Ooh Dat's Pricey

Ooh Dat's Pricey
Current Mood: Amused

Gas prices hit an all-time high today. I sit back and watch this development with interest. I am intrigued to see how much people are willing to pay. I would imagine that it has already hit a few at the bottom of the economic ladder pretty hard. But when I look out the window at I-5, thousands upon thousands of cars just keep on cruising right along. Radio traffic reports continue to rudely interrupt my news and baseball games. Air still tasted pretty sooty on my walk home. So, my unscientific on-the-scene report is that not much has changed as of today.

Personally, I don't really think much will change on a widespread basis until, oh, around $10/gallon. Most people I talk to, while certainly unhappy about the situation, don't seem inclined to give up their cars or make any drastic changes anytime soon. Anybody else have a dollar-per-gallon guess?

Currently listening :
Balance 011
By Luke Fair
Release date: 24 April, 2007

Priorities

Priorities
Current mood: cynical

My office is directly across the street from Westlake Park, which is the main meeting/gathering place for protests, events, etc in downtown Seattle. Today there is some American Idol guy singing over there, his name is Blake-something, someone here at work told me he is from Seattle.

Anyway, I can see Westlake Park from my office window. I find it pretty symbolic that there are at least 3 times as many people gathered to see this guy as showed up at the Iraq War protest two weeks ago. I don't think I need to say anything more than that.

Currently listening :
No Shouts, No Calls
By Electrelane
Release date: 03 May, 2007