I'm either a long way from home or I'm already here.
I was laying in my bed today watching Animaniacs thinking about how 8-10 years ago was the last time I watched Animaniacs in Houston. 8 Years. I hardly remember anything about Houston. The things I do remember have changed except for a few. Its so wierd being back, but so rewarding. Everyday driving around I see something else I remember like a gas station or dept store or something and it brings back childhood memories. On top of that hanging out with friends I havn't seen since I left is just crazy.
One of the wierdsest things about being here is the lack of time. Dates mean nothing to me. Days mean nothing to me. I don't miss Cedar Point so I'm not going crazy in anticipation for January. Its stressfree 100%.
Side Topic. Houston. I've done a lot of traveling and been to a lof of cities, but Houston is definatly the wierdest. The interstates are just wacko. Instead of having on and off ramps they have feeder streets. Its just an extra lane on the road thats only there the distance between one "off-ramp" and the next "on ramp". The thing is though is the people exiting the Interstate have the right of way on the feeder so if your trying to hop on the interstate you have to like sneak in between exiting cars.
Continueing, The roads on either side of the interstate are one way. Yeah I should of said that earlier cause it makes the feeders make more sense but whatever. Whenever you come up to a light at an underpass the intersections on both sides seem to be coordinated. if that makes sense. The really wierd thing though is the U-turn lane. Say you just exited the interstate and needed to go down a street on the opposite side of the freeway that doesn't have an underpass. Then there's a U-turn lane. I can't even explain the complexity of the intersctions at underpasses. Let me try anyways!...
Ok so you pull up to a light at an underpass lets say going N-bound. There's the U-turn lane, a left turn lane, and left turn/foward lane, maybe 2 more foward lanes, and a right turn lane. So on this little road by the interstate you have 6 freakin lanes!! Ok so the U-turn lane doesn't have a light. Its like a little before the intersection, it just has to yield to S-Bound traffic on the other side of the interstate.... You know what I'm gonna draw it in paint.....
Ok, so beyond all that since that makes the inner loop in Houston extremely accessible it makes for high speed chaos!!! There's 3 loops in Houston and about 2-3 interstates directly interecting all of them. Its madness! High speed madness! Since the Feeders only there usually for the short time between the offramp and onramp portions it makes for tons of lane changes on the roads, and it works in reverse too. The on ramps shortly exit after the next overpass so You have to force your way over while people are trying to exit. On top of that every 5-10 miles there's a major interstate changover. Its insanity!
Also I never knew this when I was younger but apperently there's no zoning laws. Or really loose zoning laws. So you can have porn theatres next to preschools and stuff. It makes the city really diverse. One of the biggest buildings in Houston stands all by its lonesome like 7 miles from downtown. Its really wierd seeing such a big building just by itself. There's a mall next to it but nothing over like 100 feet.
The city is strange...I love it.
Also its hit 80 like everyday this week. I'd brag more about it but its really kinda too hot!
One of the wierdsest things about being here is the lack of time. Dates mean nothing to me. Days mean nothing to me. I don't miss Cedar Point so I'm not going crazy in anticipation for January. Its stressfree 100%.
Side Topic. Houston. I've done a lot of traveling and been to a lof of cities, but Houston is definatly the wierdest. The interstates are just wacko. Instead of having on and off ramps they have feeder streets. Its just an extra lane on the road thats only there the distance between one "off-ramp" and the next "on ramp". The thing is though is the people exiting the Interstate have the right of way on the feeder so if your trying to hop on the interstate you have to like sneak in between exiting cars.
Continueing, The roads on either side of the interstate are one way. Yeah I should of said that earlier cause it makes the feeders make more sense but whatever. Whenever you come up to a light at an underpass the intersections on both sides seem to be coordinated. if that makes sense. The really wierd thing though is the U-turn lane. Say you just exited the interstate and needed to go down a street on the opposite side of the freeway that doesn't have an underpass. Then there's a U-turn lane. I can't even explain the complexity of the intersctions at underpasses. Let me try anyways!...
Ok so you pull up to a light at an underpass lets say going N-bound. There's the U-turn lane, a left turn lane, and left turn/foward lane, maybe 2 more foward lanes, and a right turn lane. So on this little road by the interstate you have 6 freakin lanes!! Ok so the U-turn lane doesn't have a light. Its like a little before the intersection, it just has to yield to S-Bound traffic on the other side of the interstate.... You know what I'm gonna draw it in paint.....
Ok, so beyond all that since that makes the inner loop in Houston extremely accessible it makes for high speed chaos!!! There's 3 loops in Houston and about 2-3 interstates directly interecting all of them. Its madness! High speed madness! Since the Feeders only there usually for the short time between the offramp and onramp portions it makes for tons of lane changes on the roads, and it works in reverse too. The on ramps shortly exit after the next overpass so You have to force your way over while people are trying to exit. On top of that every 5-10 miles there's a major interstate changover. Its insanity!
Also I never knew this when I was younger but apperently there's no zoning laws. Or really loose zoning laws. So you can have porn theatres next to preschools and stuff. It makes the city really diverse. One of the biggest buildings in Houston stands all by its lonesome like 7 miles from downtown. Its really wierd seeing such a big building just by itself. There's a mall next to it but nothing over like 100 feet.
The city is strange...I love it.
Also its hit 80 like everyday this week. I'd brag more about it but its really kinda too hot!