Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rent rollerblades and ride through Stanford's "sunny" campus in search of an embassy...
...into the ignition and started to put the car into gear when I realized that I had no desire to ride in or drive a vehicle on which I had performed any kind of maintenance work. I drove very slowly at first, quite convinced that my bicycle wheel would in all likelihood fall off. As I eased back into the evening traffic, I found solace in following a VW van trying to pull a U-Haul up the mountain. My mind began to wander again and I thought about all the things that Harvard hasn't taught...
...least the extracurricular activities kept the second period interesting. By the third period, Harvard had nothing left in its tank and played twenty minutes of hockey as long and boring as the ride home...
This past week, a friend asked me, in one of those proverbial shuttle-ride-to-the-Quad conversations, if I knew what I was doing next year. Like many of my fellow seniors, I immediately wanted to change the subject, slap the person who asked or complain that I was still waiting to hear on different options. I started my usual whiny "Oh, I don't know" response and then stopped myself, saying with some surprise, "I'm not worried. All will work out. God will provide me with something useful to do that will make me happy...
...irritation quickly melted into a vision of a road I could call my own. I dreamed of a highway that would embarrass Bette Midler's highway. I would set up lawn chairs and an aboveground pool and turn the shoulder into some kind of make-out spot. I would ride up and down on my motorcycle like Peter Fonda, only without Dennis Hopper, because he annoys me. Sammy Hagar would play on weekends...