February 24, 2005 :: 11:19 p.m.
death by crappy car
My unexpected day off turned out to be very, very boring. Cassie and I went to A.C. Moore for art stuff, which was good times, but by the time we left it was snowing harder and my car is The Suck when it comes to driving in the snow. My tires are pretty much bald, and after stopping at red lights it took about 30 seconds to find some purchase on the slushy road and get going again. It was very much like slipping along in a decrepit tin can on button-wheels. No control. Very scary. I talked to my mom tonight and she thinks I definitely need tires. Which is true, but I just hate to put any money into this car, you know? It's 19 years old. It has a cracked head gasket. My philosophy at this point is that if I don't drive it much then maybe it'll last me until I can afford another car. Maybe. And that's if I find a job and save like a mofo. So it seems like a waste to put new tires on it, but it'll probably get them anyway. I'm taking it home Saturday, and she mentioned taking it someplace then. We shall see.
Anyway. I dropped Cassie off at home because I wanted to put my car in a parking space and thus remove the threat of slippery crashing death ASAP. Since then I've just been hanging out here, being way too bored. And when I get this bored, I eat. It sucks. I made a cake, and even though it kind of sucks I've been eating it anyway. I also roasted a big bulb of garlic, because I bought a lot at the market on Tuesday and wanted to use some up. I smushed a clove onto some toasted bread and smeared on a little Earth Balance and man, that was the best garlic bread EVER.
I have such a love/hate relationship with food. It's disgusting.
So I was watching TV earlier and got to wondering about something. You know how they have you swear on a bible in court? Well, what if you aren't christian? I assume they still have you do it, but what the hell's the point? There's no symbolism there if you don't put any stock in the book or beliefs. And also, isn't that whole thing a weird-ass collision of church and state? A bible in a courthouse. Bizarre. And they have the president take his oath with it, too. The leader of the state taking an oath on the doctrine of the church. Again I say: bizarre. And slightly disconcerting, now that I'm really thinking about it.
If I ever became president I don't think I'd do the bible thing. It would be pointless and fake and entirely hypocritical on my part. I wonder what they'd have me do instead... but then I come to my senses and realize that it matters not. I would never be elected. And I will die of heart failure if we have a president in my lifetime that refuses to take their oath on the bible. So that's that, I suppose.
I caught Ever After on TV tonight and it made me remember how much I love that movie. It's better without the erratic TV editing, though. That always bugs the crap out of me.
Anyway, I'm going to go waste some time over at TWoP and then maybe play some GameCube. My spring break is going to be SO HARDCORE! For serious.
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