After my brother died (the second child my mom was to lose) my uncle bought her a condo. Then their only brother died about a year ago, and now he gave her a brand new car AND is going to pay the difference in car insurance for a year.

I’m so grateful that he is doing these things for her.

So then M and I had a little fun w/ her tonight. M had not seen the car yet, so I told him that K-mart has stick-on flames and bullet holes for cars. So we went and got her a frog steering wheel cover (she HATES frogs so much she screams even if she sees a picture of one!), a pair of fuzzy dice, and then we snuck on the bullet holes and when she took M out to see her new car, she saw them and just DIED LAUGHING! I had to hold her up she was laughing so hard!

We skipped on the flames cuz they weren’t temporary and were $13. So I’m surfing the web for removabe stick-on flames. We’ll put flames on her car next and then when we get a copy of her car key, we’re going to put these car seat covers on while she’s at work, but I can’t find them online to show a pic, they’re tree-frog car seat covers but unlike the kmart ones, they have a huge frog on top as though a huge-ass frog is sitting on the top of your car seat! I saw them at Advantage Auto Parts, but they’re not on their website either.

It was fun messing w/ mom and her new car. We all laughed our asses off. She’s keeping the pair ‘o dice!

This is how subaru.com shows “Atlantic Blue” but it looks nothing like that
in real life.

I like to put magnets on the back of my car since my mood changes from day to day and since I don’t like to ruin the paint of my car. (Even magnets will ruin the paint if you leave them in one place long enough, especially down here where it’s so damned hot.)

So I have my favorite ribbon magnet and was all set to put a series of emblem fish on, but now I can’t.

I don’t want to stick them on permanently.

I’ll have to come up w/ some solution.

Drove to Miami and back on 4 hours sleep (3 for M). He napped in the car on the way over, I napped in the car on the way home.

We got the car detailed and some minor scratches fixed (we finalized the deal after the dealership closed the other night).

See moblog for pix from our day trip.

This car is WAY fun. Fun to drive, nice and new.

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(Note that it is 97 freaking degrees at almost 7pm!)

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Going out to dinner now, trying to think were we can go that’s far so that I can drive my new car.

Trying to find an ipod solution for this car. The first thing I did yesterday morning was go to my trusty car audio place. When the guy saw the dashboard he was surprised at how it’s all in one, the whole dashboard is like one piece. He went to his book of… what are they called, adapters? mounting kits? and saw nothing for the ’05 outback wagon. So then he called his supplier and they told him that they had nothing yet but were currently working of making one for the ’05 Outback but couldn’t give me an ETA. So it looks like somday “soon” there’ll be a way to put in an upgraded stereo. So I guess I’ll just call the guy every month! In the meantime I have to use the fm transmitter which sounds like complete and total shit on a stick.

Tired.

Just almost choked to f*cking death on a sleeping pill. Think that’s a sign?

Pix of my new car:
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going to bed.

EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! I got it! =:D

We just got back from the other coast w/ our new Subaru Outback! I’m so psyched. It drives really nice, is a sport shift so I can easily put in a remote start and shift when I want yet slide into auto during traffic jams… it’s all wheel drive, has room for the dogs, the bikes, the telescope, camera gear (if I ever get my lighting kits and backdrops)… I can drive when come which means *I* can open the windows WHEN (not IF) they fart in the car and I won’t fall asleep at the wheel and slam on my brakes at green lights like M’s dad does… I can drive around w/ more than one passenger (mom, friends, etc.). They even had the color I wanted. We got a STEAL too. There was one that was only a month old and then returned by the owner so it was like new but mega-discounted- but they sold it after we talked to them about it so they offered us pretty much the same price on a brand spankin’ new one. The new one I was looking at was $30k, the sticker on this one was over $26k, and we got it for $21. I’m psyched. Seems weird not to have a sports car: my first car was a mustang and then two eclipses. But we also have the Nissan 350Z and down the road we plan to look for a used eclipse or MR2. Anyway, it’s really nice and am looking forward to tooling all around town in it tomorrow. Will prob head right over to the car stereo place to see if they can put an aux cord in so I can listen to my ipod.

Today I met w/ a lady from the Unitarian Church again. She’s really nice. Down here in Florida you have to get along with all ages or you’ll find yourself alone. Some 73 year olds are really with it! This lady has a camera even more complex than mine and she’s doing really well with it. My mom is 73 and uses a Palm Pilot, a computer, downloads music (rock n roll no less!), emails, surfs, you name it.

Went to Olive Garden tonight. M and I always make fun of it but they have this dish that is to DIE for, the Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo Pasta which has steak in it which is as tender as freakin’ filet mignon and has this FLAVOR that I just can’t place. It’s so good (and so fattening).

I’m keeping up w/ the news and talking about it alot w/ _M_, but by the time I get around to blogging it’s old news, and I hate being one of those bloggers that talks about yesterday’s news.

I’m searching for a Subaru Outback wagon. I love that car, I always have. That and the Eclipse are my favorite car. If I replace my eclipse w/ an Outback, I’ll eventually get a used Eclipse since I really love the older body style better than the newer body style anyway [although the newEST body style is awesome!]. That, or M might get a used MR2. But either way we’ll keep the Z cuz that’s like, the ultimate.

Anyway, the Outback I want new is like $30k. But I’d be ok w/ like a 2 year old one, but we found a couple new ones at a discount cuz they were probably Dealer Demos or something. Those are the best if you can find them (my family is in the car business, too bad they don’t sell Mitsus or Subarus).

Why an Outback? I hate sport utes and I want 4 wheel drive and the ability to put people in the back seat. Sometimes we drive my mom around and M’s Z has no back seat and my back seat is a death trap. Your head is about touching the glass and metal above. I knew a girl in high school who was asleep in the back of a jeep and the jeep hit a bump or something. She got slammed against the roll bar above her head and she died. That’s nuts!!! So when I got in my back seat recently, I realized it’s REALLY tight. So sometimes we drive my mom around, but ALSO… duhhhh du dun dun duuuuunnnnnnn!!!!!!!!

See, when they come down, which is usually about 4x a year, they have to drive because we effectively have no back seats. So they drive the rental and they can’t work all the buttons and usually the windows are LOCKED and the FART in the car with the WINDOWS SHUT. Also, the dad in law falls asleep at the wheel, crosses the line into oncoming traffic and slams on his brakes at green lights… EVERY VISIT.

So, I’ve wanted a car that’ll handle passengers for a long time. I hate sport utes and gas guzzlers. The small sport utes are cute but they’re a dime a f*cking dozen. If I see one more of these I’m going to freaking scream! I don’t want to be a sheep. The 4wd wagon is 4wd, takes passengers (moms and inlaws), telescopes, photography equipment, the dogs, won’t get stuck in the sand when geocaching, etc.

Idunno, it’s late, I’m babbling.

Ok, since beginning this post, I’ve finished my Portfolio of best photos: ..::PHOTOS::..