Yup. That's been my week so far. The first accident happened on Monday evening after work. Magus and I decided to detour from our regular route home to go pick up dinner. I stopped behind a lone line of cars waiting at a red light. The car behind me (a yellow Chevy) also stopped. The car behind them (a silver Lexus) stopped as well. However, the ( Read more... )

I feel like a broken record sometimes. Like, a really, broken, skipping kind of a record. With a dent in it. Because, tonight my friends? My car? Was rear-ended ( Read more... )

Headline: Thank you lovely anon for my "Frank Recycles" v-gift! It happies me :-D

Auto Section: I got a new car! Due to all kinds of reasons (that I won't bore you with) it was decided that leasing a new car was the only viable option for us. So, that's what we did. We were able to unload the Dodge on the dealer (thank goodness!) and now we have a ( Read more... )

So, I love hockey. I haven't talked about it much this year, what with all of my Bioware obsessions taking over my LJ, but I do. Sadly, every time I have ever attended a game, my team has lost. (In truth, every time I have ever attended ANY major/minor sporting event, my team has lost.) But last night? Last night I got a free club box ticket to ( Read more... )

Spent this weekend in an annoying state of illness. Kind of a cold, kind of the flu. Freakin' annoying all the way around. So, I'm taking a sick day today (although, I AM going to be putting in at least a couple of hours of work via the internet, as things that I thought were completely taken care of need a bit more babysitting from me then ( Read more... )

Dear Person Who Broke Into Our Car While It Was Parked At The Corner of 13th & Kenyon in NW DC Saturday Night ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a whirlwind set of days. First, sometime during the middle of last week I got a nice little variation of the plague. Luckily, it seems like Magus is the only poor unfortunate soul I gave it to (it's that whole living together thing). It's symptoms include a random, incurable headache of migraine like proportions. Upset belly, ( Read more... )

$100 fill-ups arrive at gas pumps in AmericaI know that when I stopped at the gas station yesterday, for a half-tank, I certainly cringed. At $3.34 a gallon (full-serve only in Jersey), just before the bridge to Philly I was regretting my decision to go for a cheaper monthly car payment and not get a hybrid. The price over the bridge? $3.59 ( Read more... )

And it isn't a Lancer OR a Mini OR a Subaru. It's a freakin' Dodge. I'm shocked at myself. But I really do like the car. And so does Magus ( Read more... )

but I have a "my car" shaped check that has just been deposited into my account. If all goes according to plan, I'll have bought a car by Saturday. Making this one very whirlwind week for me.

I'm really glad that I got to take my car for one last road trip last week. Nice little send off for her, as she served me well.

Stupid bus.