trials and tribulations ofVROOOM

sunday started out well-planned. called my parents in the morning to make plans for the afternoon (i always watch harry potter with my family), and everything was cool... matt and i had lunch at taipei-tokyo... which was oddly empty. and i had a cold, so everything tasted bland (but you can tell the difference between bland 'cause of cold, and bland 'cause it sucks... it just sucks either way).

well, i was *supposed* to see harry potter with my family sunday afternoon, but they canceled on me because they thought it would be too rushed/we'd get out too late. instead, we had dinner at their place. after dinner, i was served alcohol.

??? no, that's right. alcohol. i was served a small (tiny!) irish cream... when i went to take my first sip, matt pointed at me and went "aaaaand... glow!" i started laughing and i couldn't stop... to the point where i *did* turn red... but i knew i couldn't have been glowing because the sip was *still in my mouth.* not that it made it any better... they were still laughing at me, and i couldn't stop laughing...

before i'd finished that drink, i was served up cointreau on the rocks. so good, even daddy drinks it! (daddy doesn't like alcohol). couldn't finish it, though.

watched some tv, left for the apartment... get to the apartment, realize that i've left my bag at the house... <sigh> even my phone is in there. so i had to call my house from matt's phone, which confused my family... and then we went back and got it. apparently dad was afraid that i was the one driving... so they called again before we got to the house (they didn't realize that we'd gotten all the way home before i discovered i didn't have it). i'm responsible! poop.

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lunch yesterday with ulyssees and keith--lunch over pool. now, if anybody knows of me playing pool... i generally suck, but i have lucky streaks. very rare lucky streaks. anyway, that didn't happen yesterday. instead, i managed to avoid scratching...

huh?

okay, let's try this from another angle. i took a nearly straight-on shot for the 9-ball. i'm usually pretty good about not following anything, but i failed this time... but the 9-ball saved the day when it popped back out of the pocket and told the cue ball "NO."

... possibly funnier if you were there. (and yes, it was all the way in... it didn't just hit the back of the pocket)


after lunch, ulyssees dropped me off at my car, and keith walked to the office from there (i was parked closer than ulyssees was going to, so it's actually a shorter walk that way)... then i turned around and drove to pretty much where we were playing pool... and then a little past that to the acura dealer, where i test drove a tsx.

that car is smooth. and it comes with all sorts of stuff... that's about all i can say for it. i mean, yeah, it's great in its own right, but... i'm looking for more pop. i don't wanna say rougher around the edges, but... something less buffered. if i do something wrong, i want the car to let me know about it. like when i put the car in 6th instead of in reverse... i want that to be apparent when i start letting up the clutch, not when the car DOESN'T MOVE. i mean, that's not something that would happen when the reverse is on the other side anyway, but still... rumble? whine? bunny hop? stall? something?

yeah, yeah, the clutch wasn't all the way out... i know... but still...

after i pulled out of the dealership and drove through a light, my phone rang... it was the sales guy i'd just talked to. uhm... what? "i, uh, have your license." i'm brilliant! turned around, picked it up, went on my way...


so then on down the road for honda-volkwagen/volvo. well, i thought it was in that order. i thought something funny about greater than-less than... anyway, it was volkswagen/volvo, then honda... and volkswagen was first (same address, different building... kinda). walked in, asked for the gli... they had ONE on the lot. equipped pretty much the way i want it. except that it's silver (i want gray). silver might be my second choice, though. blue's rare right now. and i haven't really seen it.

the test drive... well, the pop is definitely there. in going *and* stopping. the new brakes are ridiculous. no joke. they take some getting used to... there is bite EVERYWHERE. the power was where i wanted it. i assume part of this is the huge power band, and part of it is because i'm used to driving the jetta--not something you rev as high as you should the acura. but, then again, not having to downshift to hit the power is great too. and then being able to downshift to get to more horses... yeah... matter of taste, though.

then the passat. apparently... the manual won't come in for a while (limited availability? there are dealers in maryland that have it)... and the 2.0T doesn't come in DSG. no, i'm not kidding. tiptronic. ew. and the ride's soft. i guess *that's* off the list.

it's too bad, really. the passat looks better than the jetta for the first time in who knows how long.

i also found out that the 4-door mkv gti won't be out until the end of the summer. so much for that idea... poopie.

then the guy tried to sell me the silver gli. "what do i have to do to get you to move on this early?" um... make it gray? "what if it's a couple of hundred under invoice?" uuh... i have no idea! if this is such a hot car, why are you trying so hard to sell it to me?! what did you do to it...?


after this back and forth, i went to pick matt up from the metro, and then we met keith for dinner at friday's, which was fun. the wild mushroom sauce sucked, though... i think they were at the bottom of the pan or pot or whatever. it seemed super-concentrated... and there was barely any... and it lacked in the mushroom department. oh, but that wasn't my food. i got the jack daniels strip and shrimp... pretty good.

so then i was talking to z online last night... and we got into a discussion about porn. i think about it sometimes... i wonder what normal girls talk about.

of course, i never know what i can expect from zeenat. some support, maybe? some love? some compassion? you judge for yourself...

merc (12:42:45 AM): matthew's making fun of me...
Z (12:42:50 AM): why?
Z (12:42:59 AM): what does he have to make fun of you about?
merc (12:43:08 AM): because i called chipotle "pipotle"
merc (12:43:17 AM): and now he's making fun of it
Z (12:43:17 AM): HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Z (12:43:28 AM): i'm sorry, but that's just funny :0)

i love you too, z.

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for some reason, my sides are sore. they have been for a few days...

at first, i thought it was my lats... but it really just feels like my sides are bruised. it's like i have a bruise on either side that starts just above my pelvis and goes all the way up to my shoulder blade. on both sides. what did i do?!?!