2009-12-11:

So I'm driving down 490 all casual like, rocking out to Rudolph because that song just doesn't get old no matter how many times I hear it when I hear this really, really, really scary noise from the back of my car. Like a plane is taking off in there someplace. So here I am, thinking, what, exactly? It's not a muffler fell off kind of noise, is it something behind me? I come to realize it's not. I pull over. My back tire blew. All that was left was a circular piece of rubber and a metal rim. Great. So I begin tire replacement procedure 1.3 as defined in paragraph 43, chapter 342 of "Things to know how to do in life thought you'll probably only do them a couple of times." This of course involves getting TO the spare, and I have crap (I mean parts) totally covering the back of my car. So I shove them all forward and get it out. I'm just jacking it up when a cop car pulls in behind me. I throw away the bowl I packed to calm me down and waved the smoke away*, just in time to accept his assistance. I get the car jacked up and start taking the nuts off (of the wheel, not the officer), which is fine, but then the freaking rim won't come off. Officer gets a crowbar and whacks it a few times but doesn't want to make it come cashing down by moving the jack. Sensible. After all, just pulling on it I made the car move, and I ain't all that strong. At least in my human form, anyway. So he calls the help truck. We wait. He checks back in, oops, he got called to a real accident, so we're out of luck. He whacks it a few more times and it comes off! Hurray! We put on the spare and I head to the plaza to get a replacement. They were very nice about it, took Chibi Kuruma right in, that'll be 97.70 please. Sigh. At least I can take part of that off my taxes. But the morning is shot. I go over to Mom's house as I am right there and call my two morning ones to explain my absence. My next one is 12:30, I have a little time so I eat lunch. Dad comes home and I tell him the story. I leave. Actually make some money! Cleanout, answered questions, etc. Brought back the system I had taken away earlier. A system that when it was last powered off worked perfectly. You see where I'm going with this of course. Did not work perfectly. Did not work at all, really. I hate everything. But that red noised guy and the song about him. Picked up a hard drive to put in a new case. Went to grandma's house. Went to go see email guy. Just windows mail being stupid, as usual. The mail wouldn't send as it couldn't find the domain, so of course it blocked all other mail from going out. Got christmas cookies. Ate two on the way home. Hey, it was a tough day! Ate dinner. Wrote up the six comics that finish up season five. I now have until the end of the month done! It's now 10:30. Get ready for tomorrow, I guess. You know, where I have four jobs to do and no friends to look forward to. [[image:unprec.gif:From Bob the Angry Flower:center:0]]