Chicago Traffic is Horrible...

Or how I spent 3 hours traveling for a 15 minute transaction...

So I bought a pair of orthotic in-soles over the weekend to try to help my flat feet. Since I was bringing an acquaintance around town, I went to the factory outlet about 60 miles west of Chicago.

Turns out that the in-soles didn't fit my feet and I went back today to exchange them for a pair that did... 60 miles from my office, google maps says about 1 to 1.5 hours of travel. Like so.

However, when you account for traffic density, the actual journey becomes more like this.


Although, in all honesty, I think this is a better representation of what's going on.

I left my office at 5pm. Got there at 7:15pm... And then got home at 8:30pm. And the most irritating part is, on my way there, the traffic towards Chicago was light. Like maybe 1 car every 10-15 meters. And then on my way back to Chicago, it became 1 car every 3-4 meters... I love Chicago traffic...

GF TF2

Is a lot of laughs. Enjoy.

A bit of background. Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is a first person shooter (like Doom or Halo) where one chooses a team (Red or Blu) and a class (soldier - with the rockets, demoman - with the bombs, scout - the fast, small one, heavy - the biggest guy, medic - the doc-ish looking one, pyro - shoots flames, engineer - uses the wrench, sniper - has a scope, spy - can turn invisible). And then one team tries to unleash hell on the other.

Bonus video. Monty Python done TF2 style! Watch for the guitar hero pyro!

TF2 - Something Completely Different from David Keyworth on Vimeo.

Oh Shit...

The doctor says I definitely have a torn meniscus at the back of my knee and surgery is recommended to prevent the meniscus from locking up my knee. I'm gonna seek a second opinion from a doctor nearer to home but I think it's likely that I will be going under the knife... Ugh.

So in order to try to lighten up my mood, I've been watching this animation of Architecture in Helsinki(which is an Australian band)'s Do the Whirlwind.
I like it so much that I actually bought it from Amazon.com. Amazon is so cool, you don't need any software to download and the music is copy-protection free. I feel legit now. Haha. Must be the increase in purchasing power.