{"id":474,"date":"2008-06-23T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-23T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/23\/hail-driver-guilt-experiment\/"},"modified":"2008-06-23T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-23T22:20:00","slug":"hail-driver-guilt-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/23\/hail-driver-guilt-experiment\/","title":{"rendered":"hail, driver, guilt, experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I got out on the road today, the sky opened up and started to pelt my car with rain and hail. I almost typed “me” instead of “my car” but that wasn’t the literal case. It had been, however, pelting the poor soul on a motorcycle before he got under the cover of an overpass. I slowed down as a I went past, thinking that excessive splashing would only add insult to his injury.<\/p>\n

I reached my destination, accomplished the tasks I set out before me, and attempted to leave the parking lot.<\/p>\n

Now, I don’t like parking lots. Rather, I don’t like the other people that use parking lots – as they usually do it wrong. <\/p>\n

1) They park as so to take up multiple spaces. I freaking hate. Either learn to park more accurately or don’t take your fancy pants car out into the world if you are that scared.<\/p>\n

2) Lots are designed so that humans not paying attention to their world are forced directly into the lane of traffic right in front of the store.<\/p>\n

3) People that cut across the spaces and don’t pay attention.<\/p>\n

It’s that last one that really torqued me to today. I was traveling down the lane as I was supposed to and this car came screaming diagonally across the spaces – headed right for where my car was going to be. Since I’m not an idiot, I slowed down to a stop and so did the other car. The driver stuck her hand out the car window and I expected that she was doing so to wave me on or perhaps flick away the cigarette ash. <\/p>\n

Instead, she flipped me off – then put the accelerator to the floor and took off in front of me – still going diagonally across the lot. Since she was still diagonal, she decided that the stop sign didn’t quite apply to her so she ran that as well. <\/p>\n

Ironically, I caught up with her at the next stop light. She was one car up and one car over – putting me ironically diagonally from her car. She didn’t notice me – or if she did she chose not to acknowledge me. In any case, I thought some unpleasant things about her and considering myself lucky I both saw her in time to stop and that I don’t have a baseball bat in my car since I would mostly now be in jail.<\/p>\n

Speaking of guilt – there are two things I am guilty of, and they are both internet memes. Now, I am normally disdainful of overly hyped things. Example: I still haven’t seen Titanic nor do I care to. So, appreciating anything that is defined as hype should be impossible for me, but there are two memes that I really enjoy.<\/p>\n

1. LOLcats<\/a>. I know, I know. It’s terrible. These damn things just crack me up. I mean, there’s some really stupid shit here, but there are a few gems in there that sometimes make me LOL. The best I’ve seen so far is a cat in a box, looking up at the camera. The caption says, “I’m in your Quantum box. Maybe.” That’s funny on several levels. <\/p>\n

2. “Do not want” and “All your base are belong to us”. The first is a mistranslation of the ending Darth Vader shout of “Nooooo!” from Star Wars episode 4. The other is another mistranslation – this time from a video game. I really like how they have taken on a life far beyond their orginal forms. Also, the “Do not want” has a decidely Zen quality to it which I’m just really starting to appreciate.<\/p>\n

Finally, I tried an experiment today. Over the weekend, I tried something called Cashew Crush – which was a really excellent snack except that I got seriously congested and spent the rest of the afternoon sneezing. I ended up having to take an allergy pill to get it settled down – and I really don’t like to take any kind of medicine until it’s really serious.<\/p>\n

Thinking that I might be developing an allergy to cashews – which would really bite since I enjoy them – I tried a bit more cashews today in the Cashew Crunch to see if I would start sneezing again. I haven’t. So, that wasn’t it.<\/p>\n

That’s it for now… later…<\/p>\n

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