Movies imitate Real Life

There's a saying, "You just can't make this shit up!"

Sometimes we watch movies and say, "That would never happen in real life." Well, one thing I learned from my short stint in L.A. (or Hell-A as we call it), is that as unbelievable as some things are, some of it is based on some sort of truth. Usually it gets exaggerated so that it's bigger than life on the big screen, but somewhere at some time, something must have happened to the writer.

Case in point...

So I'm on my way to work. Some random guy cuts me off. Okay, whatever. There's always that asshole out there. I brush it off. THEN as I'm about to take my exit, I see this black SUV in reverse coming at me at a high speed! What the?!? He swerves towards my left to get onto the dirt divider. As he does, a little blue car decides at the last minute that he needs to take my exit. The two cars barely miss each other and I freak out because I have midday traffic around me with nowhere to go. I drive a little Acura Integra. If I get hit, my car is toast! Luckily I'm able to pump my brakes to slow down enough to give some room for the blue car to get in front of me.

This kind of stuff I see in movies during car chases! You just can't make this stuff up!