Vortexia's Secret

sign that i was tired and needed to leave work earlier than i did: i came home and decided i was going to have some popcorn, so i pulled out a package and actually started reading the instructions for how to cook the popcorn. part way through, just as i was getting frustrated that i couldn't find the time for how long to cook it, i realized that it was popcorn. you throw it in there, set the time for whatever, and take it out after a couple minutes.

surprising factoid of the night: turns out that about 8:30 in the pm on a work night is the prime time for activity at my complex. there was hustle and bustle everywhere i turned. cars to the left, to the right, in front, and coming toward me. people walking, people running, and people biking. one guy walking in the dark in all black, thankfully to the left of my car because he was in my blind spot turning, and i definitely would have come too close to comfort for a near collision with his shins.

my new rule to curb stupidity: you have to be able to park the vehicle before you're allowed to buy it. there was a brand spanking new super-large suv, i think probably a suburban from the sheer size of the beast, that i dealt with tonight. this fucking thing was sooo new that the dealer tags were actually from 2 days into the future. so anyway, i'm already driving right behind this slow behemoth, when suddenly, rrrrrrr! he sees a parking space he wants. one that he's already partly passed. so on go the reverse lights. my hand covers the horn in preparation. he backs up nearly to my bumper. puts it in drive, and tries to turn into the space. doesn't make it. sits there for multiple minutes, literally. nearly runs over a girl running behind him, trying to squeeze between his crazy ass and the parked cars and run faster than he can back up to avoid getting crushed. keep in mind now that he is on a rounded corner, so he has waaaaay more space in which to do these maneuvers. he has twice as much space behind him, and space around either side of this corner. yet after he sits there and sits there, he has to back up not once, but twice more. finally at that point i can squeeze by him in a part of his maneuver where i feel reasonably confident that he won't reverse into me. now if you can't make that space, you shouldn't be driving that car anywhere that you can't valet and let somebody else park it. put that purchase down in the books as a stupid purchase.