I'm Here.
About to hop on my bike to go to the auto shop.
I’m not quite sure what to expect.
January 2011
On anxieties of the driving-a-manual-car variety.
I dreamt I decided to just drive around in second gear with hazards on. Austin is gonna love this shit.
Dear Diary.
Today I gave Brittany a haircut, and we got lunch and she helped me with a number of technological issues I was having at home / on my laptop.
I just ordered transport to get my dad’s old car shipped. I also got a new phone today, since my touchscreen stopped working. Strange, the day I needed it the most…
Life’s really been handing it to me but you know, rolling with the punches. There’s been karaoke, good friends, good times, and signs that I’m working for very reasonable people this time around.
Even without the shit going down in Egypt right now, I’m feeling very “yeah, enough about me and my first world problems…” and it’s time to get back to regularly scheduled programming.
“First, do not take a taxi to [Company Name] - you are there to make money, not spend it on trips back and forth.”
—My new boss at the full-timer, after I asked about delaying my start time due to transportation issues. He’s going to get the machine I needed to pick up delivered to me, and suggested a regroup starting February 10. Perfect.
Austin brewskee-ball stats up to week 3. →
brewskeeball.com
I’ll be geeking out over stats all damn season… it’s contagious. Everyone’s getting super competitive this season preparing for nationals.
My Team name: 2sqrrls 1pup (on the Wednesday night division)
My Player name: EmJay
It’s definitely worst-case scenario with the car… but my dad made sure I learned how to drive his manual car while I was home for the holidays for a reason.
I always feel weird 'liking' stories describing shitty events.
I always perceive it as empathetic acknowledgment… worry not!
Last month a friend and I decided to head to San Antonio. Except we didn’t make it past San Marcos because my car started overheating. He tinkered with it, dumped some antifreeze in, and things seemed to be fine ever since.
What really happened:
