nekosensei

Dear Whoever You Are:

Thank you so much for not letting me in today. I really liked how you camped out right by my bumper so that I couldn't change lanes. Also, working on the computer while going 70 miles per hour? What a wonderful idea! I'll have to try not paying attention to the road sometime too. It sounds like a lot of fun.

No Love,
nekosensei

Seriously. I had three people in a row not let me into the middle lane today. What's up with all the jack-tards drivers this afternoon?

doomsey and I were on our way to meet up with his folks at an Italian restaurant in our suburb's downtown. I had stopped for a stop sign, and it was my turn to go when, all of a sudden, I had to hit the brakes again to avoid a really stupid bicyclist. This bicyclist must have really wanted to get himself maimed or killed. Let's count the ways: 1) it was getting dark as it was around dusk; 2) he was wearing dark clothing; 3) he had no reflectors on his bike; 4) he blew through a stop sign (he's lucky I saw him moving out of the corner of my eye otherwise he would have become well acquainted with my front end);
5) there were at least two or three cars stopped at the intersection.

And to top it all off, as he was careening through the intersection, he waved at all the cars as he went by as if that would help us see him better as he shot down the road in the dark whilst ignoring all traffic rules.

Moron.

And while we're on the topic of dumb bicyclists, why is it that the stupid ones always aggregate on that street? About two years ago, I almost hit someone two blocks further down. This particular individual thought it would be cute to bicycle on the wrong side of the street. I was pulling out of an alley that led to a parking garage, and all of a sudden, I had to slam on the brakes because this guy appeared out of nowhere from behind a parked car. And then he had the nerve to get angry at me, block me in, and pound on the hood of my car! I had to threaten to call the police on him to get him to leave me alone. That dude was crazy.

-Being dragged out to dinner in the city yesterday evening when my neck was getting sore (especially after my physical therapist told me to find out where my limits are and to not cross them so the muscles in my neck can start healing) = Not very cool.

-Having doomsey almost crash my little red Prius by not putting the car in park, getting out of the car, and then handing the key to the valet = Very very bad. I assure you that, if he had crashed it, there would have been lots and lots of yelling...and maybe a couple of wacks with the purse for good measure too...

I would have loved to have called the cops on two people today. I was on the expressway heading into work when I saw a green pickup, which was originally in the middle lane, cut off a white Subaru in the left-hand lane. The guy in the White Subaru got pissed off, went into the middle lane, and then cut off the green pick-up in the left lane in order to get back at the guy. The asshole driving the green pick-up truck retailated. He went into the breakdown lane on the left hand side, and then cut off the White Subaru, who was in the left lane. After I saw that, I figured that, if things had continued like that, someone could have been hurt or killed. I would have called the cops, but I didn't have 9-11 on speed dial and, the way bluetooth was set up, the car wouldn't let me dial when I was driving. Unfortunately, I had my phone in my purse and couldn't get it out.

Fortunately, they both decided to knock if off. The guy in the green pickup got off the expressway and the white Subaru went on his way without further incident.

Don't hit on me. Even worse, don't hit on me when I'm in a bad mood and not feeling well. Don't say, "You look nice today." Oh...and when you're helping me put grocery bags in the car (when I didn't even ask for your help in the first place) don't tell me that you "-love- helping me out." Say something like that again and I'm going to "-love- planting my foot squarely up your ass." Your advances are not welcome. Oh...and don't act all surprised when I look creeped out by your advances. Seriously, do that again and you're not going to like what I'm going to say to you.

Some men are fucking idiots.

Yesterday afternoon was, well, interesting. I managed to stuff both furballs downstairs. One of them I had to chase and aggravated my knee in the process. *glowers at the furball* There is going to be a cat macro coming from this, I assure you.

Soon after I posted about the tornado warning, the power went out and the wind picked up. I ended up sitting on the couch in the basement holding the "good cat" and thinking, "Please don't let 'da tree fall on 'da house. Please don't let 'da tree fall on 'da house." We have a huge maple tree in front of our house that saves us money on our air conditioning because it shades the house so well. Our only major concern is that it will fall during a storm and land on our house, which would cause a lot of damage. Fortunately, the tree did not fall on the house.

We still don't have any power. I talked to the neighbors and they said that, the last time they lost power in a storm this bad, it took them three days for it to go on again. Right now, I am at my in-law's house working on laundry that I had started before the storm hit. Fortunately, the washer stopped right in the middle of two cycles, so I didn't have to fish wet clothes out of the washer. That was incredibly lucky.

Our neighbors had a generator we would have been able to use to keep our refrigerator or freezer working, but another asshat neighbor borrowed it without the owner's permission. He then proceeded to put gas for a snowblower in it, which completely gunked up the motor. They tried all of last night to clean it out and get it working again, but they couldn't get it running. I sat and held a flashlight, but I wasn't of much help since I know shit about how motors work. Now...because a certain individual couldn't wait a few hours before our neighbor got home, we're all SOL. Moron.

We also didn't get any property damage. There's no wind damage and no flooding. We did have a number of sizeable tree limbs come down. I think areas around a half a mile to a mile south of us got the worst of it though. Especially the area around our town's hospital. As I was driving to my in-law's house, I saw a couple of trees that had fallen onto houses. In fact, on just one street, I saw two houses with trees on them. I feel so bad for their owners.

Anyhow, off to catch up with the rest of the friends list. After this afternoon, my internet connection is going to be sporadic for the next day or two.

[Edit: Another unrelated problem is that my email is not working. doomsey and friends have been having some problems with the machine our email is on. The last I heard, a part had broken and needed to be replaced.]

doomsey said this one after he saw a guy biking without a helmet. We were headed back after having eaten a lot of sushi. I think these are his exact words, but I'm not sure:

"If you're going to use your hair as a helmet, if would be good if you had some."

Okay...now this is what I feel like doing this morning...

Sometimes...you just want to be left alone...

*snickers*

Thanks to the folks at anime_night for the idea...

They unbanned cat killer. And she's complaining about me. Guess who is still banned?