more of what it's like in Modesto

People jaywalk all the time everywhere.

Collecting cans for their deposits is a part-time job for a lot of people.

There are ice-cream trucks and garage sales in January.

the reality of over-eating

I love ice cream.

So when I eat it, I naturally want to eat a lot of it. And then my stomach inevitably aches. While enduring these aches, I persuade myself to not scoop so much next time, and I agree with myself whole-heartedly every time.

But then the next time, as I lovingly pack scoop after scoop of ice cream into my mug, I begin to doubt my conviction that there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. How could this delicious treat hold any malicious intent towards my stomach? Why shouldn't I add one more scoop to this collection of yumminess? Wouldn't that make it even yummier?

No. It's that one extra scoop that damns me.

What a weakling I am! How long will it take for me to learn my lesson?!