Helmets

I've been riding the bus a lot lately. It's the same price as the subway but it takes a lot longer which is ok because I don't have anywhere to be. It's a lot less crowded so there's always a seat and lots of windows for people watching in motion. People think I like to take taxis all the time because I'm pretty lazy. This is kind of true. But I really like to take taxis, though, because I can look out the window.

Anyway, the point of this is not about riding the bus. I was riding the bus down 5th avenue and we went by a playground. There were a bunch of kids playing on the jungle gym and THREE of them were wearing helmets! Maybe they just got off their bikes but knowing how quickly I ripped my helmet off when I was little I don't think this was the case! I also don't think they had any glaring problems like Philip the Hyper-Hypo. They seemed perfectly normal. Except with helmets. At least they were all different cool colors like purple pink and teal. I hope there's some reasonable explanation for this but I don't know. Parents are crazy weird and overprotective.

And I learned something, the thought of kids wearing helmets to play makes me miserable.