haha.  I spent all day yesterday in new york city.  drove up and got there at 7:30 am.  I left my house at 6am.  I drove from west chester....to the staten island ferry..  in 1 hours and 30 minutes.  lets consult google maps for this distance shall we?

114.7 mi (about 2 hours 19 mins)

I shaved a whole hour off of my 2 hour 19 minute drive time.

I called my sister and told her (she was actually in new york for a dance convention) and she was like "wow....oh my god....wow" and she told her friends and I heard all of them saying "shit....how in the hell did he make it in an hour and a half?"  I'll tell you how.....I was going 100mph....and working my way very expertly through traffic.

haha.  anyways...

I almost hit a NYPD cop car on my way off of the island last night.  apparently...in NY you can't turn right on red.  well I didn't remember this.  and so I looked and then turned right on red, but what I didn't see was the cop car coming very fast.  he was around the corner.  and he saw a green light and just assumed it would be clear I guess.   but I didn't notice him.  and then I notice this car coming up onto my right side in the shoulder and I see headlights...and then the hood...and then the beginning of the windshield...and then 2 slightly angry police officers motioning for me to roll down my window.  which I did.  and he goes "in new york....we stop at red lights"  and I go "okay, I'm very sorry, thank you very much" and he goes "you almost killed me back there" and then just sped off.  and I'm like "wow...that was fun".  especially since if he did actually pull me over, he would have seen that my car inspection and emissions aren't up to date (I do have an appointment for tomorrow though, which I've had for a week) but anyways

the drive home was fucking amazing.  I pulled off into a rest stop to sleep for a while.  and I woke up to one of the best thunderstorms I've ever seen.  the rain drops were like 4 inches wide it was insane.  and I watched a lightning bolt hit what appeared to be the parking lot itself.  because the flash was blinding.  and the sound was instant...and deafening.  and it knocked all the power out.  so what I saw was all the lights in the parking lot, and the gas station and the food court thing all ligthing up the parking lot just fine.  and then there was this very bright light, and then once the light went away, all that was left was the headlights of the couple of cars running.  it was fucking crazy. 

haha. but yeah...I slept in my car for about 9 hours off and on all night.  its hard to sleep when you can't roll down the windows.  cause I can't just run my car for 9 hours straight.  so I run it and turn on the ac and then set my cel alarm and I sleep great.  and then my alarm goes off and I wake up and shut off the car and then I sleep like shit for a while...constantly waking up.  until I can't take it, then I set my alarm and turn the car back on.  its an endless cycle.  but anyways...

I'm sick as a bitch right now.  my poison oak finally went away.  but now I'm coughing my ass off and sneezing and everything.  all I want to do is lie down and sleep for the next 6 days.  or at least just relax and do nothing.  its going to suck so fucking bad at work tonight.  I think I'll work for like 4 hours and then go home.

hey...out of curiosity...which one is it.....

"all I want to do is lie down and sleep"
      ----- or ------
"all I want to do is lay down and sleep"

I don't know which one is correct.  someone please tell me.

oh yeah....I have tickets to see a comedy club in new york.  anyone want to go with me?  they are valid until the end of the year, so I'll probably go sometime in winter.  I just have to call ahead and get reservations.  its called the comic strip live.  you know at the beginning of every seinfield episode where he's in a club? yeah...its that club.  and chapelle goes there a lot, I think they might film his shit there too, but I'm not quite sure.  but this place sounds awesome.  I want to go so bad.  but you have to wear pants...and I would die before I made it to there if I had to wear pants outside right now.  so winter it will be.  I'll probably end up taking marissa with me in the winter if we go there for christmas again this year like we usually do...but if I get a better offer...I just might do that. or hey, maybe I'll use it as an excuse to ask michelle out at work....that was my first thought...but I've taken some people on some pretty extreme first dates (six flags for one)...but I always at least knew those people beforehand.  how do you think this would go? "hey, I have an idea....we've never hung out outside of work before, but why not take a 2 hour car ride with me to see a comedy show in new york?" I mean...she might be like "wow, this guy sounds really exciting" or maybe she'll mace me and run away...who knows.

anyways....I'm going to go lay down for a while on my bed and relax.  I've been walking around for a half hour now and I'm starting to cough again really bad...so time to go lay down.  c-ya.

- T

"Anything is possible, the impossible just takes longer."