I Got 99 Problems. And Your Car is One.

by Jenny McCoy on December 2, 2009

I felt especially white today so I figured it was time to quote a prominent black rapper who is dating a prominent black singer.

Now, on to that gushy gushy*.

Let’s state the facts:

I commute to work.
I live in South Florida.
I sit in traffic.
I am impatient.
I am not crazy.

So, I try to quell** my impatience in trivial situations like the traffic light scenario illustrated below:

trafficlightproblems

First, let me briefly describe what you just saw. You saw three white cars.

“Wow, THREE white cars? What are the odds of that?” – You ask

Good question. I’ve got an answer for you. Those cars are white because Microsoft Paint gave me an ‘F’ on “creating enclosed vehicles that can be painted with one click of the paint bucket icon.” They would have had white tires too if my circles were not so much better than my square-triangle hybrids.

Now, since you’re so curious. I’m going to share a little extra information about that car in front of me who missed the “Hello, if you move your car eight more feet I can continue singing dinosaur sounds with Lady G. and decrease my anxiety about the six-second turn signal we’re about to receive” memo.

That car is a Buick Le Sabre. How do I know that? Because of a recent revelation:

BuickLeSabre

Also, since you are unable to see the hair color of the driver, I’m going to let you in on that secret as well.

BuickLeSabreHairThere are many more secrets I can share with you. Like the likelihood said driver’s outfit is 87% polyester and does not shrink. But if you give away the cookies for free who’s going to want the milk. Wait, everyone would, right? One second..

*Whoa. Decided to Google “gushy gushy” to see if there’s a meaning. Umm. There is.

**I Googled “quell” too.

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

Kitch December 2, 2009 at 8:13 am

You crack me up – your random posts are very entertaining and well written!

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Jenny December 2, 2009 at 8:26 pm

Thanks Kitch! Glad you’re a frequent visitor these days :)

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3211237 December 2, 2009 at 10:18 pm

I have a similar problem. However, the difference lies with the make and model of car. I have found that (when applied to my life) the Toyota Camry takes home the cheese. Only exception is that the hair color is often more pigmented.

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Srinivas Rao December 2, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Hey Jenny,

I actually just submitted a guest post to problogger where I wrote about you and why I subscribed your feed. Also, check out my post tomorrow because I plugged your blog there too. Regarding, traffic, I will give you a few pieces of advice since I live in LA and I probably have you beat on shitty traffic.

1) Traffic is a great time to listen to audiobooks, self help tapes, etc, etc.
2) If you’re not into all this self help bullshit, then learn a language. Since you are stuck in traffic you easily can.
3) You can even get fiction audiobooks.

Make it a useful time. If it’s really that bad, get out of the car and put flyers for your blog on people’s car. Make sure you video tape it, youtube it and call it “Efficient social media marketing.” Then make sure you give me some credit ;)

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Jenny December 3, 2009 at 12:57 am

@Secret Person Who I Think is R.B. – hahahahha… I have an idea of who you’re talking about…
@Srini – That’s awesome Srini! Thanks for the plugs. I’m actually working on a submission for Problogger right now and you’ll be mentioned in it.. it’s all about my last couple months of networking with other bloggers and the really cool folks I’ve met. Those are some good ideas for traffic. Could be a whole post on its own.. I enjoyed the post on ways to make weekdays enjoyable.. although, my overriding mentality is along the lines of the 9-5 convo we had during the interview, haha. Looking forward to the post tomorrow!

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sara December 3, 2009 at 9:52 am

Ah, this is amazing. Who names a car LeSabre? Epic suck.

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