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X-E’s ’08 Summer Megaparty: Tired.


Yes, I am going to be terrible tonight and skip out on you. Worked kicked my ass, and just as I began driving home with dreams of a shiny new bottle of wine to help turn my piss into drunken giggles, I got a flat tire. You'd think that a guy pushing thirty might know how to throw on a spare, but it's at this point that I should remind you: I can't even tie knots.

Had to take a cab home. The cab arrived 25 minutes later than the dispatcher claimed it would, and I had to share the backseat with an elderly gentleman who insisted on telling me the current market value of every single house we passed. I'm usually game to humor complete strangers, but tonight was definitely an exception. I killed the louse and pushed his body out of the window. The driver didn't mind.

Now I'm waiting for someone to come help rescue my car, which is currently resting limp on a street that I'm only 35% positive I remember the name of. I don't think tonight's shaping up to have the right set of circumstances that I prefer to write under.


UPDATE: It's 10:45 right now, and I just returned home with a haphazardly repumped tire that's going to need urgent replacing in the morning. I'd tell you more, but I have to save the juiciest details for the major motion picture soon to go into production based on this experience.

The short version: No real blog entry tonight, unless you count this one. Up way up top, I've given you an IOU coupon redeemable at my discretion. Either I'll do two entries in 24 hours later this month, or I'll extend the Summer Megaparty by a day.

And I never did get that wine. Motherfucker.

Posted by Matt on 07/11/2008. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 125 comments
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Smash addicts: Meet me at 3 PM if you’re around. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 07/12/2008 2:52 PM

Matt, I still need your Brawl code. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Hovebored @ 07/12/2008 3:02 PM

I think I’m going to buy a Wii next month. It’s the only current console I don’t have. I actually payed for one when they came out, but I got scammed. Hell, I still have a whole shit-load of accessories here that have been in the box that I bought in anticipation of getting it.

Chestnuts roasted by Jack @ 07/12/2008 3:28 PM

I can tell you why you had such a bad day. You’re a liar, a dirty thieving, pig-lying to liar of the fifth degree! You lied! You didn’t mock oink with a heavy heart, not at all! So the pig spirits popped your tire, hid your wine and probably did something evil to one of your sheets.

Chestnuts roasted by Ginger Snapped @ 07/12/2008 4:12 PM

Heh, what would you call Mai Tai mix with vodka? I’m thinking of calling it a Havana Surprise. You know, it’s in the tropics and Communist. But of course, Russia isn’t commie any more…or so they want us to think. Does anyone here speak any Russian? Govoritye po russkiy?

I love rambling.

Chestnuts roasted by The Real Andrew @ 07/12/2008 4:20 PM

Goob, I’ve seen and heard stuff worse than that. Examples include someone putting ATF (Automatic Transmission Fluid) in their enigne, running for 15,000 miles till the car was totally out of oil, and putting diesel in the tank instead of regular gas.

The first two needed new engines and the third needed a $600 repair. I’ve also seen someone put a battery in backwards, as in + to + and – to -, it’s a real good way to fry your entire electrical system.

Chestnuts roasted by PunisherBass @ 07/12/2008 4:34 PM

I was never taught how to change a tire, and since I’m about as mechanically inclined as a gerbil, I really hope I never have to. And I’m almost 26 (my b’day’s on the 29th!). So you’re not alone, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by The Real Andrew @ 07/12/2008 5:14 PM

The first time I had a flat tire my dad forced me to do it myself and learn how to under his supervision. mind you, i was in my parents GRAVEL DRIVEWAY while it was raining, and I was a 17 year old girl. Needless to say, I’m a pro at changing a tire. If you’re ever in ohio and you don’t know how to put on a spare, I’ll save you.

Chestnuts roasted by Leigha @ 07/12/2008 5:34 PM

i’m in the camp of guys who don’t know how to change a tire.. – and with my bad luck with cars, i should probably learn sooner rather than later..

right now i’m stuck at work.. – a co-worked gave me $10 to stay an extra hour and close the store at 9PM.. – guess i’ll surf the ‘net for a couple hours.. – anybody else see Hancock yet? – anybody find themselves asking, “seriously?” during it?

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 07/12/2008 5:40 PM

What do some of you video pros use to convert your DVD movies into watchable PC formats like AVI? I never have luck with any of these programs and the one I’ve been using now, has been running for 2 hours and doesn’t actually look like it’s doing anything.

Chestnuts roasted by doho in the summer @ 07/12/2008 5:56 PM

mandy_Reeves thanks for the tip. I knew E3 started soon, but I didn’t know when. I wasn’t thinkin of gettin a 360 in the next few days, but instead in the next few months. Apparently I was right in thinking that way, because as you said, there MIGHT be a price drop.

Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/12/2008 5:57 PM

Leigha, if only my sister was a bit more like you. I’ve been “blessed” with having to take care of my sister’s car. Not only is she really rough on cars, she killed her first 3 and has been working steadily on her current Cavalier, but she refuses to even keep an eye on things.

So I get calls from her saying things like “My check engine light has been on for a month, what is wrong?” “The car shudders really badly when I hit the brakes, can you fix it?” and “I smell gas inside the car…”. She refuses to use the milage stickers I give her when I do her oil so it’s always guess work, “I think I’m due for an oil change”.

I’ve had to change her oil in a parking lot in the middle of winter and middle of summer. Nothing feels as good as 115 degree blacktop on your body.

Chestnuts roasted by PunisherBass @ 07/12/2008 5:57 PM

PunisherBass she sounds as bad as my sister in law. Her car looked great when she first got it,now, it looks like something thats been in a junk heap for god knows how long, after just over a year. lol.

Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/12/2008 6:03 PM

My sister killed an 88 Buick Park Avenue, 94 Olds Cutlas, and did a real number on my mom’s 98 Ford Taurus. The first two were so bad that they were donated to charity. Back then an oil change only crossed my sister’s mind once every 10,000 miles.

Chestnuts roasted by PunisherBass @ 07/12/2008 6:23 PM

E3 is Monday!

Chestnuts roasted by Shuanfu @ 07/12/2008 6:43 PM

PunisherBass:WOW! I sounds like she could tear up a tank!lol.
Shuanfu: Thanks i’ll keep track of it and see if a price drop is announced. Here’s hopeing.

Chestnuts roasted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/12/2008 7:04 PM

I just had to take my car in on Thursday, I’m scared to know what all was wrong with it…It squeaked when it was running and made a lovely rubbing noise when I would hit the breaks…Should set me back a good chunk of change!

Chestnuts roasted by gingela5 @ 07/12/2008 7:10 PM

gingela5, I wouldn’t worry too much. I’m just guessing here, but it sounds like a belt in the pulley system. That would cause a squeak. As for a rubbing sound during braking, my money would be on your pads being worn out.

If it’s a belt, it’s not a huge deal, they are relativly cheap to replace. And brakes are no big deal either. Any honest shop can put on new pads and rotors in under an hour for around $100. I did my brakes in my driveway just a few months ago and it only cost me $56 for parts.

The best peice of advice I can give anyone when it comes to car repair, is that you should find yourself a good, honest, trustworthy mechanic who’s ASE certified.

I’m lucky enough to have just that in my back pocket. I can’t say enough good things about him. He’s done a lot of work and not charged for it, helped me out when I’m in over my head, loaned me tools, he’s even let me use a rack at his shop for free so I could work on my car.

Chestnuts roasted by PunisherBass @ 07/12/2008 7:32 PM

You wrote something in your blog. That’s an entry. The IOU’s nice, though. Sometimes life gives you lemons, and you aren’t really up to entertaining the public (or anything else). It happens. I’ve blown tires on my bikes in the middle of nowhere before. (Though the last time that happened, I was right next to an Ace Hardware and tire repair service.)

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 07/12/2008 8:35 PM

What a boring ass saturday…I’ve done nothing but bounce between the internet and Wii Bowling. At least I’m regaining my form in bowling. The game Goob mentioned much earlier could’ve been a number of games: Ikari Warriors 1-3, Commando, Guerrilla War etc. Those games were always a good time…You should check out a game called Gun.Smoke which is an over head shooter set in the old west. It was a lot of fun with the NES advantage with turbo blaring back in the day :D

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/12/2008 8:37 PM

Sorry about the tire, Matt. Hope the weekend has been kinder to you thus far.

I can change a tire, but add me to the list of guys who can’t drive stick and know jack crap about football.

Chestnuts roasted by Teddy Ray @ 07/13/2008 12:33 AM

Too bad about the flat, Matt. I’m a teacher and a couple of months ago, a parent of one of my students slashed my tires for giving her son an ‘F’ on a paper (in 4th grade, mind you). Teachers get mad respect, yo.

Chestnuts roasted by godjilla @ 07/13/2008 2:40 PM

http://www.billyandkelli.com/weblog/wp-images/us/Fix-a-Flat-lineup.gif

you should pick up a can of this. works wonders and has gotten me out of a similar situation a couple of times.

Chestnuts roasted by joel @ 07/13/2008 3:01 PM

I can honestly say, being a HUGE car enthusiast, that is someone slashed my tires, and i knew who it was. they’d have a slashed face!! z-rated perf. tires ain’t cheap!! the ones on my TA right now run about 240 a piece!

Chestnuts roasted by BgBlyStyle @ 07/14/2008 12:19 PM

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