You know, after reading all that freegan stuff, and after my super awesome experiences with dumpster diving, I was all amped up to try hitchhiking.

 
That lasted about two hours, and then I remembered I’m too scared to hitchhike.

I know, they say it’s really not all that dangerous. Like, maybe only one in a hundred people who stop to pick up female hitchhikers is a convicted felon. Or maybe even less!

As for me, I’ve been known to make a couple highfalutin’ speeches about the culture of fear and how you have to take life by the horns, yada yada. But when the chips are down, I am NOT going to stand by the side of the road with blonde pigtails and pepper spray, thumb-out and hopin’ for the best.

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