I am a happy lady. I live, I love, and I thrive. I attempt in the best possible way to extend my kindness to those around me who I deem deserve it (in my little god-like way). When I was a child, however, after that faithful day when I was eight years old that wasn’t really the case. I was a fucking little hellion on two legs with words and fists of fury. It took my mother more money than I want to think of and hours of really shoddy therepy to do…pretty much nothing. I went through two different elementary schools because my parent and her prick faced attachment called a “boyfriend” thought my darling twin sister was causing all of this chaos. Well, I don’t blame them, really. My mother at least was ignorant as a cow. As for her sorry excuse of a boyfriend, he knew. Oh wait no he forgot. That situation is for a different day.
Then I moved away from my beautiful birth city that was my only source of solace when life and sadness got to be just too much. I suppose I was a bit intense for a pre-teen and child. I moved to my current location when I was twelve, just starting my seventh grade year.
I will never forgive my mother for that ridiculous reverse culture shock from HELL. I got even worse, even more angry and I am suprised in my isolation from the other children (for once not self inflicted) I didn’t find a gun or something and do a mass genocide of spoiled rich white bread brats. I was a terror to my mother and my sister and everyone who ever tried to help. I hated EVERYONE. Time passed and then I grew into my temper, into highschool and then into my ripe teenage years. I began to have commited relationships and slowly, I grew calmer and collected and turned back into the caring angel of a girl at the age of fifteen, sixteen and seventeen. I was a wonder, I was helpful but I was tender and easily upset at such small things. I had diaries I had art and people to talk to in various different states. I found my own solace in the ‘burbs with a computer and imagination. Life was awesome. I was happy and carefree and in love.
Then I got my drivers Lisence. Holy sweet mother of christ. It was somewhat of a blessing for me and a curse for everyone in the general vicinity. At first it wasn’t so bad, I was calm and collected though a bit terrified of those moving metal death-traps around me. Then I started having to commute longer than around the corner for my jobs. The commutes got longer and so did my days.
And then I became the raving lunatic bitch on the road that WILL NOT STOP for stupid pedestrians jay-walking. Stupid people have always really annoyed me. I don’t mean mentally handicapped with birth defects. I mean white-trash ignorant self abosrbed fools that are allowed to trample around the world spreading their idiot genes. It is depressing, I know, right?
Who the FUCK let them drive? Well, I suppose people ask me that same question as they cling to the ‘oh shit’ handle; “WHO THE FUCK PASSED YOU ON THAT DRIVERS TEST”. I don’t know either but I bet she hates herself. Seriously, though, I don’t think I had ever come across that large of an amount of idiots until I started to commute longer than five miles.
Oh and I welcomed that rage, and it came with full fucking force of the fist of an angry god. I still cannot comprehend, the difficulty of using a turn signal.
Hello boys a girls who have entered the world of driving. Do you see that little stick poking out of the side of your steering wheel? No no, the left one. Yes that is called a “TURN SIGNAL”. Now what that little nifty magic wand does is alert OTHER, yes other drivers on the road what your intentions are, or why you are randomly breaking. Uusally, when you have that on, other motorists will let you over! See you dumb fucks if I could read your minds I would not have flipped you off and scarred your children for life for cutting me off while Im going 60 and you’re going 40.
That brings up another topic. Do you see those little mirrors on the side? Those let you know when there are other cars behind you. You should also take a quick glance over your shoulder because there may be someone who is about ten minutes late and counting to work barreling down the road to the freeway coming up on your side. When you merge into those people, don’t get upset if they scream and you and blare your horn BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T EVEN FUCKING LOOK OR CARE. And if you have a problem with time-to-distance? WALK. OR RIDE A BIKE.
The next one of you bastards who pulls out infront of me on a one lane road while I am blazing about 30 over the speed limit im not going to stop, because I’m sure all of you rich fucking ass holes care more about your car then I care about mine.
But really, I digress. I’m not really sure what makes me think it is ok to teach every last idiot driver how to do it so they wont get murdered. I don’t think “TEACH” is the right word, more like tail-gate them so hard that I can count the scratches on their bumpers and flicker my highbeams and when they start to get snarky lay on the horn for four or five blocks.
The real moral of the story is: Driving can bring out the worst in people. God forbid you ever have to drive with me.
-Liv.