[that time of year] the strangest feeling comes over me when i hear christmas music. even the poorest christmas song *ever* can just make everything in that store twinkle. what kind of marketing conspiracy is this?! =O sigh. so now i'm in da mood fer some shopping and some hot chocolate.

[driving in the rain] okay, so why on earth do silly road builders make the lines on the freeway invisible in the rain? you'd think that with all the great technology we have nowadays that they could figure out how to get people to see lines on the road right? i think one of my biggest fears now is driving in the rain in hugely windy conditions. what if my hand slips and i can't hold the steering wheel straight? what if a car bumps into me and shoves me across the freeway because it's windy? *panic attack* the morals of this rumination: (1) do not drive in the rain and (2) if you must drive in the rain, make friends with the right-hand side of the freeway and drive under 60.