Boooooooo.
Yesterday when moving my car, I noticed the prndl stick was sort of sticky. It was difficult to switch from Park to Reverse to Drive. It's been slowly getting sort of difficult to move, and I don't drive my car very often anymore, so I assumed it was gunked up and I'd just lube the heck out of it. Today I tried to start the car, and surprise, nothing happened. The electrical system was working, but the brake wouldn't really depress. I wonder if one of the cables or sensors connecting the brake to the gearshift has been declining (rusting?) and the non use sped that up. Anyway, the point is that I can't turn my car on, so I'm going to have someone come give me a hypothetical diagnosis and see if it's anything we can fix by simply rehooking a line or something. If not, I will get it towed to the dealership where I will proceed to drop a shitload of money into the car to get it operable again.
Thank God Garvin and I are carpooling right now.
I'm aggravated because I'm still making payments on my car. I know that maintenance and repairs are a part of car ownership, so that's not what bothers me. The car's actually been pretty good. Still---it sucks to sink money into something not fully paid off. I will continue to throw money at it until the frame falls apart, or I have to shove it off a bridge for insurance money, because this whole car payment thing is just not fabulous and when I'm done I want to put it off as long as possible.
Also, we found a plum tree in our yard, and two days later the plum tree fell over. Skip and Bryan hacked it up today with an axe. Easy come, easy go? I liked that tree, and now we'll need to find something else to support our grapevine, since the grapes were growing into the tree. The grapes are just starting to form, and I don't want to bruise them. Stuffed grape leaves, anyone?
I played Wii fit for the first time today, and it was fun, although the Wii is rather judgmental. It makes you set weight goals! Seriously? No. I made my goal to not change for a year, even though it yelled at me that my BMI is sickly and shrunk my Mii to an atrophied little stringbean. Wii fails to take into account the three body types. I resent the video game assuming I'm a mesomorph.
First society, now Wii fit! Uncool, dudes.
Thank God Garvin and I are carpooling right now.
I'm aggravated because I'm still making payments on my car. I know that maintenance and repairs are a part of car ownership, so that's not what bothers me. The car's actually been pretty good. Still---it sucks to sink money into something not fully paid off. I will continue to throw money at it until the frame falls apart, or I have to shove it off a bridge for insurance money, because this whole car payment thing is just not fabulous and when I'm done I want to put it off as long as possible.
Also, we found a plum tree in our yard, and two days later the plum tree fell over. Skip and Bryan hacked it up today with an axe. Easy come, easy go? I liked that tree, and now we'll need to find something else to support our grapevine, since the grapes were growing into the tree. The grapes are just starting to form, and I don't want to bruise them. Stuffed grape leaves, anyone?
I played Wii fit for the first time today, and it was fun, although the Wii is rather judgmental. It makes you set weight goals! Seriously? No. I made my goal to not change for a year, even though it yelled at me that my BMI is sickly and shrunk my Mii to an atrophied little stringbean. Wii fails to take into account the three body types. I resent the video game assuming I'm a mesomorph.
First society, now Wii fit! Uncool, dudes.
posted at 8:58 PM
9 Comments:
Shall I cut Wii Fit for you?
Wow. This post has so much win in it, I don't know where to begin.
Uh, I am not a mechanic, by any stretch of the imagination, but you could have a leak somewhere in your brake system... I would ask Garvin to look at the master cylinder for the brake system. A stop gap approach would be to bleed the brakes and refill the master cylinder.
Of course, your prndl was also sticky... you might need your transmission fluid flushed, at the very least.
You might also want to look at, when you can afford it, a fifty cc motor scooter, or even a high powered electrical scooter. Both would cost about the same if you bought new. It would be perfect for trips under ten miles, and those little jumps are the ones that eat the most gas.
As for the plumb tree and the Wii fit... just get into a lotus position, focus on your breathing, close your eyes, and imagine Super models on fire, and a plumb tree sapling being nourished by the ashes of said models.
you've got a hot bod. F the wii!
Most lipstick contains fish scales
Nomad-and whale fat. MMMM--MMMM!
Thank you for welcoming my girlfriend's mother in to the world of blogging. That was very nice of you.
are you drunk blogging and then erasing them in the morning? My blogroll has shown a couple blogs from you but I get the 404 error when I click the link. "Please get a hobby"?
Time for an update, Steph! And I plan on taking photos at the zoo, so even if I'm not going to put your mug online per your request, your face WILL be in some photos. I decree it, because, well, I need more Stepho in my life.
Any face photos taking without my permission will result in a swift kick to knees and/or gonads. Whichever my crappy aim causes me to hit first. And then I'll pretend that's what I was aiming for all alone.
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