i feel like i should post something. hi. :D the weather's crappy and yet i kind of want to leave the house. i haven't been to the comic shop in like a month and i'm starting to worry they'll take stuff out of my subscription folder and reshelve it if i don't come in and buy it. also i have a headcold but hope i've reached the end of it - ( Read more... )

my car is now home with a shiny new radiator and hose(s) and thermostat. also it got an oil change because driving around while the thing is overheating causes the oil to, you know, cook. go fig. there was a hole in the radiator through which coolant was leaking - "is that normal?" i ask the mechanic. "well, it's not normal," he says, "but the ( Read more... )

my car overheated on the way home from work. >.< the check engine light went on, smoke drifted out from under the hood, i freaked the fuck out, and pulled into a gas station with a garage. someone will look at it tomorrow and tell me what's wrong and how many parts need to be replaced. (besides the radiator, apparently.) it's eleven years old ( Read more... )

new windshield wiper blade + installation of same: $16.64
being able to actually wipe the windshield the next time it snows: priceless

the wiper blades i bought were both too short. >.< fortunately the gas station i went to in search of someone who could get the old one off had one in the appropriate size. i eventually have to go back to target ( Read more... )

my car is freed, my driveway is (preliminarily) shoveled, my car is pulled to the entrance of the driveway so i can get out in three hours without having to shovel again, and i'm soaking wet and in dire need of a shower. i can't get the ripped windshield wiper blade off the arm, tho, so i can't replace it (yet). but my car doors are unfrozen and ( Read more... )

happy birthday spikess, ninja!fangirl and maker of sock puppets with tinhats. cupcake? glitter? dark alley from which to pimp obscure tv shows? :D

dancing boys: *boogie*

the good things for today are slightly mitigated by the fact that my car doors are frozen shut. at least i don't have to drive anywhere until tomorrow. but still! my dad's helpful ( Read more... )

the office closed at 2:30, by which time it had actually started to snow, and as i am so very smart, i went to target instead of going home, so i could get the thing for the kid for my parents' hanukah party. well, in theory. target didn't have anything on the kid's list - they don't have legos! what's up with that? - so i got a couple other ( Read more... )