My Mom's van has power windows...but they don't work. Windshield wipers don't work either. Heater and air conditioner? Nope. I'm waiting for the doors to fall off one of these days...
Hey, my parents also bought me a Chevy Cavalier! 2002, though. I drove it for a week and then my brother borrowed and totalled it. Now I have an '03 Chevy S10 pickup. I think I've reached 95 in it... I'm too cautious to go much higher. The thing with boring pickups, though, is that they're pretty much invisible to the police. I've had a cop turn his lights on, make a u-turn, catch up to me, and then pull over the guy in front of me.
Hopefully I haven't jinxed this five-hour road trip on which I'm about to embark.
My Hyundai Accent GS can go 120mph. I try to keep it under 80 nowadays. When I was a foolish young man, 95 was my normal cruising speed. The most amazing thing is All the tickets I've gotten were when I was within 10 mph of the posted speed limit.
My 1997 Honda CRV has windows that go down the WHOLE way, even in the back seat! Also, my doors do not lock or unlock themselves until you tell them to do so. For example, if I have unlocked all the doors using my handy dandy silver switch, and I park my car, and then get out and try to open the door to the back seat, that door will be unlocked. Amazing!
It would be pretty silly to expect that in any car but a Delorean.
If it works in a steam-powered train, I think varying models of cars aren't outside the realm of possibility. The lack of stainless steel construction might hamper things a bit, but not in an insurmountable way.
I broke 100 in my little 4 cylinder 1990 Toyota Camry. Technically the spedometer went up to 140mph, but I highly doubted the engine would take it that fast.
I hate those cars with auto-locking doors. Sounds more like a deathtrap than a feature to me. What if you're knocked unconscious in a crash? Nobody will be able to open the door and save you and then the car will explode or burn up or something and you'll be dead.
That's why I love my truck and its complete lack of features. No power locks, no power windows.
I'm sitting in a library in Illinois and I just saw this crazy messed up looking thing crawling across the table. It looked like a bright orange miniature scorpion/crab thing. Turns out it was just a lady bug with it's wings at a weird angle. Now the wings are back to normal, but the bug seems very disoriented. I think it just died...Nope it's just...balancing on one side of it's body. Like a dog peeing. Oh. He's on the move again. I think I'll call him Walter.
I have had a somewhat successful week. On Wednesday, I was asked to guest lecture in one of my prof's English classes... I talked about the place of graphic novels/comics in English Studies. I had several complements from the students, and later, one of the other profs who was in attendance complimented me, told me that I "need to be a professor" because I had "real control over the material and the classroom", and asked me if I would teach his son ("tutor" is what he said) what I know about graphic narrative. Apparently he's an aspiring artist.
Then on Friday I was asked to read my paper on Beowulf and graphic novel adaptations at the Medieval Study Group, a monthly gathering of medievalist grad students and faculty from across the university. There were, apparently, more questions asked than usual, and quite a big turnout.
I just got off the phone with Matt and there's an owl hooting majestically outside the window. And my family has gone to bed. Time to raid the liquor cabinet!
Huge difference from what it was beforehand. I'm not sure how many inches I actually took off. The back is COMPLETELY short though, soooo... I dunno, I guess I would estimate around 12 inches? I donated it to Locks of Love, but the hair salon ended up taking the ponytails for me to donate so I didn't have anything to deal with.
Man, I love it. I keep running my fingers through my hair cuz I'm still getting used to it all being gone, haha. It's the first time I've ever cut it this short, so I'm getting tons of funny reactions. I have the majority of my classes on Tuesday though, so I'm looking forward to the OMG YOUR HAIR reactions I'm gonna get.
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Hopefully I haven't jinxed this five-hour road trip on which I'm about to embark.
See if your new car can do THAT, sweetie!
I hate those cars with auto-locking doors. Sounds more like a deathtrap than a feature to me. What if you're knocked unconscious in a crash? Nobody will be able to open the door and save you and then the car will explode or burn up or something and you'll be dead.
That's why I love my truck and its complete lack of features. No power locks, no power windows.
Then on Friday I was asked to read my paper on Beowulf and graphic novel adaptations at the Medieval Study Group, a monthly gathering of medievalist grad students and faculty from across the university. There were, apparently, more questions asked than usual, and quite a big turnout.
Huge difference from what it was beforehand. I'm not sure how many inches I actually took off. The back is COMPLETELY short though, soooo... I dunno, I guess I would estimate around 12 inches? I donated it to Locks of Love, but the hair salon ended up taking the ponytails for me to donate so I didn't have anything to deal with.
Man, I love it. I keep running my fingers through my hair cuz I'm still getting used to it all being gone, haha. It's the first time I've ever cut it this short, so I'm getting tons of funny reactions. I have the majority of my classes on Tuesday though, so I'm looking forward to the OMG YOUR HAIR reactions I'm gonna get.
Yup, here we are. Much better.
Awesome. Done!
Anyway, I did my best to fix the picture. I can't put my finger on it but I still think there's something missing.