also, hot.

Howdy.

I’ve been thinking about cars. I was kind of figuring that when the house sold, I’d also sell Chico and get me a new vehicle. He’s elderly and somewhat the worse for wear, although I have never in his life had engine trouble; it’s all stupid stuff like the sunroof only opening and not closing, and the fact his foglamps fell out somewhere in the past 10,000 miles. I figure one of these days, things are going to start getting more critical.

So I’ve been looking at cars, and by this I mean that I peer at them as I whiz past them on the freeway. You probably already know this, but 99% of cars are ugly. I know it’s all about mechanical engineering and streamlining and such, but design standards for the auto industry as a whole are whacked. I’ve managed to compile a list of what I don’t want, and one would think from this it would be easy for me to choose. Here are my guidelines:

• No SUVs. No conversion vans, no matter how hot. No minivans, although this should go without saying. Nothing with ‘wagon’ in the name.

• No tractor-trailers or buses, as I cannot park these on my street.

• I’m really not a fan of American cars at all. The only exception to this is pickup trucks.

• Nothing everyone in my career path drives, i.e. a VW Beetle, Passat, or Jetta. Why is Volkswagen the official geek ride?

• Nothing a stockbroker, lawyer, or cokehead drives: BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, or a fucking Hummer.

• I think I’d like something other than a Saab this time.

As far as I’ve been able to establish, my options are:

• European cars like my Saab, i.e. Volvo or Audi

• Jeep, the small kind

• Japanese cars (I like some of the Mitsubishi models)

• The classic car I really want, which is a bad idea right now

• I’d totally rock a Cooper Mini

• A small pickup truck, especially this one. This would be the current favorite option.

Feel free to make suggestions for anything I may have missed. Obviously, I’m picky as all hell.

My too-good-to-be-true yesterday turned out to be an even-better-than-that today. I’m stunned, because I cannot believe the absolutely perfect timing of this windfall. Thank the heavens, as someone says.

And then to top it all off, Scotty made me a website!! He was going to put it up on Valentine’s Day, but then we had all that server-moving trauma last month, and everything is finally settled. It’s already been highly approved by the girls on LJ; I hope hearing ‘sweet’ a couple hundred more times today doesn’t kill him.*

I should mention that all I did was take some photos; he built the whole site, and had it pretty much put together before he even told me about it. I can’t explain what it feels like to know someone knows and understands you so well, and can represent you in such a flattering way. It’s amazing, and it makes me so happy.

And that’s why I love him.

Until we meet again,
Jenni

* Speaking of which, the one-year anniversary of the day we met is on Saturday. What’s that? Is it… yes! It’s sweeeeeet!!