Never-ending Battle with Nashvillians

I have had it up to my tee-tas with Nashville traffic. The last two days it's as if half of the Nashvillians out there have targeted me for their little game we know as "I'm a Moron with a license."

Yesterday on my way home, I turn on my blinker to get over in the interstate lane. This guy behind me sipping on his 1200 calorie milkshake sees this and speeds up. The ramp is only a few feet away. My windows are rolled down and I sream "THANKS!" As I slow even more and proceed to get in the lane behind him, he, FOR NO REASON WHAT-SO-EVER, slams on his breaks. I was inches away from ripping of his bumper. It just pisses me off. Listen up morons! When someone puts on their blinker and you have room for them, LET THEM OVER!!! They probably have a good reason for needing to get over. They aren't out to just pull in front of you and go 10 miles per hour under the speed limit. Although there are those jerks too. Well, I"M NOT ONE OF THEM. I have a legitimate reason for needing to get over that this guy was obviously oblivious too. Keep slurping you slurpie dick!
This morning I am making a left turn at a light with the go ahead arrow! Guess what? Some idiot in his damn BMW decides it's ok for his tight wad ass to just go ahead and make a right turn pretty much right into my front bumper. I have other traffic behind me, slam on my brakes, as does he and then just look at him like he's lost him mind. I start to move forward thinking he realized what an horrible law abiding citizen he is and . . . no. He continues to move right across in front of me. IDIOT!!!! YOU HAVE TO YEILD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC STUPID!!!! Almost two wrecks in two days.
So here I am fuming! Now while I am waiting to get on the interstate, there is a little side street to my right and cars are dying to move in front of me. Usually I politely let two or three cars go, but here I am angry. I actually leave room for this one SUV to pull out and guess what!? The car behind him, doesn't even look at me and eagerly tries to pull his butt into the 1 foot space left between my car and the SUV bumper. Of course I had to not move and let him go once traffic started flowing. No thanks, or wave of his hand, the shit face. I said a few choice words though as I watched him squeeze his way in front of me.
I'm on the interstate, and things are running smooth until I get close to my exit. Now, there is a ramp that comes on to the interstate about a mile before my exit. It doesn't merge, but continues to stay a lane. Well this car comes down the ramp and is riding just a few feet in front of me. I have on my blinker to get over but they are too close. I have enough time to speed up and go around. Oh . . . OOOOHHHHHH!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! DID YOU EVEN SEE ME OR LOOK IN THOSE THINGS CALLED A MIRROR!!!! This stupid, idiotic, moosh for brains person throws on their blinker while simultaneously pulling just inches in front of me into my lane!!! WHY ME! WHAT IN THE NAME PETE DID I DO WRONG!!!! Yes, I cuss, yes I have a dirty thought or two, yes I occasionally roll through a stop sign, yes I like to dance naked through the streets, but really!!!!! This has been ridiculous! Can I make a citizens arrest on really bad, irresponsible, the law doesn't apply to me, PEOPLE!!! I'm tired of this crap. GIVE ME SOME FLOO POWDER DAMNIT!

Photo Frantic

It's been a few days. Firecrackers cracked, first week of a new month passed, two more pounds gained from dirty July 4th food and a fear suddenly developed. Fear? Yes. I have suddenly developed this fear that I won't ever be very good at anything. Well, maybe it's not a fear but an ongoing torture that I insist on putting myself through. I realize that I would really love to take pictures for a living or side job. My problem is that it seems the more photos I take and the more people say I am good at it, the more the photos suck when I pull them up in iphoto. They are starting to get blurry and definitely don't look how I want them to.
Can someone please tell me what the secret to a good photo is besides composition. Composition in is a bunch of bologna. I have seen photos taken that with a normal camera would have been crap but some how they are turned into amazing art. What the hell is the secret? I'm struggling here and losing confidence everyday because I can't produce the images that I want. I want vibrant. I want flawless focus and almost accurate color. Maybe it's the camera?
I use a discontinued Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ4 with a 12x optical zoom and 4 megapixel. Doesn't sound like a bad camera for a seriously amateur photographer although it only allows for two eh hem, discontinued/always on back order, attachments. I know I have a bit of an eye for it from what I am told but I am beginning to get terrified. It's something that I want to do more and more everyday, but I don't know where to keep looking for great photos and I don't know any other techniques to help me out. I need a class that isn't a bagillion dollars. A digital photography/self-esteem class. I am so afraid that I will mess everything up. I just really need some direction here. Anyone? Tips, tricks, techniques, classes? This is something I know I could be good at and I want to be good at it.

Spinning Beotch Ball

I'm having very unhealthy thoughts at the moment. Thoughts of murder and hair pulling. Does anyone have any idea how incredibly annoying it is for someone who works on a computer to have to sit there and wait until that over thought and over designed Mac beach ball stops spinning to do work? ANYBODY? I've have worked on a Mac for about 8 years now and never had this problem before. If you know me, you know that I can forget what I am talking about in mid sentence, so, sitting and waiting for that ball to stop spinning does not help my design process. I have made mention of it once or twice to the "tech guy" around the office, only to get a "Hmmmm. Maybe it's just you." I have also done a bunch of trashing and updating. Nothing.

I wonder what would happen if I just accidently go tangled in the cords and smashed the computer on the floor. Maybe I could trip on my pant leg in mid swing of a sledge hammer and hit the computer in the middle of the screen. Seems like that's the only solution given that I have mentioned the annoying beach ball and slow activity a million times and nothing is getting done about it. I dream about the colorful spinning ball. That's how much I see the damn thing.

Maybe this only goes to show that a computer is still a computer no matter who makes it. It's only the details (i.e. iLife, iWeb, blah blah blah) that appeal to the consumer.

Now. . . the hair pulling, because I know I will have to wait at least 30 seconds for this to post.