I will never understand the traffic on the west side of Portland. It seems that no matter what time of day it is, it’s rush hour on the West Side. I’d blame it on the weather, but that wouldn’t make any sense because the thought pattern of the average West Side driver would be “Oh, my, it’s raining out! Better slow down!” and “Oh, my, it’s sunny out! Better slow down!” It makes no sense. I could go further with a discussion of how to merge onto the freeway, but I’ve already done that once before, so I don’t think I need to go into it again.

The reason I bring it up is because yesterday it took me well over an hour to get home and I only live 15 miles from work. That means that, basically, I travelled an average of 15 miles per hour. I could technically have driven home in first fucking gear and it would have gotten me there in the same amount of time. No sense whatsoever.

I’m starting to think the West Side city planners don’t actually reside on the West Side. They screwed everything up as a big joke on the poor souls who have to commute that direction every day. It used to be where the traffic going into Portland in the morning and leaving at night was way worse than the traffic travelling in the opposite direction. Not so anymore; now it’s all just terrible.

The Oregon Department of Transportation has a series of traffic cameras that allow you to see what’s going on. Here’s the series that defines my commute. Check it out in the morning and the evening; you’ll see what I mean.

On another note, my copy of Real Genius should be here today, or maybe tomorrow. That shipped with Lexx Series 3 Vol. 1, Lexx Series 3 Vol. 2, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2. I’m stoked for that stuff to get here. I haven’t seen Real Genius forever. I’ll have to bring it and play it at work.

Speaking of DVDs, I’m a little irritated that they haven’t put the movie Electric Dreams out on DVD yet. It’s out of print on video, too (you can buy it for like $75 in some places, but give me a break). The soundtrack was good on that one, too. Highly recommendable.

Jenn’s a little pissed that the new Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game is coming out. Sorry, baby. Some things just have to happen, you know? :)