the most scary/hilarious thing happened to me the other weekend. while driving the shagmobile in the sprinkling rain south from redmond with two friends (we had just come from high tea), my windshield wipers suddenly stopped working with a loud clank! i quickly pulled over and exited the freeway from the far left lane and headed straight for jiffy lube. i found out the arm gizmo that rotates the blades snapped off the rotator-thingy (the loud clank we heard) and a trip to an auto parts store ended up with a part that didn't quite fit.
i drive by the brown and haley plant, makers of almond roca among other treats, on my daily commute from downtown tacoma. this morning they were melting sugar and the most delicious caramel smell drifted over the freeway. this happens several times a month. i can't complain really, it smells lovely. i just have a serious almond roca craving every time!
so basically i applied a ton of rain-x spray and drove surface streets all the way south after determining that freeway driving was definitely unsafe. at each stoplight, i had one of my friends jump out and manually swipe the blades. we were laughing hysterically the whole time, but really, it was quite dangerous!
fortunately, the next two days were rain-free and i was able to get the part fixed last tuesday. i'm thankful that this happened when i wasn't by myself in pouring rain!
8/30/2004 10:42:00 AM
the cutest tape dispense ever! i want one (see make me happy)
on a side note, my friend and i were attacked by a mary kay lady on the tacoma waterfront the other week. well, not attacked really but it was a strange encounter. we were power walking and chatting, when this one lady who was walking and chatting with her friend coming the opposite direction, veered over to us suddenly, grabbed my friend by the arm and handed us both her mary kay business card. unfortunately, my first instinct was to take the card and it wasn't until she'd moved on that we read the cards. funny thing was, my friend had just been telling me how she'd been practically kidnapped to local mary kay organizers meeting the week before by a mary kay rep. that's been stalking her in the hopes that she'd turn into a prime selling machine. i really hate these home-based business ventures that are only good for the person that sucks you in! it's like the company purposefully targets the ladies, knowing that their friends will be guilted into purchasing at least something. we were so insulted by the walk-by mary kaying that we did something i'd normally not ever do, litter. we tore up the cards and threw them in the water. really i was mad. did i look like i needed 5 lbs. of make-up? am i that ugly that this lady thought she needed to spread her greasy ministry my way? more importantly, why didn't i just say no thanks and not take her card? i only encouraged her by taking it....
8/11/2004 10:22:00 AM