Dhampir Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 No. The rain had nothing whatsoever to do with it. I had to rant now, or risk falling into a state of moroseness that I might not recover from any time soon. So, I was up bright and early to get ready, and had to print out a couple of maps for the trip. printer was screwing up on me, so I had to work with that. No biggie. I'm on the road a little after 9am, expect to make it there around 10:30/ 11am. My wipers are damaged, but they've been holding out so far, so I figured it'd be alright. Nope. Today, they chose to completely break, leaving me unable to drive my car in the rain. fortunately, I was only one town over, where my folks live, and not far from a rental place that fortunately had only the largest and therefore most expensive car to rent. So, I do that... Upside is, I always wanted to drive a V8 Charger. Downside is, I had to spend $120 I didn't have any plans to spend. Also, I just lost an hour doing that, and arranging to have my other car picked up. Head to DC, and traffic is so bad that it takes me 1 hour just to drive 30 miles-- thereby losing another hour. I finally made it. Rally itself was pretty good, rain and all-- All 50% of it that I was able to see after all the time I lost. So, Now it's winding down, and I had plans to go to an after party, related to the Rally. 2 miles away from where the event took place. Somehow, without any memory of making a turn (perhaps not turning was the problem) I find myself on a completely different road than what I was on moments ago. The resultant loss of direction took me OUT OF THE FUCKING CITY ENTIRELY. About 1h10m later, I found myself in a familiar area, and was able to find a main road to the highway, and head home, instead of the fucking party, which is probably just getting in full swing as I type this. So yeah, I'm going to console myself with KFC and porn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decafaholic Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 This story sounds like one of the many adventures I've been on with my GPS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLoner Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Aw man I'm sorry I never try to drive to D.C if I can help it because the traffic sucks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inqui Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I remember meeting an American journeyman last year. One thing he said he'd love to see is a reality show where people have to drive around Washington DC. According to him, "Even Gandhi would be reduced to a swearing wreck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpheliaGinger Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 And I thought you were going to say something bad about the rally itself. I guess your car was a Christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhampir Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 And I thought you were going to say something bad about the rally itself. I guess your car was a Christian. Well, I did forget to bring my camera, blather incoherently at James Randi, and stare blankly at Aron Ra for about 3 minutes until he excused himself before I had a chance to utter a single word of introduction. So there's that as well. All in all, I made a bunch of new memories I'll shortly wish had never formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivist Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Well, it could have been worse. You could have "gotten saved" all over again by some lurking fundnut. Hope you enjoyed your KFC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConureDelSol Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 This is why I would've gone early and taken the metro...although I'm sure the metro was packed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RankStranger Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I wish I could've gone, but it would have been about a 1200-mile drive for me. And I don't see them holding anything like that in Kansas anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrth Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I HATE driving in the DC area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tealeaf Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I went from NYC to DC and elsewhere on a bicycle last year. I think that actually made it easier because I could simply say 'fuck it' to staying in traffic. Still though.... I thought my home city was bad. What the hell were they thinking making that place?? Is it really necessary to have diagonal and oddly angled intesections and chopped up roads with parks in the middle all together?! And I only used an iPod with WiFi to navigate.... I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpudd1n Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Oh Dhampir, I am so sorry I would be absolutely crying from devastation. What a let-down. I think you need more than KFC and porn- maybe add some bacon and eggs to that list as well! Hugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhampir Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I went from NYC to DC and elsewhere on a bicycle last year. I think that actually made it easier because I could simply say 'fuck it' to staying in traffic. Still though.... I thought my home city was bad. What the hell were they thinking making that place?? Is it really necessary to have diagonal and oddly angled intesections and chopped up roads with parks in the middle all together?! And I only used an iPod with WiFi to navigate.... I feel your pain. Philadelphia should have been the Nation's Capital, or rather, should have remained such, given that the roads and street layouts were planned long before any buildings went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhampir Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Did I mention I missed Tim Minchin!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLoner Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 This is why I would've gone early and taken the metro...although I'm sure the metro was packed as well. Actually no, I expected it to be but it wasn't (I got on at about 9:10, I was running a little late). And maybe I was just lucky but the metro was running pretty fast for a Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrydingo Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I went to D.C. and I never got used to the stop lights being on the side of the road instead of hanging overhead at the intersection. I almost drove right through a couple of red lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhampir Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I went to D.C. and I never got used to the stop lights being on the side of the road instead of hanging overhead at the intersection. I almost drove right through a couple of red lights. There were 2 sets of lights at one intersection, one close to me, and one on the other side of the street. One was red, and the other was green. WTF?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonForever Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I just use the cabs. Get anywhere, and quick, but you have to be careful and check your price before you get in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruszer Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 And I thought you were going to say something bad about the rally itself. I guess your car was a Christian. I actually had a good laugh when the Christian protesters laughed and said "God made it rain on their parade!" Of course. If bad things happen to Christians it's the devil. If bad things happen to an atheist God is trying to get their attention. I love it. Sorry to hear your Reason Rally experience wasn't the greatest. If it's any consolation, I had to travel 20 hours by train to get to DC and then my host slept in so we didn't get there until around 1pm either. I hear there's going to be a DVD though. I'll be sure to get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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