I abdicated all responsibilities today, sleeping in and going to the movies. I'm not particularly torn up about it. There's other things I could've done, and I needed the rest.

This time of year makes me more aware of the various trade-offs of the subway. These days, I've got to contend with the chance of people playing video without headphones as an additional factor against the system. Sitting down and reading and getting somewhere reasonably quickly versus not having to worry about that kind of behavior - it's a toss-up, some days.