« the end is the beginning is the end | Main | link of the day »
Cross country? Me too!
by quicksilver at 03:12 PM on August 21, 2002
I'll be heading out west in a week to a convention in the heartland of America that is Collinsville, Illinois. This rental car is going to need therapy once we're finished with this ride. 1000 miles and 20 hours in a minivan. I need help with tips on staying awake. I can barely stay awake at my desk, let alone hurtling down the interstate at 55 mph.
Does anyone know anything that I should specifically NOT do while I'm down there? Granted, I will be in one of the safest locations in the world due to the company I'll be in, but it's never good to piss off the locals. Like just the other day, when two nice gentlemen (idiots) and their child (ill mannered future inmate/present day monkey) sitting in their SUV decided to talk to me like I was a famous Chinese martial arts action hero. Well, two of them, because we all seem to look alike. I'm pretty sure I'm taller than Jet Li. And I'm also pretty sure that Jackie Chan has better things to do than walk to the transit station to go home after a hard day of coding. Oh well. I get that all the time. Really. And I decided to pretend, as I often do, that I do not understand English. Remember. Don't piss off the locals. They just might shrink your head.
comments (4)
55? Well, a good way to make sure you stay awake while driving is to go a hell of a lot faster than 55. You'd be surprised how easy it is to stay awake while pushing 100 mph through Kansas.
by mg at August 21, 2002 4:05 PM
No, Kansas will put you to sleep no matter how fast you are going. You need to find a naggy, annoying person to ride with who won't shut up so you will be too distracted to sleep. Don't ask how I know this, I just do.
by MrBlank at August 21, 2002 5:57 PM
Long-distance cellphone minutes are cheap and plentiful, right? Well, hell, we can all take shifts by phone as the naggy, annoying car-mate, keeping you sufficiently vexed through shrill and/or inane commentary! It'll be just like the Internet! (Only with less pornography. Presumably.)
by Antwon at August 21, 2002 9:52 PM
this is a one
by noorddin at October 10, 2002 9:53 AM