WTF?!

I decided last night to go visit the Gellers. I'm in DE for the summer, and they're in Closter, which is about 150 miles up 95. I didn't know how to get there, so I spent most of the car ride on the phone. Bear in mind, I left at 10:45 PM last night. Well, the directions I had told me to get off at exit 15W. For those of you who don't know, that's the exit for Newark, NJ. Not a very nice part of town. After some maneuvering around (and yelling frantically at Blake), I got back on 95N, and continued my journey. Except I was on the expressway. Well, I got to exit 72 (the correct exit for Palisades Parkway), and realized that I COULDN'T GET OFF THERE. Holy shit. So here I am, never having been to New York, crossing the GW Bridge. (By the way, what the fuck's up with an $8.00 toll?). I ask the lady at the booth how to get to the Palisades Parkway, and she says 'you've got to turn around.' That's it. That's all that fucking bitch said. So I get across the bridge, and I get off at the first exit I can (after almost being hit by a taxi). Well, that was a poor choice.

At this point in time, it's 2:30AM. It's dark, and I just sat in traffic before the bridge for an HOUR AND A HALF. I'm going to repeat that, even though this is an email so you can read it again. I moved 1.4 miles in an HOUR AND A HALF. Fine. No biggie. Got my iPod, got some snacks, a Monster, whatever. Well, that exit (the first one in NY that I could see), was to DOWNTOWN HARLEM. So now I'm in downtown Harlem, having never been in NYC, much less at 2:30AM, and there were more athletes on the street than attend the U of D. After locking my doors (several times), I finally managed to find SOMETHING that looked like it MIGHT lead back to 95S. I managed to get on it, and then, at 3:15AM, finally got on the parkway, and found my way to the Gellers.

Some might say 'Matt, you're an idiot. Why would you make a 150 mile drive that late at night to somewhere you'd never been?' The answer? IDFK. Fuck off. It was a dumb idea, but I got a decent story out of it.