FIT SIX

Sweetums.

Man, this picture of the cats is so nice. But today, honestly today all I feel like writing about is friggin idiots.

I had to drive into the city today for a Covid test to return to work next week. Not because I have symptoms, it’s just the due diligence that the film industry is doing to make sure work is safe, but really probably just to make sure production keeps rolling and they don’t have costly delays. Anyways, the weather was less than great.

And you know, it’s so called Canada. We should be used to this. I grew up driving in snow, it turns out all you need is common sense. Don’t go into snow that’s too deep for your vehicle, leave extra room to brake and accelerate slowly.

But it’s also Vancouver, where it turns out no one actually learned how to pilot vehicles correctly in the first place. On any regular drive I’d be shocked to see everyone on the road use turn signals, I don’t know why I expected them to come into play on a dangerous driving day. It’s still somehow shocking that people don’t have time to be decent human beings and oh, I don’t know, clear the snow off your car before you drive. It has this huge benefit for your selfish ass too, you know, you can actually see where you’re going. It benefits others too! No snow flying off random roofs and onto my windshield.

I constantly feel guilty about commuting in a car. Solo commuting at that. The environmental impact is one of the reasons that I stay in town in my van while I’m working on set, the bonus is less gas money. The main reason is a safety thing, driving home late at night super tired from a 12 hour day is a great way to drive myself into something, or off something. Days like today justify both these reasons when idiots can’t take ten minutes to clear snow off their vehicles, or milliseconds to use turn signals.

Seriously, look out for others, it’s not hard. It turns out (in ways outside of driving too) that it’s almost always looking after yourself too.