Well now, that last entry certainly got people commenting.

Update on my car: I got it back. She still smells like paint, but she's whole and beautiful. Well, 100% she ain't. The front driver's side door had a gap where wind rushed through and whistled, but I took it back to the shop where the guy "fixed" it by pulling and pushing with his body until the door fit back into shape. 'course, that left the door a bit warped cuz now there's a gap between the dashboard and the door hinge, but at least it's not open and won't whistle. If there's anything more wrong with her, they just told me to bring 'er back.

I'm mixing my pronouns. I'm used to referring to a car with "it" but since it is my first car of my very own (though being paid for mostly by my parents, but it's in my name), and I've given it a name and whatnot, it's a little more personal to refer to it as "she." I plan on keeping Pip for a long time. As long as she'll keep going.

Anyway, I've been tired but work has been going better. Why? Cuz there's less of it. I mean, having a little extra money's good, but not at the expense of my health and schooling. Besides, it's so little extra money (especially after taxes and whatnot) that it's really not worth it for me to spend all that time at work. I am much better off working on my crap and getting the heck out of there.

Alright, back to homework.

That auto body shop is driving me crazy!

I mean, what is wrong with them? Do they think I can't handle the truth? If it will take two months to fix my car, then tell me it will take two months! Don't tell me it will take "two weeks" and then keep on telling me "it will be done next week" for four freakin' weeks! I mean, they are losing so much credibility in my eyes. If I said to a client, "Sure, your shots will be ready in a week" and then take a month to do it, will they hire me again in the future? Heck no! I don't even care that they are "giving us discount on our deductible." All I wanted was the truth. Damn, what did they think I would do, throw a fit if they didn't tell me it would be done the next week? I am throwing a fit because they keep lying to me!

That's all I wanted. The straight and simple truth. It will take awhile. I mean, why the heck did they even tell me 2 weeks in the first place if they knew it would take more than a month? I went through hell trying to figure out ride situations and whatnot because I thought they'd be done. I now owe a lot of favors and have stretched my friendships thin getting people to drive my butt around because I was scheduled for stuff that I couldn't reach by bus. Not to mention, I've lost countless hours and been late to countless stuff (or missed them entirely) because I had to wait for the stinkin' bus.

Now, if I had known it would have taken this long to fix my car, I would've first, not been scheduled to open at my store. Second, I would've put my availabilities such that I could allow plenty of travel time for school and physical therapy. Third, bought the appropriate bus card so that I wouldn't have to keep reloading and also wouldn't have a gap where I had to scrounge around for change.

I mean, how many people are pissed at me for waking them up at 4:45 in the morning, or else having them drive out of the way to pick me up? My co-worker asked me at one point why I keep opening (shifts) if I don't have a car. And my answer? Well... uh... I thought I'd have it back by now?

I mean, how can I explain this to the body shop so they'll know the anguish I went through because of their constant lying?

I wouldn't even be using this place if I hadn't let my parents bully me into taking it there. I mean, sure, we're saving some money and my parents sorta know them and such, but what does that get us? I mean, just figuring out how we're going to pick the damn car up is a nightmare!

Sigh. I should've just held my ground and had the insurance company pick the place instead. That way, I wouldn't have had to pay for the towing fee, they would've given me a definite fix-by date, and they would've given me a rental car (which I would have had until my car was fixed, even if the body shop they chose kept lying about their fix-by date, too). But because my parents were yelling at me in my fragile emotional state about how expensive all the repairs would be, I now have to deal with this mess.

Not a good time to pick up an obsession. I think I will have to put it on hold after the first month or else I'll never get anything done.

Viral marketing scheme for the upcoming movie Serenity by Joss Whedon.

You should watch these in the order they were released (starting with "Session 416 Second Exerpt"), but it's pretty clever. If you've seen the TV show, you sorta know what's going on, but otherwise, it's understandable on its own, and pretty damn cool. 21 more days 'til the movie opens!

Meanwhile, The Corpse Bride is coming out the week before. So many movies, not enough money to see it all. I'm still debating whether or not a midnight viewing (if they have it) is possible for me. For one thing, Whateley can't get the day off. I hope this movie just blasts out the theater opening weekend.

I just wanted to post this picture to show you that I solved this "diabolical" sudoku puzzle in like 20 minutes. Well, it's hard to measure, since I did half of it during class when I was half paying attention to the teacher. I like the guy, it's a great class, but man, the call of sudoku.

Anyway, with the start of the school year, it's time for me to shell out the big bucks for the things I will "need." Mainly, a tablet and an external harddrive. Sigh. So much money just slipping through my fingers. Thank goodness that the joys of sudoku are free.

I will post more later (as I always promise to do) but for now, just revel in my sudoku genius (har har) and I will post my class schedule as well as my impressions on the semester ahead, and the general malaise of life, in a future post.

Vaya con Dios.