ya wanna know what's creepy..... driving on the freewar when it is raining and there are no other cars, edge lines, or reflectors.  you definitely feel like you are going much faster than you are..... i locked my fucking keys in my car.....  today there was a fire in one of the buildings near my house.  all the neighbors came out and watched the fire fighters at work.  i always thought it was sorta gross how dissaster captures our attention.  we all become spectators as other people's lives fall apart. then as i was walking away to go about my daily business i also though, it is disgusting that we can just go on living our normal lives as our neighbors lives fall apart.....  but then every day people's lives fall apart and we just keep on buying our big macs, filling up our SUVs.... so i'll end with a quote i like "europeans work to live, we live to work". don't know who said it originally but it was the impression i got while i was there.