Power outage, and more.

[valis2]

Yesterday I drove to WI. Today I drove back. Quite tired now.

I was going to check into LJ before I left yesterday, but I lost power at 4 am and it was still off when I left. Boohoo!

Funny things I saw:

• A Taurus stuffed with plants. Seriously. Stuffed. With plants. There was barely enough room for the driver. Looking into the back window was like looking into a jungle.



• A sign for a roadside attraction that has been deteriorating finally broke. It used to read "Fireworks blah blah blah". It now reads:
  
  O R K S
  THIS EXIT
  
  Well, how awesome is that? I never realized it was just that easy. I've been getting them mail order this whole time.



• Argh! I can't remember the third funny thing. I need to write this stuff down. This is going to make me mental.

Quick fabulous thing I just saw:


• THIS AMAZING SNAPE DRAWING by one of my favorite fanartists, the awesome snapesforte.

Not so awesome things that happened:


• I was going around 55 mph (in a huge SUV loaded to the gills) and a PT Cruiser cut in front of me suddenly. They were going 25 mph. It was a construction zone, and the road went from 55 to 25 in a mile, and it was a single lane road just after she cut in front of me with concrete barriers on both sides, and I had nowhere to go. I braked as best as I was able, and honked.
  
  I passed them when the road opened up again. She had four children in the car. Four. All unrestrained. And one of them threw a candy bar wrapper out the window while I was watching. Look, I don't usually like to use the LJ to harangue people, but this made me really, really upset. She, and her children, all would have been very, very seriously injured had I not been able to stop. Even a little tap could have sent them into the barriers. I had seen the sign for the slow down, and had begun to slow down already, and I'm just thankful that I was not traveling any faster than I was. Argh!



• I picked okay on the toll lanes, except for one lane, where the car ahead of me apparently had to have the dictionary read to them. Backwards.

So this weekend is a show, but it's here in my area, but I still have to stay at a hotel, but I'll be checking in periodically, but then I'm leaving Monday. Craziness, huh?

Comments

[bat-git.livejournal.com]

orks!!

nice.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

You know you want some.

[bat-git.livejournal.com]

Helm's Deep- 5 miles

Rohan-3 miles

Chevron- 1.5 miles

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

There is nothing that pisses me off faster than parents who do not subscribe to basic safety needs for their children. If you are not going to restrain your child...do not put them in a car!

*gets seriously pissed off quickly*

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Isn't that crazy?! I hate that so very much. We're talking about 4-8 year olds, as well.

[aerynstales.livejournal.com]

*growles angrily*

That parent should have their license revoked then. She's taking lives just as willy nilly into her hands as a driver that drinks and drives.

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

Oh man, kids without seatbelts is a serious pet peeve of mine. How can people be so careless with the safety of their children? Just stupid. And if the kids are refusing to put them on - I've heard people say that before, 'Well he/she won't put the seatbelt on and leave it on, what am I supposed to do?' - I'll tell you what you're supposed to do: you pull over somewhere safe, side of road, parking lot, etc, and refuse to move until they are belted in. If they want to get where you are headed, they'll shut up and belt in. If it's somewhere they don't want to go and that doesn't work, you start taking away things that matter to them - TV, Gameboy, etc. Eventually, you'll hit on something that makes them do it.
People can be such asses.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

My dad would not move the car until we were all belted in. Period. End of story. He was very constant about it. Even if I'm just driving in the parking lot I put mine on.

I just couldn't believe it. And littering to boot!

[sylvadin.livejournal.com]

For me, right up there with parents who don't keep their kids in seat belts, are the pet owners who think it's cute to drive with their dogs leaning out the window. Got news for those idiots - Fido needs to be restrained also. I've seen more than one pooch fall out a window and, at highway speeds, the results aren't pretty.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Even if the dog doesn't fall out of the window, it is still unrestrained, and in an accident would be forceably thrown through a window. Sad!

[deepforestowl.livejournal.com]

good lord woman! What a journey! Glad you are safe!!!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I waved! :)

[elddonnemar.livejournal.com]

I wonder, what does everyone think of standardized parenting licenses? I know there would be a lot of down sides to it, but at least it would guaranty a minimum of quality.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

It would never happen. The right to bear children is pretty much standard here, I think. Even twelve year olds do it.

[bell-witch.livejournal.com]

I do not think I would want to take an exit knowing there are orks there. Unless orks are wussier than orcs. Still, that's funny.

The thing with the kids isn't funny. Bear in mind that my opinion of the human race is at a low ebb right now, but parents who don't comply with the seatbelt laws for kids are simply playing into Darwin's theory. If all worked out correctly, those children would end up getting killed and therefore the stupid genes would not be passed on. What a stupid, irresponsible parent.

You need a license to drive, but any idiots can have children--and they do.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Crazier than that...no one was behind me for at least five car-lengths. She could have very easily cut in behind me instead of drifting in front of me.

[elddonnemar.livejournal.com]

Warhammer, a fantasy war game, has creatures named orks, and no, they are not wussier than orcs.

Is the last sentence to express a recognition for the necessity of a standardized parenting licenses?

[bell-witch.livejournal.com]

I've heard of Warhammer, but certainly never played and didn't know they had orks there.

Wouldn't it make more sense for parents to have to take a class, or something? So much of it seems like common sense, but we pretty much know that sense isn't very common at all. Like leaving your kids locked in the car (during the summer) for a couple of hours while you get your nails done. And they were alive when the mom came out, but they were looking rather poor (ya think?) and so she was scared to take them anywhere because she'd get in trouble, so she drove around and they died. Those children didn't deserve that, and that mother shouldn't be allowed to have children. But that's just my opinion on the subject.

And I don't like kids. But I'd never do anything like that.