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Why is the world in love again? Why are we marching hand in haaaaand? Why are the ocean levels rising up? It's a BRAND NEW RECORD for 1990, They Might Be Giants brand new album FLOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

Man, I'm a nerd. That's the first thing that popped into my head when I typed that subject line. That's from memory. Because I'm a nerd.

ANYWAYS.

It was totally raining hardcore today. Today being TUESDAY.

Yesterday, I spent all day trying to remember what it was that I was doing Tuesday after work. Turns out, I was going to the weekly Dinner-Thing that my new church has going on. Luckily, I got an email with directions today, so I was reminded. My memory is very much like a sieve sometimes. Except with lyrics to album theme songs.

So I went home from work, picked up the bag of cheese I said I'd bring (because I'm broke and already had a bag of cheese handy), and then headed out to the place. Riiiiiight as it started pouring. So I'm going down the highway, and I merge onto another one, hydroplane for a while (I think maybe I need better tires), and then traffic slows to a crawl. We crawl along for about a mile, and then I see why.

Both lanes of the two-lane highway* are flooded. Completely, like a couple inches deep.

So everyone was merging as far to the left as possible, where it was a little shallower, getting on the shoulder and hoping. Only, we couldn't really get that far over, because they recently installed these stupid wire barrier things right along the edge of the pavement, so there is only about... 2-3 feet past the edge line? I'm a terrible judge of distance, but it's definitely not even enough to pull a disabled car over if you needed to. AND, right past the line it was crazy potholed, because of the flooding and the unusual amount of traffic over it, so it was very, very bouncy. Think "sine wave".

Poor Stella. Deep water AND potholes. She wasn't very happy about it, but she didn't even squeal that wet-engine squeal, and her brakes responded perfectly when I gave them a test-pump afterwards (I was taught to ALWAYS check the brakes after going through any water deep enough to splash, so that if they are soggy I know about it before I need them). Stella's really a good car.

♥ for Stella!

edit: Apparently we set some records! From wunderground.com:

Statement as of 07:48 PM CDT on June 26, 2007

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at dfw international Airport...

a record rainfall of 2.45 inches was set at dfw international
Airport today. This breaks the old record of 2.31 set in 1928.

With rain still possible at the Airport through 1 am (06z)... this
rain total may increase. An official total will be issued after 1 am.

*For those of you who know the area, it was on 820, on the southbound lanes of the east side of the loop. You know, the bit right after it narrows to two lanes, and there's that crazy long off-on ramp thing for Craig and Lancaster and that other street? There. And all the people who tried to take that side ramp thing to skip around the traffic were routed off the highway altogether, because the water was running over that and flooding the highway below it. So they thought they were being slick, but they got routed off through the ghetto. HA.

Dear Evil Witch;
I know you think you are more important that anyone else on the road, and I know you were going somewhere terribly important and the fate of the world probably rested on you getting there as fast as possible, but do you really think that tailgating like that gets you anywhere any faster?
I know, I know, we're in Texas, home of the oversized trucks that ride bumpers. But you, in your little white car, did it with such a flair. I've never actually seen someone 5 inches off another person's bumper. I would have been impressed had it not been an incredibly stupid thing to do.
Do you know who you were tailgating? A student driver. Did you notice that he pulled over off to the side of the highway? No, he wasn't making room for your royal highness, he was pulling over because he was terrified, at least judging by the expression on his face and the way he gripped the wheel as he came to a stop.
The mean, vindictive part of me hopes that you get into a really bad wreck someday as a result of your idiotic, self-centered driving, but then reason kicks in and I realize that it would require someone else to suffer from your absolute stupidity.
You see, it's people like you that make me hate driving. You have absolutely no regard for anyone else on the road. To you other people are just obstacles to be maneuvered around. I'm amazed sometimes by the incredibly stupid way people like you zip between lanes to get around people in your attempts to get "there" a few seconds faster. You're the reason I avoid highways as much as I can. You're the reason Texas drivers have such a bad reputation. You are, to me, worth less than the dirt used to form you.
I hope you read this and are offended,
Jessica Elaine Pearson