Update for my many readers

Believe it or not I've been trying to think of something to write since my last post. It just never seemed like the right time. I felt like it had to be relevant to my most recent post. The thing about using a teenage car as a part of your identity is a risky proposition. Did it break down? Did it go back to Sweden? Was it swallowed up by an angry earth? No, no and no. (Although, I predict that someday I will be)

A better deal came along. I'm now driving a bitchin' Civic...but at what cost? I get ten more miles to the gallon, a sunroof, and working air conditioning, but it just doesn't seem to have the ganas, as Jaime Escalante put it (or at least Edward James Olmos, playing Escalante in Stand and Deliver). I miss the "ker-chunk" of the door closing. I miss the fact that it's the only car that I've ever driven that passed the Nader safety test from the appendices of "Unsafe At Any Speed". From a visibility standpoint it was like driving George Jetson's car. It was impossible to lock the keys in the car or leave the lights on, just because of idiot-proof engineering. I still wonder if my next repair would be the last. Alas. It wasn't meant to be.

What else has changed since my liberal stereotype post? I don't drink many lattes, but really I never did. Sushi is still an occasional treat, but somewhat more frequent since the east side of Indy now has Oishi Sushi.

We got a satellite dish and a DVR. The DVR is the most amazing device ever for efficient laziness.

Austin was great. I really should have posted something about it when it was fresher in my mind. We discovered migas, which changed both of our lives.

Jeez. While I was not writing any posts I really should have though about all the stuff I'd want to talk about when I posted again. I guess it's more efficient to post on a somewhat regular basis.