I'm guilty of gas guzzling.

But it really is no fault of mine that fate put somebody so worthwhile almost 200 miles away.

The disllusioning factor of fate, really though, does not make me any less of a criminal against nature.

My boyfriend lives in Columbus and I live in Cleveland. So, as to be expected, after my last class on most Fridays, I drive from Berea to downtown Cleveland back towards Berea to Columbus. Yes, it is estimated that I drive an extra 30 miles just to transform myself from my embarrassing look of "class clothes," pillow-tousled hair, and a face so tired I look like something out of the "Thriller" video to the person I am after an hour worth of prep. Hey, it's a situation of (wo)man dominating nature...and like that one thermodynamic law, everything about my look tends toward choas after term papers, exams, and morning commutes.

Once again, I admit this folly given my area of study, but "have love will travel" and like your carefully selected organic produce, a relationship isn't going to sustain without the proper attention.

Call me out...I am putting my own selfish desires before the health of the planet, but who else is going to be there with me in my storm shelter when all this climate change goes helter skelter? Not my parents, they will be too resentful at my failure to change the world after a hefty investment in my education.

Regardless, I do see a promising future ahead for the love-lorn Clevelanders in long distance relationships with OSU students....

The proposed Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati passenger train, also known as the "3C QUICKSTART PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT" which will eventually lead to high speed rail.

The Ohio Department of Transportation applied for $500 million from the federal stimulus for passenger rail last October to fund the project and we were to find out in March (2 days ago) if the state will receive the funding.

I wonder how it went. The next blog will be research on this...