2 posts tagged “commute”

My attempt to pass you this morning during my commute to work was not an insult of your manhood.  There was really no reason to accelerate, almost hit the car in front of you and veer into my lane so that you could get back to being a car length ahead of me. 

This was me

Was my German-built, non-tricked out, un-decaled auto without tinted windows (which was also missing the “These Colors Don’t Run” bumper sticker) really that much of an affront?  The last straw?

Pretty sure this was you

I’m sure your car goes very fast in a straight line.  I’m glad for you.  I’m glad you like it.  Just don’t nearly cause an accident the next time you get stuck behind a slower driver, ok?  Thanks.

Douche.

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.) 

I know...I know...the whole “musical horoscope” idea has been done before (and before that a few more times) and like most QotD’s I was willing to let it go.  But I thought that this morning I would track what songs came from my iPod as I drove to work and decide what it meant for me today:

God Has Put A Smile Upon Your Face – Coldplay
Yes, He has.  In fact, with Thanksgiving last week, I even posted about it.  I’m assuming that this is a gentle reminder to always be thankful, not just during holidays with turkey and football.  That’s fairly heavy philosophy for rubbing-sleep-from-my-eyes-pulling-out-of-the-garage time.

The Burnt-Over District – Hem
Given last month’s terrible fires here in San Diego County, this seemed a little mean-spirited of the horoscopic muse.  And then I remembered that I have to leave early today to meet some workmen that are going to convert our wood-burning fireplace into a gas-burning one.  Hopefully that does not suggest that our family room will qualify as a burnt-over anything.

Wildflower – Sheryl Crow
Apparently, while I’m home with the fireplace people, I’m supposed to cut the grass.  I wonder how the HOA got that one in there?

405 (acoustic) – Death Cab For Cutie
Hmm… this one’s tougher.  I haven’t been in Orange County or LA for a bit and have no plans on going there anytime soon.  But I DO travel CA-56 every morning on my commute (was on it when this song came on, in fact) and I decided that “fif-ty six” has as many syllables as “four-oh-five” and that I could substitute...
“Misguided by the 56 'cause it lead me to an alcoholic summer” – yeah, that still works.

Heels!

Ohio – Over the Rhine
Also a bit of a mystery, since I haven’t been to Ohio in years, but as I was listening to this moving, almost mournful, song I tried to think of why people in the Buckeye State should be so sad today.  And then I remembered --- last night UNC beat Ohio State in Columbus, helping the ACC to comfortably win (7-3) the ACC Big-10 Challenge.  Again.  Go Tar Heels!

Not bad, iPod.  Not bad.