i thought it would be nice to make a trivial grocery shopping trip today to break the monotony of editing my thesis. after all, weeks and weeks of 18 hours a day, 7 days a week really starts to grind on the nerves, ya know?

but apparently the thesis gods were upset by my attempt to escape from their prison, and collaborated with the traffic gods to thwart my plans.

because while following a curve in the road, i found myself face to face with an oncoming driver in my lane! wtf!! no time to hit the horn or anything- i had a half second or less to react. so i ran my car into the ditch to avoid a head-on collision.

i should be happy that there was a ditch, that there was no collision, and that i managed to somehow avoid hitting any mailboxes along the side of the road. but i’m kinda pissed off that i need to go get my alignment checked now.

some people should not be allowed to own cars.

so FUCK YOU, thesis gods. i will not be dealing with you for much longer. and the traffic gods may irritate me sometimes, but they always keep me safe.