So a couple times last week I thought about writing about stupid drivers. I fell that NoVA would be a better place to live (drive) in if our fellow motorists weren’t complete asshats. The first example that comes to mind is potholes. Yes, they do suck and sometimes are big enough to loose a dog or two in. But most of teh time they are just little dents in the pavement. That dosen’t give you the right to hold up traffic while you drive your 50,000 dollar off road suv at 2 miles an hour over them. The truck was made to climb mountains, I think it can handle two inches of asphault! I’m not blaming people in small cars, since I’ve gotten my new car I’m a little more careful around them, but its nothing that a well timed swerve can’t handle.
The second annoyance I came across happened last monday during monsoon season. I don’t blame people for slowing down in the rain, especailly that amount of rain. But again when you drive an SUV that may as well have a snorkle on it, there is no reason to slow down to a crawl when going through a pubble that is one inch deep. Right or wrong it was my pleasure to blow by them in my little car giving them a mud boggin style rooster tail. I’m not going to say that I’m an expert driver…. wait, yeah I am, this is the internet! I can be an expert at anything I want. Lesson of the day, If you drive a SUV, don’t suck at it. You guys pretend you own the road every other day.

I had a real streak going. At least 3-4 times a week something worth writing would pop into my head. It seems recently that I have been in quite a slump. I’ve heard that the best way to break that is just to write anything, I guess that’s what I’m doing right now. I’ve been spending more time checking out myspace.com, that thing is addicting. I’ve found some people on there that I knew from high school and GMU, which is pretty cool. I’ve also met some new people on there that are fun to talk to, which is something that I never used to do. But as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that, hey it’s the Internet, who cares what they think of you! Another reason I’ve been avoiding posting things on here is that I don’t want to get too personal. I know what it’s like when I read something online that I really didn’t want to know. So I’m trying to create a balance of info on here. As far as personal stuff goes, I’ve been pretty boring recently, not a lot of parties or going out, but that will pick back up in no time. It’s good to have a break from it sometimes. Going to see Wade in Richmond this Friday, but I’ll be back for the rest of the weekend. Later!

Did you ever see that cherry Pepto Bismol commercial? The one where they do the diahrea macarena? I hated the crap our of that commercial. But then thankfully it went away. But now, for some god awful reason… it’s back! Like Jaws 2 : the revenge there is just no reason for it. This actually makes me want to avoid their product. If I were an actor in that piece I would just cry myself to sleep at night. Ok rant over.

After months of teasing Charlie cause all he does is talk to people on myspace I finally broke down and joined. I’ve never used one of these “social networks” so it was a new expierence. It seems pretty simple, you just meet new people and talk to them. I would have never done this two years ago, but I’ve been getting a lot more social since then. I think I’m turning into my mother! She knows everyone! The site works pretty well… although I do have a few gripes with it. Everyone raves about the “customizations” of the profiles…but. Don’t get me wrong it is there and you can do some things. But they aren’t actually supported in the code, they all seem to be things that people have hacked into working. You just drop css commands into a comments section and it takes the place of their default settings. I think that myspace would be far better off using a css based layout instead of the tables that they use right now. They could learn a lot from the Zen Garden. If myspace had the same functionality with that level of customization it would rule the earth. but there is something to be said for a simple layout that even the slowest user can get the hang of. But I cant rant forever I have to get back to distracting my self from work.
Mark’s Myspace

Nothing like a good food coma to pass the time. Unless you’re sitting at your desk trying desperately to keep your head from smashing down on the keyboard.

Coma’s have there place in my life. Where would Thanksgiving be without the after-turkey food coma to lull you to sleep during the first half of the boring Bears-Lions game. Or perhaps to take you out of any family arguments that might arise after someone insults your aunt’s sweet potato pie. Rendering you a harmless lump on the couch during the aftermath, only to awaken with a hunger for more delicious turkey sandwiches.

food coma also leads to my least favorite sleep related ailment. The “staring into the sun on the drive home sleep fight” I thought staring into the sun would only make your retinas burst into flames or make you sneeze. Turns out that when combined with an overfull stomach that it’s a recipe for drowsiness. A couple times a week on the way home I have felt my head bob down and actually have to think about staying awake. I’m also the guy who makes you miss the light because I fell asleep at the red light, Hate me now!

I think writing this has made me a little more alert, maybe I can fight off sleep for another hour. Then I get to start the commute of death…gbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyhgbyh gbyhgbyhgbyhfdhhfdh… or maybe not.

I just wanted to post something today. Just anything at all. I’ve been having fun driving my new car around, but it’s frustrating being stuck in traffic when I know the car wants to drive. I still have the Navajo, so now I have a fleet of white cars. And funnily enough for insurance purposes it’s cheaper to have two cars than one?! Keeping the Navajo on my policy saves me $30 on my insurance. I guess it’s because they have less of a chance of having to pay for my new car. I’m thinking of selling it, but if it’s not going to cost me anything extra to keep it… then why not! .ps.Emmaly is hot!