So there's this meme floating around with the instructions:

1. Go into the archives of your blog.
2. Find your 42nd entry ever. Yes, this may require some counting and basic math. Deal with it.
3. Link to that entry in a new entry. This is the meaning of your life.

(To anyone reading this on GJ, IJ, or Blurty, I'm going to use the 42nd entry from my LJ, ( Read more... )

Long, long day yesterday. Tired today. I'll be asking for advice re: cars and inspection and risks in a little while, as well as trolling for a favour from a friend with a trailer, but I'm still collecting my thoughts ...

In the meantime, not having found any more of a hint as to ( Read more... )

Today's pleasant surprise: the double bass fits into a 1989 Mazda ( Read more... )

I did not get a call telling me to come to the courthouse at 14:00. I did get a call just before 15:30 from the prosecutor telling me that the guy who totaled my car had been found guilty and sentenced to sixty days in jail, the maximum sentence for what he was charged with.

She also said that the photos I took, which I gave her a ( Read more... )

Argh. Okay, first the good: after a frustrating no-sleep night due to leg cramps,I finally did manage to fall asleep late in the afternoon. But the bad: I slept through my alarm and didn't wake up until fidhle phoned halfway through rehearsal to ask whether I ( Read more... )

For anyone interested, here's a snapshot of the shopping process ( Read more... )

Note to self: stop saying, "But it's a Jaguar, in my price range." Even if it weren't for Jags' reputation for needing frequent maintenance and the "needs work" in the ad, there's just no way the double bass is going into a two-door Jaguar unless that sunroof is way bigger than any sunroof I've ever seen.

But I could strap the bass to the roof ( Read more... )

Next car-shopping question: can I fit the bass into a 4-door Mazda 626? Wheee. Have I mentioned lately just how much I hate car shopping?

I thought I'd hit the jackpot when I saw a Volvo wagon for ( Read more... )

Do Saturns tend to age well? Is a 1994 single-owner Saturn wagon a "run away from" or a "hey, better take a look at that"?

I've returned the rental car. The guy at Enterprise asked me ( Read more... )