Engineers and programmers are the often-anonymous architects of society, and what you do now could make a huge difference to the lives of millions, even billions, of people in decades to come.
-Charlie Stross Shaping the Future
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
i was in the worst traffic of my life today. it took me about 30-40 minutes to get from my house in costa mesa to LAX/105 Freeway. then it took me almost 3 hours to get from LAX/105 Freeway to my apartment 13 miles away. if you do the math that's .230 miles per hour. that's not even 1 mile per hour!!
they closed 4 of the 5 lanes because of a huge big rig accident. the exit for my apartment was right where the accident was. the car involved in the accident was smashed to pieces. i believe there was one fatality. i don't know how anyone could've survived.
as i was exiting, eliza started to overheat. apparently the extreme stop and go traffic created a hole in the radiator. i was less than a quarter mile away from my apartment. i stopped half way, let the car cool down and then stupidly drove to my apartment. because of the freeway accident, all the raods were extremely congested. by the time i was in LA, i was hella tired, hella hungry, and needed to piss. so i wasn't entirely thinking right. i should've stopped my car on the side of the road as soon as i saw it overheating. now i don't know if i damaged the engine at all. now it's time to buy an upgraded radiator.
c l i f f l o v e's thoughts at 12:30:00 AM
Comments:
omg, it seriously took me & jolene almost AN HOUR to get from Lot 6 to wilshire. traffic should never ever be that bad.
