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I just saw the worst subject line for spam: enter her twat like a bull unlayering runes. What the hell does that mean? Unlayering runes?

My parents left around noon for their drive home. It was going to be a challenge getting away from the 'hood because of car-free day on Main. We drove over to Langara to look at the library building and struggled to get away from my house with Main closed to King Edward. I have a slight fear that they'll be stuck on side streets for the next five hours, trying to get to the highway.

There is some reluctance to head to Main for the street thing. I find large groups of people overwhelming sometimes, and will already be around people tonight at the Julie Doiron show. Do I need to avoid people on bikes all afternoon? Do I want to walk around those people that sway back and forth to hippie drumming? But I always think of festivals in Japan that have ramune and yakitori and takoyaki, and I secretly want to see what kind of street food there is. Not that I'll eat it; just the knowing is often enough. Will see if my neighbourhood friend wants to meet up over there. Or not.

The big project for the weekend (er... today) was to get a new commuting bike. With living 30 blocks from Langara, it seems weird to pay for a bus pass for the next couple of months when I could walk or ride there. Because of a lack of sleep last night (coughing related), I'm slow-moving and not sure I can bring myself to look at bikes in the state that I am in. But I need to get on this before I start in a couple weeks. The sooner the better.