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Hey guys! I'm writing a novella about bonnaroo, and thinking about serializing some portions of it on our beloved site here. If anyone wants to hear it I'd love to paste it
I think I'm about to change majors for the 3rd time now, so don't feel bad. As of this particular moment, I am an Econ major (God help me!). I was originally an Entrepreneurship major, and then switched. Currently, I'm thinking of switching to French. The one thing that has stayed constant thus far has been my minor haha, of Business Administration.
Post by chicojuarz on Dec 13, 2007 21:51:46 GMT -5
College barely applies to what you're going to do. I went from Chemical Engineering to English to Theater only to end up working as a business analyst. Have fun and learn everything that catches your interest. And since you're in college read all the Noam Chomsky you can.
Good Lord. This isn’t when people are supposed to be awake. Three AM, and you’ve gotta pack all the stuff you’re taking to the big Music Festival into the back of your car (Hint: It won’t fit. Take out your damn teddy bear, you’re not going to need Mr. Snuggles on the ride down). You’ve also got to wake your friends up. You know, your friends, the ones you nicknamed Vampires, the ones who get up at 9 PM to get dinner? The ones who showed up at two AM last night? The ones who will probably have the shakes by the end of the day? Don’t let your temper show yet- it’s not right to start on a completely awful note. So you’ve got your tent, and your sleeping bag, and your tickets (you have them, right?). You’ve got your human cargo. You’ve got a car, I assume. You’ve got your sixteen sets of underwear and your Bruce Springsteen albums for when the south starts to get to you. You’ve got every CD by every artist playing at the music festival. You’ve got two boxes of every flavor of pop tart. You’ve got some money, and some hope.
Go. But get food first, will you? You aren’t going to want to eat pop tarts every single day. A 24 hour bagel store is pretty much the best choice for this. You’ll get your stale, 23 hour old bagels, and you’ll like them, damnit! You’re on an adventure. It is one that is unfortunately fueled, for the most part, by bad road food. Three AM is actually a rather beautiful time of night. Nothing’s awake yet, but in the summer the heat is ok, so you can have the windows open. It’s one of the few times when you can marvel at the sunrise, so do. Get out of the car if you need to. As you wind your way onto the straight-line highways that America herself drew up, the interstates, you’ll see less houses and more cows. Pennsylvania, in particular, seems to be made up almost exclusively of cows and Amish curio shops. Nothing will be open yet so don’t bother trying. By about 5 you’ll be around three quarters of the way through Pennsylvania, and you will somehow be completely starving. You will be so hungry that you will stop at a Cracker Barrel. The road, already taking its toll on your body and mind, will not stop when you do. You will see the road stretch ahead of you even as you stare into your scrambled eggs. A quick glance at the stuffed deer head will cause you to crash onto your break pedal, which is actually your friends foot. Shaken but not weary yet, you will continue on through a few states until you reach that most loathsome, long, large state: Virginia. It is five hundred miles of nothing but grass and cows. You will hate cows. You will become a vegetarian exclusively to put cows out of a job. If you are like me, you’ll probably choose to crash or grab food sometime in Virginia. You’ll all be sick of driving and want to be ready for the day ahead. I chose to stop in an Econo Lodge which was so terrifying I was tempted to sleep in my sleeping bag, but instead decided to tough it out. Staying in a hotel before you get to the festival is completely worth it, as it gives you the chance to arrive rested and showered, and Tennessee is not an entirely large state.
That Virginia drive was BRUTAL. I-81 if I remember correctly. Didn't help that we went through a BAD storm complete with accompanying tornado!
Yes I'll agree Va, is a super long state . we took a break there on our way to Roo and camped two nights (Natural Bridge,Va) great place to visit.. then we got a hotel room the night before about 1/2 away .....We hit bad weather on the way home in Va, Monday morning , but it washed all the dirt from the motor home ... We took I 81 the whole way too...BEWARE ...Va, passed a new law a few months ago ...SPEEDING TICKETS ARE $3000.00 No kidding look it up yourself... better use that cruise control this year...
i live in VA, 100's of miles from I-81 thank god! :-) but it's not so bad, you just have to put it in perspective... "this road leads to Bonnaroo"... :-)
Virginia Introduces $3550 Speeding Ticket Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.
Virginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.
"The purpose of the civil remedial fees imposed in this section is to generate revenue," the new law states. (Virginia Code 46.2-206.1)
Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.
Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal," "passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050 assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven years.
Although the amount of the tax can add up quickly, the law forbids judges from reducing or suspending it in any way. The tax applies only to Virginia residents, so that out-of-state motorists only need to pay the regular ticket amount. Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Texas also impose a somewhat more modest driver responsibility tax which they apply to out-of-state residents.
The Virginia Supreme Court provides a full explanation of the new penalties for each traffic infraction in the 34k PDF file at the source link below. Update: View which legislators support a repeal, link to online petition.
Virginia Introduces $3550 Speeding Ticket Virginia legislator introduces new speeding ticket tax that boosts penalties beyond $3550, driving business to his traffic law firm.
Virginia motorists convicted of minor traffic violations will face a new, multi-year tax beginning July 1. Led by state Delegate David B. Albo (R-Springfield), lawmakers slipped a driver responsibility tax into a larger transportation funding bill signed by Governor Tim Kaine (D) in April. Albo, a senior partner in the Albo & Oblon, LLP traffic law firm, can expect to see a significant increase in business as motorists seek to protect their wallet from traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.
"The purpose of the civil remedial fees imposed in this section is to generate revenue," the new law states. (Virginia Code 46.2-206.1)
Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit points, a fine of up to $2500, up to one year in jail, and a new mandatory $1050 tax. The law also imposes an additional annual fee of up to $100 if a prior conviction leaves the motorist with a balance of eight demerit points, plus $75 for each additional point (up to $700 a year). The conviction in this example remains on the record for five years.
Other six-point convictions include "failing to give a proper signal," "passing a school bus" or "driving with an obstructed view." The same $1050 assessment applies, but the conviction remains on the record for eleven years.
Although the amount of the tax can add up quickly, the law forbids judges from reducing or suspending it in any way. The tax applies only to Virginia residents, so that out-of-state motorists only need to pay the regular ticket amount. Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Texas also impose a somewhat more modest driver responsibility tax which they apply to out-of-state residents.
The Virginia Supreme Court provides a full explanation of the new penalties for each traffic infraction in the 34k PDF file at the source link below. Update: View which legislators support a repeal, link to online petition.
thats downright insane....id be in jail for a long time if i lived in Virginia.....lol glad it only applies to residents...and even then i don't think they should have to deal with insane prices like that on a ticket...
tip for anyone doing any over night driving on interstates: USE your brights as much as you can get away with. Bright lights in the pitch black show everything... including the edges of police cards hidden in trees a 1/4 up the road....
Post by iridethecannibus on Jan 12, 2008 10:28:39 GMT -5
mokane said:
tip for anyone doing any over night driving on interstates: USE your brights as much as you can get away with. Bright lights in the pitch black show everything... including the edges of police cards hidden in trees a 1/4 up the road....
a word of caution about this word of advice.... this can be useful, but make sure there are NO other cars ANYWHERE within view. This past october, after bailing my boyfriend out of jail, I was driving down a very rural highway. It's two lanes in each direction, but each side of the highway is seperated by like at least 1/4 mile, I would estimate. Anyway, there are no streetlights whatsoever and my car's headlights are not that bright to begin with. There were no vehicles in front of me, but there was the very occasional passerby in the opposite direction, really far away from me. I was then pulled over because "driving with your brights is a sign of intoxication!" (um...ok...or, of a really dark road?) Because there was ANY other cars, it was not ok for me to have them on. Luckily, I got off with a warning (after having to admit that we had just left the jail...) and a mere heart attack. Anyway, just be careful!
