Yesterday I installed blinds in my room (replacing ancient shades), and that minimal physical effort seemed to trigger a brief relapse of my illness. After some soup and sleep, however, I got up to par again. I started preparing today for my mediocre-length car trip tomorrow… I got the car gassed up and the oil changed. In addition, I went to the public library for the first time since the 80′s ^^.
The girl in the Jiffy Lube was cool, we started talking after she noticed the Rutgers stickers on my car (== discount). Turns out, she goes to New Paltz, and that I am the only person she has talked to that doesn’t want to rush out and have children immediately. I told her I’m waiting until I’m 40, she said that’s what she plans on doing too, even though she’s already been married for 4 years. Apparently all her friends are trying to rush her into having kids, and her mom told her she was being selfish… That’s just plain wrong. It is RESPONSIBLE to wait to have children, on the other hand it is SELFISH to bring kids into the world where they aren’t fully wanted. Anyway, we got to talking about jobs, and she said MSNBC is hiring and looking for computer science people. Apparently she knows one of the producers, and if I bring her my resume, she can run it by him. Hey, can’t hurt anything, right? (Is this what they call networking? ^^)
After that experience, I had a bit of a run-in with poorly labeled Bergen County roads. Not a big one, mind you- my sense of direction turned out good enough to get me home in about 10 minutes, but it was still mildly amusing.
Oh… the reason I went to the library was to get some ‘Audio Books’ for the trip tomorrow. I intended to get Douglass Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but OF COURSE the Public Library doesn’t carry that. Instead, I ended up getting Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, and The Hobbit. Should make for an entertaining adventure tomorrow. I also organized all the cassettes I have… quite an interesting timeline there. I have stuff ranging from Nelson and Vanilla Ice to the Bloodhound Gang and Green Day. Fun, Fun.
After getting home from the above activities… I decide to try to fix random broken things in my car… minor things, really, but they’ve been bugging me for aeons. 1.) The dashboard light indicating when the high beams are on is out. I tried changing the fuse, hoping it would be something I could do myself (this caused a whole ‘nother misadventure I don’t want to get into right now because the power is fluctuating), but no. It looks like it’s the bulb. Since it’s in the dash, I have to take it to Ford to get it fixed. Yeah, that’s happening before hell freezes over, pshaw. 2.) The dome light has been out for literally YEARS. I have replacement bulbs for my car lying around, but somewhere along the way I apparently lost the correct bulb, so that was a lost cause too. Oh well.
Tonight I’m going with Bobby and one of his friends from Montclaire to see Signs. Should proove interesting at least. Tomorrow we’re leaving at around noon… I think I’m ready.
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Posted by Teri on 2002.08.03 at 17:06
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Well, I’m posting a comment to my own journal to give my brief review of Signs: *Mildly entertaining, but hardly memorable*. Several concepts were introduced for apparently no reason (daughter’s latent psychic ability, brother’s intent to join army), and the whole movie was very anti-climatic. I expected scares, but the movie failed to deliver.
The son was like a horrible accident occurred and merged Macaulay Culkin and Sean Astin as he was seen in The Goonies. The aliens were clearly guys in suits (if they weren’t, the special effects team needs to realize which decade this is).
The movie had an old concept- aliens come to destroy mankind, and tried to pull it off in a interesting way. Kind of like Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets Independence Day. The concept was good, but the delivery was poor. If you can see this movie as a $4 matinee, go for it. Otherwise, wait for it to come out on video and rent it.
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Posted by Thor on 2002.08.12 at 01:15
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You know I only came here to download some software. Next thing I know I’m whopped upside the head because I find out said software is writtten by a geek girl. Well that’s cool, but pretty unusual. Then I find out she’s got photos up and turns out she’s a babe. Totally, stunningly beautiful.
My head spins. A beautiful woman who can write software and owns video game systems.
Then she returns me to normality by posting something to indicate thas she won’t pick up a screwdriver and get into the dash of her car. Obviously smart enough to figure it out, why the fear?
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Posted by Teri on 2002.08.12 at 02:40
Hey, thanks for the compliments ^^
As for going into the dash of the car, if I could get a replacement bulb and could find a way into the dash, I WOULD do it myself… but the car manual didn’t give specifications for the type of light I need. It just said to take the car to a ford dealer.
Here’s a pic of the dash: http://www.terisolow.com/pics/dash.jpg It looks like I need a hex head screwdriver to get in there, and I don’t have one. I’m too lazy to go and find one that’s the correct size, and the problem doesn’t bother me that much, so I just said “Hell with it”.
