beside the fact that queen was possibly the best musical group EVER, there is truth to their lyrics.

for the past month or so i’ve been living the vision of life defined by the queen song “bicycle race.” i must first admit that i am not a mosier (one who tends to mosey from class to class, store to store, life event to life event). at christmas, if i have to enter the mall, i know exactly what i want to get and where i need to go to get it. it’s quite simple. i don’t understand people who mosey from shop to shop. just get what you need and LEAVE!!! (not that i’m harboring any bitterness) same at high school. i knew where my classes where and i got there as quickly as possible. none of this “socializing” in between classes…we have more important things to do! moral of the story: i’m not a mosier (i don’t know if i spelled that right).

soooo…i walk fast. i walk really fast. in fact, in order to walk faster i lean forward to create a more aerodynamic mass. what i don’t understand is why we were created this way…it would be so much more efficient if we were more aerodynamically created. whatever. so i move fast.

recently, i’ve been noticing that i’ve maxed out my walking speed. bummer, right? not for the student who lives close by!! i postulated that if i were to somehow replace my legs with wheels, i could move at least double, if not triple the speed limit of legs.

my hypothesis was proven this morning as i made it to work from my room in 6 minutes, rather than the normal 10 minutes. granted, 6 minutes is 1 minute more than the desired half of 10, however there are other factors to be considered. i saw one of my friends (one of the messiah tennis starts who won the number 5 spot single’s championship this past sunday, woot, woot!) and biked (i biked, he walked) w/ him to his class, which is not in the direct path of work for me. with this in mind, it is not irresponsible to estimate that it would only take me, say, 1 or 2 minutes to get to work from my room. 1 or 2 is much less than half or 1/3 of 10…so barring further testing, my hypothesis has been proven.

so if you see a red blur pass you by on campus, chances are it’s me flirting with the sound barrier. i will leave you with the words of the famous philosopher Freddie Mercury,

i want to ride my bicycle
i want to ride my bike
i want to ride my bicycle
i want to ride it where i like

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