have you ever been on the freeway, goin like 70-75 mph and you pass some idiot who was going like 65? well... today, i was that idiot. we went to the city this evening to celebrate my grandma's birthday and, on the way back, i was designated driver. it started out on the wrong foot when i lightly tapped the audi parked behind me. it went down hill from there. as i drove on i asked my dad something about an intersection. all i said was "is this a right turn only lane?" he said "no" i then noticed that the lane i was in and the one next to it suddenly became one lane on the other side of the intersection. so i asked him "do these lanes just merge in the middle of the intersection?!!?" he answers "yes." i think to myself about all the other times that i drove down this street and damn near ran into other cars because where 2 lanes once were.. they suddenly became one. a rather stupid design. i descided to share this sentiment with my dad by saying "well... they shouldnt..." he then interupts by saying "well, they do" i was going to say "well they shouldn't because the cars in the right lane who go straight mite think that the cars in the left lane are going straight from a right turn only lane... and vise versa. so i begin again "well they shouldnt..." he interupts again "well they do!." frustrated with his lack of patients and ability to to let me finish my friggin sentence i respond by saying "forget it" and turning the radio up a notch. this aperently pissed him off, cuz he then turned it all the way down.. so i turned it up.. he turned it down.. i turned it up.. he turned it off.. so on and so forth. i finally try to explain why i turned up the radio.. i forget how he responded or what transpired after that.. all i know is that we argued about something. he then ends a sentence with ".. and you just missed your turn off because you were argueing" i am quik to point out that it takes 2 people to argue and that he wasn't helping. he then goes silent when i am forced to turn in the direction opposite i wanted. my mom chimes in by asking my dad which way i should go. he responds with "i dunno, i'm not driving" this is the last straw.. almost. "what you know your way around the city only when you are driving??? and when you are not you have sudden amnesia?!?!?!" silence. OMG!!! luckily for me.. i had made this exact wrong turn before.. so i knew pretty much exactly where to go. he then explains that judging by the fact that i "made a right turn and went into the left lane, that i knew where to go" (he was partially right.. i did know where to go) but what the hell does that have to do with what lane i merged into?!?! and how did he come to that conclusion?!?!?! just because i took a wide turn as to not slip on the wet rodes i am suposed to be suddenly enlightened on exactly where to go?!?!??!? OMFG!!!!!!! so i am really goddamn pissed off. and i dont drive well when i'm pissed. he then points out that i drive with an attitude. with passengers like i had.. he was lucky that i was still driving.. period.

so here i am charging down this street and the worse possible thing happens.. well almost. three people wearing dark clothes decide to cross a street with no signal lights at night in a really foggy San Francisco. i dont see them till i am practicly on top of them.. so i am forced to hit the brakes... hard. my dad then says "do me a favor, stay under the speed limit" this IS the last straw. how can i pay attention to the speed limit with him commenting about every thing i do and teling me how its my fauilt and turining off the radio?!?! so.. i decide to do exactly what he told me. from that point on.. i stayed BELOW the speed limit.. most of the time i was about 5 miles under the limit. this means that most of the time i was cruisin at 50 in the city i was hittin 30 and on the open hiway i was at about 60. its amayzing how many people speed!!! and i SOOOO wanted to be one of them. but it was somewhat exciting to see how pissed off people get when they get behind me. hehe. i was really hoping i would get pulled over and given a ticket for going slower than the flow of traffic. i didnt. (at one point i came across a big rig... so i got behind him and started drafting.. it was cool... the wind nopise changed completely as i got close to him. i never passed him. i was behin him for a good 10 minutes. it was kinda fun) from now on i will drive below the speed limit when my mom and dad are in the vehicle. til they beg me to hurry up... at which point i would decline for safety reasons. of course when they're not there.. i will drive as usual.. fast and furious.
MWAHAHAHAHA! <- the last laugh.