4/4/08

No one actually likes to drive.

I think that I have the magical power to stop a lane of traffic. no, I'm not kidding. Take, for example, something that happens almost every day: if I am in Lane A, which is stopped, and I decide, "Hey, I'd actually like to get to class on time today!", I move into Lane B, which is currently moving. Once I'm finally in Lane B (because you know that it will take about 10 minutes before anyone even lets you merge) then everyone in Lane A is flying past me going 80 and I am stopped once again. I often expect to turn to my side to see the old man/walker combo from Office Space.

When I finally get out of said traffic, there is a brief sigh of relief. Maybe I'll actually get to wherever I'm planning on going today! Then I almost get run off of the road by a lady driving a Hummer with a cell phone attached to her ear. That's always fun. I'm guessing that conversation must have been very exciting for her to be swerving and not paying attention to her driving. That always happens to me when I try to watch a movie on my dashboard TV/DVD combo. Right when the good parts come someone always has to interrupt it by blowing their damn horn. I'm sorry, lady. Mufasa just died and I'm trying to cope with it.

Once I finally arrive at my destination I think, "There is no possible way that anything can happen/annoy me while I'm traveling 3 miles an hour looking for a parking spot." After looking for ages for an open spot (because there are about 10 x's more cars than people in this country), I finally find one! I just have to wait for this person to pull out. So I proceed to sit there with my blinker on and wait. As soon as the person pulls out, another car swoops in and grabs the spot before I can even blink in disbelief. This is part of the reason that sometimes I almost jump on the idea of running to Wal-Mart, buying a ton of blank white stickers, and writing things such as "Learn to drive", "Moron", "Learn to park", "I hope that this sticker ruins your paint job", or "Your boyfriend is more than likely cheating on you with someone far more attractive" and slapping them on some people's cars. Oh, that would be a nice little moment.

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