Hot driving action, and more!
Rebecca and her friend Kelly departed Houston on a flight to Amsterdam yesterday, and I was tasked with ferrying them to the airport. They picked me up from school, and then I drove Rebecca's car. Now Rebecca's got a '99 Camry, and while I certainly wouldn't claim that it's a high-performance automobile, it's a huge improvement from the '94 that I drive, and much better suited to Houston traffice. It's nice to be able to change lanes knowing that you have enough acceleration to keep from getting run over.
So we took highway 59 to the airport. We were driving along, and it occurred to me: there are three of us in this car. That's a rather high amount of occupancy, which makes us... a high occupancy vehicle!
Obviously, I took the next available entrance into the HOV lane. I'd never driven in one before, but it was hot. It was like the glorious feeling I got the first time I hit the tollway, but better. It's a nice, wide, luxurious lane, with concrete barriers. We saw two other cars in the lane during the entire trip (sadly, I was behind them and had to slow down for them), but mostly, it was like having my own private road. We even had our own, special exit for the airport. It was so hot; so, so hot. I felt sorry for all the losers driving on the normal road.
More electronics showed up yesterday. I had ordered an Airport Express from Apple, and it arrived, along with some assorted cabling I needed to go with it. It's basically a small wireless base station (which in and of itself is of limited use until I get a laptop), but you can also hook it up to your stereo and play music wirelessly from your computer, all with a beautifully pure, digital optical connection. Sadly, I haven't gotten to try it out yet, because, though I have the wireless card to put in the iMac, I don't have the additional adapter for the wireless card that goes in the iMac. Today, hopefully, USPS willing. There'll be a writeup on my music page when I've played with it a bit.
Also, my phone's due to arrive today.
Last night, I accompanied Stephanie and Jennifer to a They Might Be Giants concert. I'm not a huge fan, but I like them well enough. The opening act was Corn Mo, and his "Meatloaf playing accordion singing songs about junior high" act was fairly entertaining, as was his rendition of "We Are the Champions" and his story of how he quit his day job to play accordion. They Might Be Giants were relatively entertaining, and played such classics as "Why Does the Sun Shine", "Birdhouse in Your Soul", and "James K. Polk" as well as a song about the venue they performed in (they've been writing one for each show) and the theme to "Malcolm in the Middle." An enjoyable show, although the venue staff was a bit green, and, being on the second floor, I was afraid that it was going to collapse due to the combined weight of the entire audience pogo-ing, which reminds me of that Onion article, "500 Record Store Clerks Feared Dead After Roof Collapses At Yo La Tango Concert". I would link to it, but, in one of the greatest tragedies of our age, the Onion's archives are no longer free.
So we took highway 59 to the airport. We were driving along, and it occurred to me: there are three of us in this car. That's a rather high amount of occupancy, which makes us... a high occupancy vehicle!
Obviously, I took the next available entrance into the HOV lane. I'd never driven in one before, but it was hot. It was like the glorious feeling I got the first time I hit the tollway, but better. It's a nice, wide, luxurious lane, with concrete barriers. We saw two other cars in the lane during the entire trip (sadly, I was behind them and had to slow down for them), but mostly, it was like having my own private road. We even had our own, special exit for the airport. It was so hot; so, so hot. I felt sorry for all the losers driving on the normal road.
More electronics showed up yesterday. I had ordered an Airport Express from Apple, and it arrived, along with some assorted cabling I needed to go with it. It's basically a small wireless base station (which in and of itself is of limited use until I get a laptop), but you can also hook it up to your stereo and play music wirelessly from your computer, all with a beautifully pure, digital optical connection. Sadly, I haven't gotten to try it out yet, because, though I have the wireless card to put in the iMac, I don't have the additional adapter for the wireless card that goes in the iMac. Today, hopefully, USPS willing. There'll be a writeup on my music page when I've played with it a bit.
Also, my phone's due to arrive today.
Last night, I accompanied Stephanie and Jennifer to a They Might Be Giants concert. I'm not a huge fan, but I like them well enough. The opening act was Corn Mo, and his "Meatloaf playing accordion singing songs about junior high" act was fairly entertaining, as was his rendition of "We Are the Champions" and his story of how he quit his day job to play accordion. They Might Be Giants were relatively entertaining, and played such classics as "Why Does the Sun Shine", "Birdhouse in Your Soul", and "James K. Polk" as well as a song about the venue they performed in (they've been writing one for each show) and the theme to "Malcolm in the Middle." An enjoyable show, although the venue staff was a bit green, and, being on the second floor, I was afraid that it was going to collapse due to the combined weight of the entire audience pogo-ing, which reminds me of that Onion article, "500 Record Store Clerks Feared Dead After Roof Collapses At Yo La Tango Concert". I would link to it, but, in one of the greatest tragedies of our age, the Onion's archives are no longer free.
posted by L. Maxwell Ward at 2:55 PM
