h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

i think i almost died today.... if not died, then almost got in a really really really bad accident...

i was driving home at around 9am today because it was my dad's birthday, and we were going to do some family bonding... i was driving down the 110, minding my own business, and yes - i'll admit - speeding, as usual. i was just about to pass someone who was moving more slowly than i was when this %*$&% in a honda decides to merge into my lane. unfortunately, i was currently occupying the space he needed, so i slammed on my brakes so not to hit him. my tires squealed and the tail end of my car started to dance a bit.... fortunately i regained control quickly and had slowed down enough to miss the %*$^Y%... i swerved into the lane he was first in (the far left lane) and passed him.... and yes, i'll also admit that i gave him 'the finger' as i passed... i was mad! so the #*%^# changes lanes behind me, then goes around me to my left (on the SHOULDER, which is NOT a lane!) and gave me the finger in return.... which, naturally caused me to swear at him through my window... etc etc... but anyway, he did his testosterone-enraged-gun-the-engine-and-pass-everyone-in-front-of-me thing, and i slowed down to a normal rate of speed to get my head together....

my exit was coming up, so i got into the far right-hand lane and realized that the #@*%^ was next to me on my left, stuck behind a slow moving car! so i glared at him and gave him the finger again, passed him, and took the long way home since he was exiting at my usual exit. i didn't want him following me home!

but i'm allright, and so is my car, thank the gods... gosh, i don't know how i didn't hit him.... but, MAN, it scared the #*%& out of me.... i could've gotten CREAMED.

i believe very much in karma... and i think i used up a lot of karma points on that one... now i need to go do lots of nice things for people to make up for it. i mean, i already make it a point to do nice things for people anyway, but now it's going to have to be even more so.

but gods, that really made me wonder what i am doing with my life... wonder why i'm still here, and why i live the way i do... i mean, what the #*%^ am i doing?! i'm going to a presitgious university to be A THEATRE MAJOR?! gods, no! ludicrious! stupid!

i need to do some serious thinking about my life.

(oh, and please don't worry if i'm not online much these next couple weeks, my play (@*$Y%#^*@&#^$*^%&%) is getting very busy.)

This is something not happening very often. The lurker saw this post somewhere else BEFORE he saw it here!

you must be lurking over at the atelier, then. why ottox, i didn't know!

ex-R.
ottox

But while I read almost all your journals, I don't read more than a very few posts in the atelier.

*feels special*

You are!

yay!

sounds like you had a fun one. Glad you made it out unscaved. I'd say you performed admirably in this situation. You kept your head, kept control, didn't use more words than necessary to get your point across, and thought ahead. Most importantly you didn't round out your tires

every couple months I ask myself that question that you're asking yourself now......I still don't get the answer I'm looking for unfortunatly.....

the worst part is that i KNOW i knew the answers to these questions a few months ago... but the answers just don't suffice anymore.



yo

Don't you enjoy doing theatre? If not, then maybe it's not right for you. If you do enjoy it though, and know that you would gladly carry on doing it into your old age, then why not? I quite seriously considered applying to Oxford university to do Fine Art, which might be deemed a rather frivolous course for such a prestigious university. The thing is, though, that it has one of the best fine art courses in the country. Take the course for what it is, rather than what you think it ought to be.

Then, if you change your mind, do another degree... although that's costly...