Not Driving Gives You More Time To Think

I really enjoy the closeness and convenience of my place to campus this year.
It's less than a mile to get to the furthest point on campus that I'd need to get to.
It's actually .7
Interesting.
Last year I was a little further... and I had to walk up the big ass hill every morning on my way to class... and I'm such a sluggish walker... so I was always a tad bit late for everything...
But this year's so simple... just a short walk... or if I'm running late I hop onto the bike and I'm there in like... 2 minutes... which was the opposite last year because riding my bike uphill to class was exhausting and not any faster than walking.

Don't get the wrong idea though... I'm not here to talk about my pleasant commute to class... but rather all the lazy assholes in town who drive to classes when they live so close to classes.
For example, in just this development of apts that I live in...I've seen dozens of people drive over to campus (perhaps one of my roomies included)... less than TWO blocks... and then drive around the loaded parking lots for 10 minutes looking for a convenient spot.
These same people will:

- Complain about the over-crowding of our campus... they hate that the parking lots aren't big enough to accommodate all of the staff and commuters... and by commuters I mean probably 50% of them live within the town and have less than a mile walk to class.
- Bitch about the traffic in town... including the long lines of cars to get out of the parking lots after class... I honestly love walking through these lines of unmoving cars... filled with people I recognize as living only blocks away...
- Complain about gas prices and cry how broke they are... well at least you're really trying to play it thrifty.
-Complain that college food, and college in general is making them gain weight... well what can you expect when your chowing down on your lunch buffet burgers and fries every afternoon and then insist on driving the quarter mile to class every morning so you can get that extra 8 minutes of sleep.
-Will claim to hate Bush, global warming... and love the idea of going green... well... way to do your part.

And it's not just my campus... it's an overall American trend... every god damn person has something to complain about but will continue to do stupid shit that doesn't help the situation at all... because they'd rather have ease and convenience.
That all I really needed to say... I don't wanna go on an overly preachy rant