I haz a sikness

[morganskye]

I've been feeling off all week. I think it's finally come to a head because I woke up this morning feeling ill enough to take a super-hot shower, but not sick enough to call out of work. Barry had me drink some vitC powder (which tastes better than it sounds), and sleep in a bit. I'm very glad I'm low maintenance. I was up and out the door on time, even though I got an extra hour in bed.

Anyway, I'll stick through work until my head finally explodes. I'm just glad this isn't even close to the flu I got after Katsucon. By the third day Barry was ready to drag me to the emergency room. >_<

In non-plague related news, I'm getting a Smart Car early next year if everything goes as planned. IF. Admittedly I'll be doing a lot of test drives with it, the Honda Fit, and the Toyota Yaris. As much as I'd love a hybrid, I don't want to break the bank. Sadly, what draws me to the Smart Car is how freaking cute it is. It has personality right off the lot. Other vehicles don't have that. I've had a dull car all my life. I want something flashy. It also doesn't hurt that it's well within my budget and gets 30+ MPG. I've heard a few bad reviews though. Apparently it only goes to 80 on the highway, which isn't a big deal since I don't do much driving there. It also has a problem on bumpy roads. I'm guessing since it's so small/low to the ground there isn't much that the shocks can do. I guess that's why the put some pretty sweet add ons, like leather, wicked sound, and heated seats.

I guess what I need to figure out is if the WOW factor is worth the ride.

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[bandvamp01.livejournal.com]

I saw a yellow Smart Car last week when I was driving home from work. It zipped through an intersection, and I just laughed and laughed and laughed. I don't even know why it was SO damn funny, other than the thought of "Holy shit was that a pregnant yellow roller skate?!?" Well, yellow cars make me laugh anyway 'cuz I think yellow is like the ugliest color EVARRR. So, like, the driver was all "Hey guys! I really like this Tinymobile, but I don't think it draws enough attention. Can we make it BRIGHT-ASS yellow? THAT'LL ADD ME SOME FLARE!"
But then I felt kinda bad for that dude in the Smart Car 'cuz he's gotta go up against the LEGIONS of douchebags in SUVs and Hummers who are talking on their cellies/sipping a frappu-cappu-al-pachino/yelling at their spoiled douchebag kids. Srsly, there's TONS of those people around here :(

The Yaris is super cute; I think when my car conks out (hopefully a good long while since it's an '04 Corolla), I'll get one of those. But I am SO glad I get good mpg in this thing because finding gas in GA right now is a MEGA pain in the ass. I heard a co-worker go out at lunch yesterday and said she waited in line for 40 minutes, it took 15 minutes to pump 5 gallons of gas because it was so slow, and then that was all she got because the gas station ran out of gas. AND every station I've passed this entire week has had lines backed up onto the main road.

Ok, I kinda got off on a tangent. At any rate, *shakes fist* FRIGGIN' DOUCHEBAGS IN THEIR FRIGGIN' SUVS!!

[morganskye.livejournal.com]

LOL!! It's not too bad here, but there are still a healthy amount of jerks on the road. It's a nationwide epidemic! And I'm totally in the flair catagory. I want my ForTwo to be pumpkin orange. Booyeah!!

We don't have a shortage issue here, but the price is still ass high. I think the only reason why we're ok is because we're a major port city.