More L.A. Driving

Ok. If you don't live in Los Angeles, you won't care. But if you do, please back me up on this one.

They've been doing some work on the 101 freeway -- specifically, it seems, the on/off ramps. They wait until night to do the work -- very thoughtful. But they're working on like three (3!) ramps in a row, on the same direction of the freeway.

So instead of working on the Laurel Canyon ramps, so people heading West (or North -- this is another complaint. At a point the 101 entrances literally alternate between calling it West or North, and then East or South. Asinine) -- anyways, people heading West (a.k.a. North) would be like, "oh, Laurel Canyon is closed, I guess we'll get off at Coldwater; then people heading East (a.k.a. South.... sigh) would be like, "oh, I guess we'll exit at Vineland."

That's just barely inconvenient. But do they do that? No. Why? Because it's not inconvenient enough. What do they do? Like I said, 3 exits in a row on the same side. So instead, you're heading East (again: South) and you're like, "oh, Van Nuys is closed, we'll get off at Woodman.... no, wait, so is Woodman. I have to get off at Coldwater?!?! OH MY GOD, COLDWATER IS CLOSED TOO!!! So now you're exiting the 101 at Laurel Canyon, 5 miles from where you want to be.

And do they warn you about this? Hahahaha, of course not, you silly bastard. Bend over and grab your ankles, because those multi-million dollar signs they put up to warn drivers of stuff? It's blank. No warning that you may want to get off as soon as possible because the next open exit is in Fresno. Those signs are only on when some guy wants to take his little daughter to Disney World and doesn't tell Mom, then we're looking for a 1991 Chevrolet Astro van with some rust and no plates, because no one in this town has plates on their cars.

Side note: try and guess where I was driving last night. Use context clues in this post, use complete sentences, and show your work.