Sarcastic Bastard

i hate pedestrians. usually (as robin astutely observed), i rant a lot about the stupid drivers i see in and around toronto, but what really raises my ire are the people who walk. it amazes me how people survive doing the things they do. yesterday, the light turned green, and 2 people were crossing (taking a nice leisurely fucking walk, too), oblivious to the fact that the cars had the green light. this delay was a few precious seconds of my life i'll never get back. i wish i was the first one in line so that i could honk their fucking brains out till they started running to the other side of the street, afraid that maybe i'd let my foot off the brakes :)
i'd have to say the funniest pedestrian i ever saw came about a week ago. i was driving along, and saw this woman standing on the road, halfway across, waiting for a break in the cars so she could finish jaywalking. so there were a bunch of cars coming and she was stuck waiting. apparently, she was such a moron that she didn't notice that she was about 10 feet away from a crosswalk...had she taken a few steps to her left, she could have pressed a button and had traffic stop for her to cross.

i think i'm sick of ranting about drivers and cars. i've pretty much used up all of my comments about them. so from now on, unless it's something so incredibly weird or annoying, i'm going to move on to other things that piss me off. and i'm sure i won't have trouble, considering the state of the world these days. mideast, US, g8, rich people, koreans (i'm not racist, but since the world cup started, these people have been so obnoxious!)...the list goes on forever. maybe i'm like one of those cops - "i wish i could turn in this sarcastic attitude of mine and retire, but there are just so many punks out there and i can't turn my back on my duties" hehe.

posted by leor @ 10:34 0 comments

could it be the onset of old age? there hasn't been much to piss me off lately...sure, there have been the usual stupid drivers, people in malls, and basically people being annoying everywhere i go, but i've begun to let more of it go. then again, maybe it's just been a good couple of weeks!

june didn't start out very promising. the ride for heart was a good early start, but it seemed like things were going to peak on june 2nd. luckily, things have taken a good turn. first, there was my car, which was starting to look like it was not going to be built until the next model year. fortunately, i was able to pick up a nice one off the lot, even though i sacrificed the colour i wanted and the sunroof, as well as some extra dollars because this one turned out to be an all-wheel drive model (but in the end, i'm better off with that, anyway). heh, i guess those bastards at general motors have a pretty nice scam going: hype up the new cars, give the buyers a 5 or so month wait for their factory orders, and bait the ones who give up waiting into buying the more expensive model, which just so happens to be in stock! ah well, at least i have my own wheels now, and the car *is* pretty sweet.

and then there's my girlfriend...what can be said bad about her? she's wonderful, and the best thing that ever happened to me. and to prove i'm not just being sentimental and mushy, she's a pretty cool chick, too! hehe

so that's about it for now. but first, i'd like to introduce a new segment of my blog: stupid person of the day. though i likely won't be doing updates every day, on every update, i'll try to tell a quick story about the most spectacularly stupid person i saw most recently. my first winner is this knob: i was driving home from work yesterday when i saw him. he was one of those guys who thinks he can trick people into thinking he's NOT driving a volkswagon golf by removing all decals and emblems, and painting the car flat white. it looked really ridiculous, actually. it's actually not much of a story, but it amused me. and if it doesn't amuse you...well, i don't give a flying fuck :)
buh bye.

posted by leor @ 15:14 0 comments

another car post...i did a fun online test last night. it's the road rage test - for the attentive reader(s?), there's a link to it in the sidebar. apparently i'm 50% suceptible to road rage, which is probably not surprising, considering that, no matter how pissed off i get while driving, i hardly ever actually do anything. i barely ever even honk the fucking horn. my philosophy in life has always leaned toward "don't get mad; get even" and that's the way i treat driving. some dick cuts me off, i make a point to do what i can to get ahead of him (or her, i don't want to be sexist). i've encountered some pretty fucked up drivers over the years. i remember one time, i was driving along, and i passed someone in the right lane. i get in front of her politely (ie. i did not cut her off), and the whore changes into the left lane, speeds up and gets back in front of me! i HATE when people do that! i was a good distance ahead of her car, and it's not like i drive some monster truck that would be obstructing her view by being in front of her. well, i showed that bitch. i got back ahead of her...she was persistent, though, and for no reason!

and here's another disturbing trend: people buying flashy sports cars, then driving 10km/h BELOW the speed limit! WHY?!?!

bah, enough for now.

posted by leor @ 22:58 0 comments

it's been almost 100 years since henry ford revolutionized the automobile industry with his assembly line. yet, here we are, with immeasurably improved technology allowing production to go faster than ever, and it STILL takes up to 12 weeks to get a factory-ordered car! WTF is up with that shit? i want my car NOW!

i'm tired, as usual...what is it about me that i torture myself with lack of sleep? i gotta stop staying online till all hours of the night doing nothing of substance, then not getting enough sleep for the next day (or even worse, the next 4 days). this marathon of work is gonna be tough. i've now been "working" (fortunately, i don't exactly have high-stress jobs) for 13 hours and counting. tonight i'll get about 6 hours of sleep, then work another 17 hours. but at least i have thursday off...unfortunately, being convocation at rye high, that day will probably be the most stressful one of the week, considering i'll have to see some people i'd rather not ever have to see again. but then again, i'll also see some good friends that i don't get to see much now that school is done forever.

i wanna go to bed. and now i'm all alone at work, and as cool as that is, it's also pretty boring to watch non-stop reruns on tv. i hope conan has a new show tonight.

posted by leor @ 22:28 0 comments

it didn't take me very long to get too lazy to update my blog, but maybe i'll make a better effort of it now.

i went on the ride for heart today. it's amazing how strange it was to go from riding with 16,000 (approx?) other riders on the parkway to getting back into car traffic afterward. cyclists, for the most part, are so much more respectful of the other people on the road, and there's a sense of co-operation, not competition for getting to the destination faster. of course, there are some stupid cyclists, but generally they're a small minority.

the thing that really pisses me off now is that this year is likely the last ride on the dvp. some stupid people have been complaining about the inconvenience caused by the highway closure. c'mon fucknuts, it's a SUNDAY morning! SLEEP IN, and you won't be inconvenienced! besides, it's for a great cause and being on the highway is unbeatable exposure for the event, and a major draw for the cyclists...i, for one, will likely not participate next year if the event is at the zoo or something...what kind of incentive do i have if it's just biking someplace i can go bike myself any time i want? i wanna bike on the highway!

i'm tired now...i need more sleep...long week coming up...updates to come, maybe!

posted by leor @ 21:20 0 comments