"mom, my pickup's broken down, can i borrow your Escalade to use at work today? mommm???"


here i sit, blarfing once again. sit and blarf. blarf and sit. blarf blarf blarf. the trees are leafing out and the pollen has riled my allergies. the post nasal drip has me burping up my own snot. its a rainy afternoon. blah.

BUT now when driving the scrambler in the rain, i'll be nice n' dry! well, more like "cold and dry", but that's better than "cold and wet"--since the windshield frame was rotted out, rainwater ran thru it & into the dashboard and leaked out all over hell. it dripped off the gauges. it dripped off the lighter. it dripped into the ashtray (hey, your cig would be instantly extinguished!) and i'm not talking about no cute little drips either, i mean those big-ass double drips that are one drip away from being a steady stream. and the worst thing is, it always dripped on my damn shoes, and always right behind the tongue of the shoe and ONTO MY GODDAMN SOCKS. my right foot was hopeless since i don't have cruise control, therefore i must have my foot in the line of fire, and my left foot was also screwed cuz even more water would come out when going around corners (which happens to be when my left foot is working the clutch.)

BUT NO MORE!

see, i ordered a new windshield frame from the jeep catalogs. the best thing is, i work at a dealership, so the body shop was more than happy to have my business. the ex-stoner (from the April 11th 'u-joints' post, see below) painted it for me--good ole Intense Blue Pearl. and the shop foreman himself went about switching out the windshield. i was gonna do that myself, but he cautioned, "you'd better let me do that, it's easy to break those windshields!" i'd done it once before but i figured it was a good idea to let him do it, so to work he went. and within 5 minutes of having my jeep, there was a nice set of foot-long cracks in my windshield radiating from one corner to the other.

wonderful. now what? they don't sell windshields for jeep scramblers at walmart.

with his pride now damaged as badly as the windshield, the foreman went to his office and called his "people" about locating a new windshield. THIS is when being in a large city pays off--J&T Automotive & Auto Glass took care of us. we assumed that jeep YJ wrangler windshields, which are more common, would be a match. i delivered the newly painted frame to them so they could put in the new glass for us, which would would hopefully be done today. since the old glass and the old frame were now both useless and both coming off the vehicle in one piece, i wanted to hang onto it and make a garage wall-hanging out of it so i could forever keep my beloved 'Jeep Jamboree USA' sticker, but as it turned out, the glass shop needed the old one to cut the new windshield (aparently that's what they do if your windshield is flat glass and not curved.) so unfortuneately the old glass had to be removed, and in the process of giving life to the new glass, it was rendered a dangerously sharp, unsalvageable mess. (to remove my registration and inspection stickers, the back side had to be heated with a torch, which cracks the living shit out of the glass.) (resulting in MANY more cracks than it already had.)

but after it was all said and done, i had a new frame--and a snazzy, specialty-cut windshield, and all that's left to do is rewire my rear-view mirror lights. oh, and i have to pay the paint & labor bill. the question still remains, though, who's paying for the windshield??? i was asked if i had comprehensive coverage, which i don't (and i wouldn't make a claim in this situation anyway) and the body shop foreman didn't imply i was paying...hmmmm...in most car repair situations, if a part breaks, the owner pays, not the shop....but this is a tricky one. this will be the million-dollar question when i'm back to work tomorrow. i'll be fighting, cuz my wallet can't put up much of a fight.


my 'Jeep Jamboree USA' sticker (behind the airborne cat) is now history. ah, i guess it looks better without it--and the exact same sticker is on the back window anyway.

