flashing yellow

the street lights on grand were flashing yellow and red when i came back from campus today. i thought maybe the dudes digging up the front yard at my house had cut into a power line and shorted out all of town, but apparently not. the tv still works. my roommate was watching some 'next' on mtv when i got here. for a reality tv show, it sure sounds like they're all reading from scripts that they haven't quite memorized yet. but the roommate left cuz she couldn't take the whole house shaking when the compact the dirt where they're refilling the big hole they dug so they could put in a new water line. she says the noise and vibration make it hard for her to focus on the final she's been studying for since monday. i'm inclined to agree.

but the point is, when i was sitting at the light, on my bike, while all the cars kept driving by on grand and it looked like there would never be a break in the traffic, two nice drivers stopped to let us cross. i guess it's not that big of a deal, but it was still a nice thing to do.