I’ve been the busy bee over the last week or so. A quick update on my car. It’s in the shop and will hopefully be released on probation today. Extended warranty came through again. The shrieking eels… err.. I mean wheels… were due to power steering failure. Nice. In the photo above on your left I show the Bridgestone tire failure. The other is a DeLorean that I saw being towed in Tennesee. It brought back memories of when I towed my DeLorean from Florida, only this guy had a nice truck and an even nicer towing platform. I had an empty giant Ryder truck and towing platform clearly marked ”DO NOT DRIVE OVER 45 MPH WHILE TOWING WITH THIS PLATFORM.” Did I do that? Uh… no. Duh. The Ryder truck, however, had other plans. It had a governor on it that wouldn’t let me go over 60. That was an excrutiatingly long trip. Never again. I got my nice paid parking going at the Patriot Parking garage directly across the street from me. The green Dodge Neon that I’m driving is parked there in the interim. I hate Dodge Neons. Bleah.


I bought a software package from Adobe over the weekend. It includes Illustrator, PhotoShop, Acrobat, and some In-Design thing that sounds worth taking a look at, plus included some freebies that went with the In-Design package. Total cost was around $1300. Yeah, I know. I never owned a copy of these things before, so you have to jump through the licensing hoop of fire at least once. Upgrades are way cheaper. Those dreams about the RIAA police breaking down my door and finding nothing but an unlicensed copy of PhotoShop will never come true now.


In other news, Chew Chew has figured out that he can jump onto my bed at will. I don’t know what made him suddenly take a shot at it. The thick green sleeping bag will adorn my bed while I’m at work to keep out his special smells. He also started fetching recently. He really likes the running to grab the ball and then running back. He occasionally forgets the retrieving part, but we’re still working on it. I also now know that I should not give Chew Chew any dairy products. Ever. He really enjoyed some cottage cheese a few weeks ago. My carpet, however, did not enjoy it. Resolve. It gets out anything. Anyway, he has made lots of dog friends since moving into the new building. The only girl I’ve met here that I think is totally perfect already has a boyfriend and they’re in one of those ”We bought our apartment together” situations. What a clever idea. No marriage necessary, just a mortgage. I’ll have to remember that in the future.