Weekendedness...F I N A L L YFollow

Just finished summer classes for school (Business 101, English 235) I'm going to lose my 4.0 because trying to fit 12 weeks of a class into 7 weeks is tough, and I decided to take 2 classes(which i don't suggest for summer qaurter). If I get what I think Im going to get, I'll get an B+ and B which brings my overall GPA to 3.8 (like GPA matters anymore).

The wife and I are house/dog sitting at a friends house while they are in France. Its nice since they have full cable and central air but we have to bounce between our apartment and their house every other night because we adopted a kitten 2 months ago and she has serious separation anxiety. She has to sleep between me and my wife every night or curled around the top of our heads. When I'm on the computer she always curls up either under my screen or in the desk drawer.

Weekend plans beating Kingdom Hearts 1.5, barbequing some steaks (our apt complex doesn't allow grills) using our friends spiffy grill, and starting up another backlogged game this weekend.

Edited, Aug 15th 2014 6:09pm by BeanX

I couldn't play Witcher 2. For some reason I can't figure out how to remap the keys for a lefty.

Granted, I didn't try *all* that hard.

maybe I should come over and give it a shot!

/bowchickabowbow

I think the licking others heads thing is a way of asserting dominance for cats, not entirely sure though.

9 hours of my weekend was a road trip home. I ended up stumbling upon a driver who was being an ***. Not exactly sure what he was thinking he was doing.

I came up on a couple cars, not really thinking anything of it, but I noticed that the car in the back switched lanes, and the car in the front instantly followed. And did it twice. So I cautiously passed the pair, thinking maybe they knew each other and were **** around. As I passed the guy in the front, I glanced over and he was staring at me. Thought it was strange, but what ever.

I hit the gas and sped up a bit, doing about 82. I get a bit away from the pair and the guy that was in the front speeds up, overtakes me, moves in front of me, and slows down. Rather than play his little "Haha, I'm in front of you" game I just slow down and stay in the same lane. Eventually the guy that was stuck behind him overtakes us both (as expected). And as soon as he gets beyond us, the guy in front of me speeds off, whips around the other guy again, and slows down. I decide to keep my distance, and watch as this guy keeps **** with drivers. Anyone that passes him he speeds around, hits the brakes, and then forces them to stay behind him.

This goes on for miles, and about 15 minutes later we are in some heavy construction zones around Chicago, and I see flashing lights come up in my rear view. The cop is stuck behind me cause I'm trapped on the side of a truck. Eventually I am able to get out of the way and lane clears to allow the cop to reach the offending driver. As he does, the original driver I passed who was being harassed has his window down and is motioning the cop's attention toward the car with the a$$hole driver.

The cop gets up behind the driver, his lights turned off now, and follows the driver for about 5 minutes, then flips his lights on, and a short time later has the guy pulled over on the side of the road.

There was a big cluster of people he was harassing, since his antics had not allowed numerous cars to pass and there were a large number of trucks in the right lane. I notice a few of them clap as they pass.

I guess someone called the cops on his while this was all going on. I am assuming the original harassed driver I saw, since I saw him motion the cop toward the offending driver. Not sure what the cop would get him for... Reckless Driving maybe?

Edited, Aug 16th 2014 2:44pm by TirithRR

Mood bumpers?

That could work, if they accurately reflected levels of crazy/distraction.

As for the weekend, it's over... but the Thai food was delicious.

And now for some reason I have "Crimson and Clover" stuck in my head. Here, share the earworm:

I was listening to Horse Feathers, but this is better. Next up....I Think We're Alone Now.

That would be distracting......

That's more than I would have done.

I'd have been trailing them hoping to scoop on some free groceries.

Na, it wasn't any subconscious need to be the "leader of the pack".

(I have noticed myself fall for that a couple times. Someone is in front of me... that means I cannot go faster than what they are going and there for they are holding me back. But I try not to often)

This guy, once he was in front of someone, and that person try to change lanes, he would instantly (and violently, his car swerving at times) change to match. At times he was almost driving in both lanes to anticipate the lane shift of the car behind him. We he tried to play with me, I didn't play along and just stayed a steady speed in the one lane behind him. I must have been boring.

In my mind it seems that he was "policing" the freeway by trying to force everyone to drive 70mph or under (and doing so in an unsafe manner).

I don't know how the traffic stop ended. The first guy I saw him harass (the one that waved the cop toward the offender) stopped with the officer, I assume he was the one that called the cops. So I'd like to imagine he got a reckless driving ticket, along with a hefty fine and the license points that came along with it. But that's mostly just my "I hope that a$$hole got what he deserved".

I didn't feel like getting into a race with the guy. He was clearly doing over 90 when he zoomed past me after I passed them, as I was doing just over 80 around the time and he overtook me with ease.

Edited, Aug 19th 2014 9:05pm by TirithRR

Hmmm, the Lagrange point of traffic? That's an interesting idea. Don't think it has much going for it; most drivers aren't going to spend much time in indecision like that, unless they're high on something. Anyone with an agenda, like this guy, is going to make a rash decision pretty quickly.

Now, egging a guy on like this to race, on a highway you know well, so you can slam on the brakes a curve away from where the speed trap usually is, and send the guy to the police at over a hundred. That's what I call evil.

Edited, Aug 20th 2014 12:23am by Debalic