Has the dark cloud passed?

Maybe not exactly, but its definitely intermittent, which is better than constant.

I have had a very large writer's/painter's/sculptor's/life block for a while. I love writing/painting/sculpting/living, but for a while now, whenever I sat down in front of a computer/canvas/clay/mirror, the object remained blank, no matter what dirty looks I kept giving it; except for the mirror.

Over the past few weeks however, things have picked up. First, I started up my Yelp reviews again, followed by some sculpting, followed by some enjoying life again, and now the blog. I can't promise a constant stream of posts to this outlet, but things are definitely moving in the direction with the better weather forecast.

Stop Sign; Optional?

No. Asshole.

I Do Not Assume; It's Just Statistics.

Not all BMW drivers are uneducated pricks on the road. I know this statement seems to go against everything I have written so far, but it is true. The misunderstanding occurs because I only really write about the pricks; and I only write about the pricks because all uneducated pricks happen to be attracted to buying expensive cars, making the odds of seeing a "reasonable" BMW driver one-in-a-million. I am not that lucky. So, an apology to all those one-in-a-million-"reasonable"-BMW drivers; you are better off spending your money on a Tesla anyway.

I Have Developed A Twitching Eye Over The Past Few Months

I think that the biggest contributors to this physical response to my hate for all things stupid, are BMW drivers. Out of everyone on the road, they are the most creative with breaking traffic laws.

I was teaching a new student today. We were driving up to a four-way stop only to find a BMW parked diagonally in the middle of the intersection. Parked: the driver had secured the vehicle, shut down the engine, and left it. Just like you would in a parking stall, except with out the parking stall. My initial thinking was that there must be an emergency near by that the driver is attending to, so I started looking around to see if anyone needed help. A few feet to the left of the abandoned BMW, I noticed a cab stopped half way through a turn. My next thought was that perhaps the two vehicles had just been in a collision. However, as we drove closer to the intersection I could see that neither car looked damaged. I continued examining the site. About 10 loooooong seconds later, the cab started to drive away, revealing the BMW driver happily moving towards her parked SUV. It turned out that the BMW genius decided that she needed directions. So she parked her car in the middle of the intersection, diagonally (god forbid anyone get by her vehicle in such a dire circumstance), and hailed down a cab (aka human GPS) to assist her. With her mission complete, she jumped back into her meant-to-be-off-road-vehicle-that-will-never-see-anything-but-pavement, started it up, and, since it was not pointing in the direction she required it to, turned it around. Immediately. A 7-point turn in the middle of the intersection later, she was on her way.

The twitch doubled in strength.