ham and eggs (10:10:34 PM): 10:10 already
ham and eggs (10:11:05 PM): the blarf just puked again
scrambler (10:13:32 PM): reload it
ham and eggs (10:13:38 PM): i did
scrambler (10:13:43 PM): are you watching MXE?
ham and eggs (10:13:54 PM): no.
ham and eggs (10:13:57 PM): for the umpteenth time.
ham and eggs (10:14:04 PM): tv, computer, not same room
scrambler (10:14:32 PM): then get off the computer
ham and eggs (10:16:07 PM): tv rots your brain.
ham and eggs (10:16:10 PM): you should blarf.
scrambler (10:16:33 PM): too tired to blarf
scrambler (10:17:09 PM): blarf isnt good for you either
scrambler (10:20:29 PM): funking halarieee oo us
ham and eggs (10:20:48 PM): twatever
ham and eggs (10:21:04 PM): did you get today's free itunes song?
ham and eggs (10:21:06 PM): avril lavigne
scrambler (10:21:38 PM): not yet and i got screwed out of yesterdays song
ham and eggs (10:22:20 PM): lol
ham and eggs (10:24:37 PM): *sigh* here we go
scrambler (10:24:50 PM): yepper

PresidentJ (11:16:55 PM): yo
scrambler (11:17:11 PM): sup
PresidentJ (11:17:19 PM): nothing much
PresidentJ(11:17:30 PM): just trying not to do this work I have to do
PresidentJ (11:17:37 PM): school sucks
scrambler (11:17:40 PM): you disappear off of IM like a fart in the wind
scrambler (11:17:42 PM): yes it does
PresidentJ (11:20:43 PM): yo do you play soccer
scrambler (11:20:54 PM): sorta why
scrambler (11:20:58 PM): not good at all
PresidentJ (11:21:05 PM): we play during the summer
PresidentJ (11:21:09 PM): we need people
scrambler (11:21:15 PM): i'm shitty
PresidentJ (11:21:16 PM): if you wanna play you can
PresidentJ (11:21:20 PM): it doesnt matter
scrambler (11:21:36 PM): well, if i dont get into the academy, i'm all yours.. when is it?
scrambler (11:22:24 PM): i actually have cleats somewhere
PresidentJ (11:22:36 PM): do you think you will get in the academy
scrambler (11:23:01 PM): no idea... totally no idea.. but i should know in less than a month
scrambler (11:23:38 PM): any hot chickies?
PresidentJ (11:23:41 PM): some
scrambler (11:23:46 PM): sweet
PresidentJ (11:26:49 PM): were trying to get it together now
PresidentJ (11:26:50 PM): ok
PresidentJ (11:26:50 PM): cool
scrambler (11:27:19 PM): as long as i dont hurt my ass and screw up my lifelong career plans
scrambler (11:27:33 PM): since i need to be in shape and in one piece
PresidentJ (11:27:47 PM): haha
PresidentJ (11:28:05 PM): I am very aggressive when i play
scrambler (11:28:12 PM): i'll funk you up
scrambler (11:28:39 PM): i'm soo shitty you will be running circles around my whitey ass
PresidentJ (11:28:43 PM): haha
scrambler (11:29:04 PM): i wanna learn to golf
PresidentJ (11:29:31 PM): you should come with us sometime
PresidentJ (11:29:37 PM): I havent been out yet
scrambler (11:30:04 PM): i need to go to a driving range first and have a hot golf pro chick show me how to hit the ball
PresidentJ (11:30:17 PM): haha
scrambler (11:31:47 PM): well i gotta snooze but gimmie a call when you get some soccer plans finalized
PresidentJ (11:32:19 PM): ok cool
PresidentJ (11:32:21 PM): later man
scrambler (11:32:24 PM): later

scrambler (10:40:16 PM): ok.. i'm losing faith in the top 100 iTunes downloads.. now i see "under the sea" from the little mermaid is #99!!!!
scrambler (10:40:36 PM): it must be one person that downloaded it and now its on the chart
ham and eggs (10:41:08 PM): duuuuuuuuude
ham and eggs (10:41:14 PM): they JUST launched disney collections
ham and eggs (10:41:15 PM): JUST
ham and eggs (10:41:18 PM): it was promoted on the homepage
scrambler (10:43:08 PM): ahhh but how many people are after that song? THAT song? i cant believe its many
ham and eggs (10:43:33 PM): the world would be pretty freaking dull if everyone was ben * ********


