TIME WARP!!!

I'm gonna start off by being honest...I really have this thing for watching old 80's movies and TV shows...but there was one I had forgotten about...I used to watch it as a kid! (yes my parents let me....) The show 'Knight Rider' has been on TV lately...and I'm once again addicted as I was many years ago. I KNOW! It's SO corny of me to be watching old 80's stuff like that, but to me, it's just one of those classics that once you start watching, you can't get enough of! I have to say...I'm jealous of the car...I mean, who wouldn't want a car that can talk to you, and give you any information you need...or turbo boot you through the side of a mountain! I could sure use a turbo boost when I sit in 22 traffic every day! I think there is something interesting to note: Back when the show was created, this was all perceived as the 'future'...some cars do talk, and have cell phones, or screens in them now...but that was a total pipe dream back then! Some of it still is!

Other than that...there are a few other things I've gotten addicted to...there are these shows where a car is getting repossessed...or someone needs to serve a person papers in a bad neighborhood and all hell breaks loose...I LOVE those shows!! A lot of my buddies tell me that it can't be real...but I think they are for real! I always get the "they wouldn't have cameras there for that" or "where are the cops." Well, I found out that the cops make them turn the cameras off usually when they show up, that's why you don't see certain things on there. Anyway hey - it's good entertainment! I must have been living under a rock the past 10 years...I missed a lot! I've also recently been watching the show '24' on re-runs...where have I been!?!? LOL

Ice, Ice Baby!

Okay, so I know I complain way too much about the weather...but I think I'm slowly earning my rights to do so! I've had a rough week so far, although I'm well aware many have had it FAR worse than me! I at least still had electricity after the last storm.

It all started...right outside the station yesterday. I THOUGHT I had my car parked in a safe place...out from under any power lines or trees where huge chunks of ice could potentially come and attack my car. I was right on that part...but what I didn't realize is that the part of the parking lot that I chose to park on was a slab of ICE! I got out of the car...and there it went, slip sliding away!! The car WAS in park...(I've forgotten to do that before, though...another story, for another time...) nonetheless...I had to go catch it, and put a stop the the madness. Then, of course it got stuck on the sheet of ice...so that took a little time out of my day to get situated again. Then, on the way home...I lost a windshield wiper while driving...that's always fun. The deal with that is, the wiper arm SCRRRRATCHES your windshield!

So...I made it home...defeated, but in one piece. Little did I know, the adventures would continue this morning! All my car doors FROZE last night from the extreme cold! I have a Corolla...so the handles are plastic...and if you pull too hard, you risk breaking them. So, I had to get creative. The trunk opened...so I hopped in, folded the seats down, and pushed the doors open from the inside!

All I have to say is...bring on SPRING and SUMMER...70 degree weather and the beach!