it’s pretty much a crapshoot.

But there’s an upshot to the construction. Yesterday my friends and I went running… down the highway. It was incredible. Instead of getting honked at by passerby in cars, we got honked at by men in CATs. We ran on the shoulder, changed lanes improperly, and vaulted ourselves over the median and across all 6 lanes of (non-existent) traffic. I’m surprised we didn’t get a ticket.

To change the subject to something completely unrelated… Facebook apps are getting completely out of hand. Okay, I understand Honesty Box and Hot-or-Not, sure. But now I get invited to add apps with names like HoboWars (?), “What kind of eyes do you have?” (Uh- ones that see.), “What kind of drug are you?”, “Gingerbread House”, “Zombies”, “Pirates”, and “Oregon Trail.” I just don’t understand. Forgive me for not wanting to die of imaginary dysentery or convert my friends into e-Vampires– sounds thrilling, really.