ham and eggs (10:44:17 PM): i HATE licking envelopes
scrambler (10:44:27 PM): spit on them
scrambler (10:44:33 PM): piss on them
scrambler (10:44:48 PM): ha ha you should piss on all your envelopes
ham and eggs (10:44:58 PM): ha ha my landlord would surely appreciate that
scrambler (10:45:17 PM): ha ha funny for some reason
ham and eggs (10:45:29 PM): ha ha jackass
scrambler (10:45:50 PM): i'm having a freaking gigglefit right now
ham and eggs (10:45:55 PM): silly bastard
scrambler (10:46:47 PM): i'm pissing myself.. i should be pissing on my envelopes
ham and eggs (10:47:01 PM): you need a girlfriend.
scrambler (10:47:26 PM): yes i do…gee, not sure why I don’t have one ??
ham and eggs (10:55:36 PM): *yawn*

Aleximov (11:12:31 PM): yo
scrambler (11:12:45 PM): sup?
scrambler (11:12:59 PM): i'm bitching about how my life sucks
Aleximov (11:13:05 PM): oh
scrambler (11:13:12 PM): you?
scrambler (11:13:20 PM): i want to move back to ithaca
Aleximov (11:13:20 PM): anything new or same shit different day
scrambler (11:13:31 PM): same shit, nice weather, different day
Aleximov (11:14:02 PM): and need to start worrying about moving to Des Moines as soon as I get back to Iowa
scrambler (11:16:07 PM): i should have a map to visualize
Aleximov (11:17:17 PM): i guess. or you can come out here and visit.
Aleximov (11:19:11 PM): iowa is very cool, let me tell you
Aleximov (11:19:15 PM): there is plenty to do
Aleximov (11:19:19 PM): we could look at corn
Aleximov (11:19:24 PM): or maybe some corn
Aleximov (11:19:27 PM): or how about corn
scrambler (11:19:27 PM): cornholes?
Aleximov (11:19:33 PM): lol
Aleximov (11:19:38 PM): we got hogs and beans too
Aleximov (11:19:54 PM): but also we have attractions like "Living History farms" which is really neat
scrambler (11:19:58 PM): hogs and beans hogs and beans
scrambler (11:20:03 PM): swank swines
Aleximov (11:20:24 PM): and a zoo and horse race track and sprint car races and polo of course and lots of golf
scrambler (11:20:35 PM): golf shmalf
Aleximov (11:20:36 PM): some nice parks
scrambler (11:20:43 PM): i wanna learn golf
Aleximov (11:20:43 PM): and amusement parks
Aleximov (11:20:57 PM): i should since iowa has the most golf courses per capita or something gay like that
scrambler (11:21:04 PM): really
Aleximov (11:21:08 PM): yeah
scrambler (11:21:09 PM): i should learn
Aleximov (11:21:18 PM): yeah, chicks dig it

ham and eggs (10:55:37 PM): wtf
ham and eggs (10:55:48 PM): i've had like 35 views on my match profile since last nite
ham and eggs (10:56:07 PM): i really need to figure out how to get fatties to stop writing me
ham and eggs (10:56:13 PM): i need to fattyproof the profile
scrambler (10:57:40 PM): just say so in the profile... looking for slim hotties
ham and eggs (10:58:03 PM): then i'd look like a prick
ham and eggs (10:58:05 PM): and no one would write

Aleximov (11:28:52 PM): u make a new blarf entry?
Aleximov (11:28:58 PM): maybe i should start blogging
Aleximov (11:29:03 PM): cept no one would read it
scrambler (11:30:51 PM): i'd read it and link you.. but its not easy to get readers.. i have few, as you know..
scrambler (11:31:14 PM): but i'd help you if you want to get started
Aleximov (11:31:23 PM): maybe after i get settled in des moines
Aleximov (11:32:06 PM): but... no motivation
scrambler (11:32:16 PM): same here.. i just force myself to do it out of need to "talk" to someone
scrambler (11:33:06 PM): ok i gotta snooze
Aleximov (11:33:31 PM): ok
scrambler (11:33:42 PM): night
Aleximov (11:34:43 PM): night night

