How My New Years Eve Began / Driving in Snow is My Favorite / How I Almost Died / Driving in Snow Sucks Nuts / Camwhore (maybe???) (1073 hits)
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Submitted by Oly (View user info) at 2008-01-04 19:21:14 EST
The State of Illinois Plow Patrol saw fit to avoid plowing or salting southbound I-55 this weekend while maintaining northbound I-55 quite nicely.
That's baloney, homies.
I drove down to my school on NYE for a party. If you weren't hit by this storm, I'll sum it up by saying it was the exact opposite of what I imagine hell to be like, but just as severe. Blankets of slippery sloppery snow, arctic winds with a chill factor of probably like -31 Fahrenheit, visibility bordering on that of television static, polar bears attacking would-be motorists whose cars littered the ditches alongside the road...elephant seals attacking penguins...straight craziness, pure mayhem. At one point traffic was moving at 15 mph, a speed that, to be perfectly honest, was still too fucking fast.
This didn't happen on I-55. It happened outside of a town called Braidwood. I needed to piss, so I took an exit which, ironically, is about a quarter mile from the spot where my piece of shit Lumina crapped out on me back in November 2004, resulting in me writing this post (this one: http://www.ubersite.com/m/51513) while waiting for my ride. I'm never stopping in Braidwood again, suffice to say.
I'm writing this at 7:45 this morning, and I don't have any camwhores of me. I know I've got at least one disposable camera downstairs from my vacation in Colorado this summer, and possibly another one from a roadtrip to Ohio State the weekend they lost to U of I (which by the way couldn't have made me a happier camper at the time) but I'm obviously not sure of the camwhore potential of either of those, so I'll bring them in to Walgreen's and pick them up when I come back from the gym. Then, I will construct this glorious master work (I can only assume, at least right now, that it will be) which you are about to behold.
/blog entry.
Enjoy the artwork now.
The road was covered in enough snow at this point that the edges of the road weren't visible. I couldn't tell at what point the pavement ended and the gravel began. There was one set of tire tracks in front of me so I tried to use those as a guide.
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Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-01-07 11:46:54 EST (#)
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Seriously, the weather is beautiful up here now. It was 58 last night and I was out in shorts and a tee shirt, sweating. I keep bundling up to go outside and having to strip two minutes later.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-01-07 10:33:30 EST (#)
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And today, it's 55 degrees Fahrenheit down here. Funny how the weather changes for us in a week, eh?
I drove to a party in P-town here that evening - crazy man though I was - but, I do have to give the city props for being better prepared this year than last.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-01-06 02:35:49 EST (#)
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Driving in snow, indeed, sucks nuts.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-01-05 19:29:03 EST (#)
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oh im sure he enjoyed it. during the worst part of the storm (when there were at least 30 cars stuck in the ditches over a 2 mile stretch of road) dave pulled out his lap top and drew pictures of a car in flames and bodies with red stains around them in the snow. he then said, "hey andrew, it's us!"
that was my inspiration for this post, in fact.
Submitted by Tony_the_Tiger_is_a_Pedophile (user info) at 2008-01-05 18:54:20 EST (#)
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so, did dave like almost being dead? nice pictures.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-01-05 12:30:58 EST (#)
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I've forgotten what snow looked like. I remeber it being fun and such.
Submitted by forthewin (user info) at 2008-01-05 12:23:14 EST (#)
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Aww, your sisters are sleeping on your shoulders.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-01-05 11:37:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-01-05 01:19:22 GMT (#)
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good show
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-01-05 11:11:20 EST (#)
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"I'll sum it up by saying it was the exact opposite of what I imagine hell to be like"
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This is ironic since hell was thought of as an icy place for a long time, and the devil in all the really old paintings looks blue because of the cold.
snow still sucks though.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-01-04 22:33:53 EST (#)
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+2 since everyone else did it
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-01-04 22:30:23 EST (#)
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aaahhh etc
This post has a little bit of a lot of things.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2008-01-04 22:16:15 EST (#)
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bt,dt
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-01-04 20:19:22 EST (#)
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good show
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2008-01-04 20:09:52 EST (#)
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i've almost died on I55 more times than i can even remember at this point.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2008-01-04 19:55:52 EST (#)
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I haven't slept in 36 hours and haven't eaten in 24 hours and I have a buzz after three quick beers.
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2008-01-04 19:39:14 EST (#)
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STAY OUT OF MA STATE U DRUNKEN BAFOON
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2008-01-04 19:31:54 EST (#)
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WHY IS THIS STILL NOT ON MOST HEATED