Living up to the title

Or at least the rambling part of it - I'm not very enraged right now. I was talking to my mom the other night and the conversation switched around to how I don't feel that I every get truly good at something. I rise very quickly to the level of mediocricy and then progress at a glacial pace (if at all) from there. This causes me to drop lots of things after a bit of sampling that glacial thing. My mom has the same problem, and apparently it has plagued her through her whole life. She didn't have any helpful advice.

I was talking to a guy at work today about the stuff he did as a tech inspector for the SCCA. For those who want to know what that means - he looked over racecars to make sure that they weren't breaking any rules or violating any safety regulations. SCCA stands for the Sports Car Club of America. So this guy ended up getting certified for F1, Can-Am, IMSA, everything. He got to talk to some of the super famous drivers, and got to see everything firsthand. I can only dream about what that must have been like.

On the drive home from work, I take this road that makes me think of the WRC (World Rally Championship) everytime I drive it. Today I was reminded of an article I read that highlighted the co-drivers of these cars. The pilots get all the fame for their driving skill, while the codrivers, who have nerves of steel to call out the directions that make the drivers be able to use their skills while the car is screaming down a backroad, get almost no credit.

That's all for now. 'Night!


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