Observations of a Canadian in America
Ok, so I figured I’d rattle the chain a little just to see if I can stir up some more readers. After driving for two days on US highways, here are some observations I’ve made.
- No one on the eastern seaboard has cruise control, nor knows what keeping a consistent speed is.
- Quebec is the 51st state.
- Turn signals are an option on most vehicles sold in the eastern United States.
- When the speed limit sign says, say, 65mph, the actual speed limit is 52mph in the right lane and 78mph in the left lane… and if there’s a middle lane, the limit is 59mph.
- Traffic is a phenomena that people have not really experienced to it’s fullest… drive into Toronto on any given day at 9am. Taken into consideration the size of the cities that I’ve been in traffic in (Toronto, Calgary and Chicago) and the time taken to get through said traffic, Toronto still seems to be the worst I’ve experienced. (I realize that Los Angeles and New York City are probably worse.)
That’s all for now. I will probably think of some more in the next few days.
Insomniac Art
I’m starting to think that my best work (or craziest photoshops) come out of a lack of sleep. That would put me in the good books with one of my classmates. About a week ago, I couldn’t sleep due to asthma. I was reading news, and came across a website that actually made money turning a photo of a person into an iPod ad. I thought to myself, I could do just as good a job… But finding a picture of myself in a dancing posture was, well, impossible; being the fact that I’m usually the one behind the lens, unless my wife or other shutter bug friends capture me with a goofy grin. But this shutter bug friend who will remain nameless took a shot of another friend of ours doing a “Stayin’ Alive” kind pose – and by the time I was ready to sleep, I created this:
Now, for all of you who are reading this, I offer you a Merry Christmas from both me and my wife in the latest installment of insomniac art.