scrambler (11:03:23): *sigh* i remember when we'd throw frat parties every night in my room at Alpha Zeta and i had girls girls girls and i'd have to drag my ass to work every morning... ah, to live 2001 again...
ham and eggs (11:03:59 PM): frigging nut
ham and eggs (11:04:04 PM): now look at you
ham and eggs (11:04:10 PM): it's you and the fish partying til 11
ham and eggs (11:04:21 PM): LOL.. i wrote "fist" first instead of "fish"... that too!
scrambler (11:07:26 PM): *sigh* truth to both statements
scrambler (11:07:39 PM): half of me wants to move back to ithaca
scrambler (11:07:48 PM): so many cute, smart young girls
ham and eggs (11:07:57 PM): do it
ham and eggs (11:08:05 PM): move right onto east hill
scrambler (11:08:08 PM): it would be a lame move
ham and eggs (11:08:11 PM): why?
ham and eggs (11:08:16 PM): it's a great town
scrambler (11:08:20 PM): what the hell would my excuse for going back be?
scrambler (11:08:29 PM): i wanna meet girls?
ham and eggs (11:08:26 PM): to get the hell out of syracuse
ham and eggs (11:08:29 PM): which is a slum
ham and eggs (11:08:43 PM): to be accessible to the north country and live in a town with some culture and charm
scrambler (11:09:30 PM): at least in ithaca i'd have AZ.. but even taht would make me feel lame, even though i'd be welcome
scrambler (11:09:40 PM): but you can never go back.. it would never be the same...
scrambler (11:09:52 PM): now i'm just depressing myself
scrambler (11:09:59 PM): wonderful
ham and eggs (11:10:02 PM): lol
ham and eggs (11:10:06 PM): lol
ham and eggs (11:10:22 PM): face it: life will never compare to 2000!
scrambler (11:10:57 PM): i could def find dj gigs in ithaca.. be on the AZ corp. board... shit, could be facility manager again in a heartbeat....
scrambler (11:11:01 PM): no no no i cant
scrambler (11:11:18 PM): its gone
scrambler (11:11:22 PM): the fun is gone
scrambler (11:11:34 PM): screwed i am
scrambler (11:11:44 PM): its me and the fish now and forever
scrambler (11:11:57 PM): damn damn damn
ham and eggs (11:11:59 PM): lol
ham and eggs (11:12:18 PM): blog now!
ham and eggs (11:12:19 PM): capture it!
ham and eggs (11:12:22 PM): get it into words!
scrambler (11:12:38 PM): i have enough misery on the blarf
ham and eggs (11:13:00 PM): but this is like coup de grace misery
scrambler (11:13:43 PM): maybe i'll cut & paste this convo
ham and eggs (11:14:02 PM): poor bastard
scrambler (11:14:21 PM): that would be miserable
ham and eggs (11:15:22 PM): not for me
scrambler (11:16:39 PM): with a little editing this would be a good post
scrambler (11:16:43 PM): a good miserable post
ham and eggs (11:17:31 PM): poor bastard
scrambler (11:18:21 PM): as;lfdas;flasf;lfjad;lafsdjafd;adslkdfsj
ham and eggs (11:18:32 PM): you need a break from your life
ham and eggs (11:18:36 PM): you need to visit Boston
scrambler (11:18:51 PM): i had a good break today.. had the jeep top down.. it was great
ham and eggs (11:22:22 PM): hmm
ham and eggs (11:22:31 PM): you derive too much pleasure from a vehicle
scrambler (11:22:42 PM): its the only pleasure i get
scrambler (11:27:57 PM): ok, are we done, cuz i'm ready to cut & paste & edit this bitch
scrambler (11:28:04 PM): and go to bed
scrambler (11:28:06 PM): bed
ham and eggs (11:29:45 PM): twatever
ham and eggs (11:29:48 PM): change my name
scrambler (11:30:09 PM): of course
ham and eggs (11:30:14 PM): merci
scrambler (11:30:24 PM): alright.. its snooztime