it's like...karma. k-a-r-m-a.
1.
riding my bike down queen street this afternoon, the driver of a van suddenly opened his door, i swerved to avoid it, had to swerve back when i realized i was heading into traffic, hit the door with my handlebar, and went flying about 5 feet through the air (this sounds complicated, but happened in about half a second). the driver was incredibly apologetic and angry with himself for forgetting to check first. luckily, i roll well when i fall, and managed to avoid hitting my head - i only scraped up my elbow and bruised my hip (badly, i think, because it's sore as hell). it was a good thing i didn't land directly in front of a car, though - i was totally stunned for about 10 seconds and barely registered a car swerving to avoid my bike.
2.
when i got home, i decided to check on the progress of my phd applications - i've been accepted to york english, my co-number 1 choice, with a pretty decent scholarship attached (I don't have any info on any of the others, yet). the bruised hip doesn't feel quite so bad, anymore.
riding my bike down queen street this afternoon, the driver of a van suddenly opened his door, i swerved to avoid it, had to swerve back when i realized i was heading into traffic, hit the door with my handlebar, and went flying about 5 feet through the air (this sounds complicated, but happened in about half a second). the driver was incredibly apologetic and angry with himself for forgetting to check first. luckily, i roll well when i fall, and managed to avoid hitting my head - i only scraped up my elbow and bruised my hip (badly, i think, because it's sore as hell). it was a good thing i didn't land directly in front of a car, though - i was totally stunned for about 10 seconds and barely registered a car swerving to avoid my bike.
2.
when i got home, i decided to check on the progress of my phd applications - i've been accepted to york english, my co-number 1 choice, with a pretty decent scholarship attached (I don't have any info on any of the others, yet). the bruised hip doesn't feel quite so bad, anymore.