posted on January 31, 2005 @ 8:53 am
i have another type of car to detest, and that is the beetle. i already despise volvos (they drive so. fucking. slow.), gigantic SUVs (especially hummers), and noisy-ass F15,000 trucks. but now, my hatred is turned towards beetles.
when they first came out, i thought, wow, that's ugly. then people started getting them as graduation presents, and seriously, what assholes get cars as graduation gifts? "congratulations, dear, you finished the easiest part of your life, and did so being super popular. for this trying effort, we'll give you a brand new, ugly car."
on my way to work last week, i was going down 45th, and going 45 mph at that, and a lime green bug facing me turned in front of me at lamar. it had been raining, so i didn't completely slam on my brakes. when i realized i was going to hit it if i didn't, i laid on my horn and hoped really hard they would accelerate into their turn. everything turned to slow motion as i watched it pass, literally inches from evelyn's front bumper.
you always see video of cars crumbling at impact when they were only going 30. i could envision myself flying through the windshield despite the fact i was buckled up, being covered in glass. glass is one thing i can not stand. i am all for gore, but when ed norton's glass-ridden hand rose from his boss's office floor in fight club, i felt ill. i remember getting a piece of glass embedded in my foot in high school and fearing i was going to pass out. it's just something i can't handle.
anyway. i had pms, and all these thoughts caused me to start crying. nearly sobbing. i called mom because she always focuses on the positive things. she said, "i'm so glad i don't have to come down to austin to beat someone up."
saturday owen and i ventured to lakeline mall in cedar park, upon the suggesting of a guy who works at the garages. all in all it was lackluster, especially considering the directions i looked at online weren't right. i had to stop and ask a lady at 7-eleven. it's interesting to note, however, that all the employees in the suburbian mall were high school kids, whereas the ones in highland mall are adults who have to work crummy mall jobs. the positive of venturing to lakeline was that i found a shower curtain in spencer's for only $3.97. it has a picture of jesus wearing pink sunglasses, pink wristbands, pink shoes (with white crosses on them), a pink belt with his jeans, and a shirt that says, "my dad created the universe and all i got was this lousy shirt." it is the shiz-nite.
yesterday was mostly spent playing The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on GBA. some of the parts are so frustrating because it's not overwhelmingly obvious what to do. nonetheless, it's very addictive. i already have three of the four elements, and 10 health hearts (you begin with three).
i won those kitty shoes on ebay. it's always enjoyable to see two people battling something out, the price ever-increasing, then i go in and bid two seconds before it closes and win. HA! i don't understand why people even bother bidding, though i'm thankful for all the idiots who haven't grasped the concept of sniping. those retards got the price up to $53, though. oh well.
well, i'm off to play zelda.