Reading Thoughts

My car and I had a little adventure yesterday involving AAA and a tow truck and the looming possibility of a new fuel pump. However, the towing seemed to have shaken stuff loose and the car started at the service station and the new fuel pump still looms, but I'm not buying it until the car absolutley needs it.

Although this does give rise to the "Invest in maintaining a 10 year old car, or look at options for new vehicles" dilemma. Since I work for a company that writes about vehicles, I did at least ask one of my favorite editors for his reccomendation for a car in the "Have no money, don't want it to be that ugly" range. But argh! Just paid off plastighettocar. C'mon baby. Just another six months. You can do it.

leadensky is asking for book reccs for long travel, and also posted a fascinating list of what doesn't work for her in a narrative.

Lately, I've been having a hell of a time paying attention to most books. I love to read, so this is largely distressing, but some of it is that when I find a book that hits my kinks, that works for me, I devour it in a sitting. When I don't, I can't force myself any longer to pay attention.

So what turns me off?

( Reading woes )

Soooo much to do before I wing my way east tomorrow. I'd say the odds of it all getting done are 50/50.

Total 21st Century First World Consumer Spam

Anyone who talks to me on the phone knows my cell phone sucks monkey toes.

Well, yesterday, thanks to my father (and boy is this a mixed blessing of epic proportions), I purchased a pink Motorola RAZR phone with accompanying pink Bluetooth wireless headset.

And I got a set of phone "tatoos" (read stickers for your phone) in pink plaid. Sadly, the pinks clash, but I do not care, for now I am the girliest geek ever with my BORG headset and my pink phone of not dropping calls everywhere in Los Angeles where it is possible to do so. I will rule the world now, I tell you. Assuming I ever figure out how to change my ring tone!

This could not get anymore overprivileged, greedy first worldy, but god I hated my other phone. HATED. Throwing into Mount Doom kind of hate.