weyes

where's vic's crackhead smiley when you need him? (rhyme schmyme; it's all about the crizzack)

got the brake work done today. i didn't realize how jacked up my brakes were till i got them fixed ! o - the glorious silence! the lack of grinding! the secure feeling when i put on my emergency! man, one can really get used to shitty stuff after a while; i had no idea...

elementx just had to bring back the romance !

looks like your kitties have valentines in each other .

my best to you all, as well . and do please keep us updated when you can; we'll save some room here for you for when you can come back .

i strolled into work from the sears auto center after dropping off my car, and my co-worker dropped what she was doing to give me a wide-eyed look. "was the guy with the crazy glasses there?" she asked, hurriedly. when i saw him there i had immediately thought of my co-worker; he was just her type. he's what my friends and i, back in the day, used to call "dork funky": someone who wears all the nerdy stuff with a sense of humor, trying to make it cool. anycaca, i said, "yes," but didn't agree with her on the cuteness factor. but she said she wouldn't go out with a mechanic, anyway. i found that elitist and snobby . i don't care what a guy does, as long as he has the qualities i look for in a guy, which include education and intelligence; i think my co-worker jumps to the conclusion that auto mechanics aren't smart. i feel that, if a guy loves cars, devoting his time to them and getting paid for it is just the same as me following my calling, whatever that is. are there people you wouldn't go out with just because of their professions? (obviously, a 30-year-old making minimum wage at bk doesn't count , but that speaks more to a lack of drive or motivation. i think you know what i mean.) are there any careers that are just no-nos?

i didn't even say "roll call" in the title of the thread; i know that's kinda silly on the l.a. board, sadly, unless it's some huge dj like pvd, for instance . well, i'll be there, and i'm the only picwhore on the l.a. forum, so y'all know what i look like and can say hi if you see me ! * but you'd better not say hello unless you've got candy or chocolate in yo' hands, people. for reals.

have ya been here, dg? is this a recommendation, or something else?

(bad weyes) thanks .

that's kinda sad ... i know what you mean, but i would hope people would be more forgiving, so you wouldn't have to give less in general in order for them to be more accepting/less critical when you do make mistakes.

to the currently-romantically-unattached: don't let valentine's day get ya down. there's loads of love in your life , and always plenty of chocolate to go around . tune in tomorrow.

wow - thanks so much, guys - lots to which i wanna respond (but in a hurry)... joeg - forgot to mention my car is a v6, dunno if that makes much of a difference or not. the last mechanic i went to that worked on my car was recommended to me by a friend and i got jacked; he's the one that messed up the whole spark plug-popping out thing (i went back to have him "fix" it 3 times and gave up after that when it still didn't work ). no one i know has a good mechanic. my manager at work recommended me to the peeps at sears, though; that's where she has her stuff done. and all this brake work will have a 36-month/36,000 mile warranty. cintron - my car has over 160,000 miles on it. but it's a good car, really; these problems are all pretty new (last half-year). and the "rethread the cylinder" guy was sketchy; i said he was shady in my first post. i think he just said that 'cause he also said he'd be "willing to trade my car in for something on his lot ." thanks for the advice; i'll keep you posted and may need some more ...

all right, i would like to formally give everyone the chance to not feel jealous of my weather today, 'cause i've been so mean about flaunting its usual perfection in the past. http://www.weather.com/weather/local/90012?lswe=90012&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared it poured yesterday, today, and will tomorrow . it's true; when it rains here, it pours. the sun'll return on valentine's day, though , and the temps'll be back in the 70s by the beginning of next week . whoops - was i bragging again ?

my '91 camry has a host of issues ; i took it into sears today 'cause the battery finally went dead and something therefore had to be done. i don't know squat about cars, so please excuse my ignorance in this wannabe-explanation; i'm hoping some of you experts can help out poor me ... here's what i told them i knew was wrong, right off: 1. battery/alternator issue of some sort 2. brakes squeak when coming out of having been parked for a long time, like overnight or after a day's work (but not when driving) 3. a wire (that connects a spark plug to a cylinder ?) keeps popping out of my engine; this makes my car shake when it's still 4. and i need a general oil change/tuneup/blahblahblah the guy said that they could help with 1, 2, and 4, but that sears doesn't do engine work. sucky, i thought, because some shady mechanic just told me that i need to rethread a cylinder - 'cause there was all sorts of silicone on it and it was all jacked up - which would run me $2,000, and i'm not too keen on that. i wanted a second opinion. (any thoughts on that?) anycrap, turns out my battery/alternator was fine, just needed new leads/terminals. but i was then told that my brakes are fucked up and will need $660 worth of repairs (though $200 of that is labor) . they told me what needed to be done but i don't know what any of it meant. here's what's written on the estimate: QTY:2 drm rtr turn.on car each QTY:2 brake hub./rotor loc pur QTY:2 rem sg clprs.local purchs QTY:1 rear brakes,ult disc serv is this really $660 worth of repairs, or am i getting more screwed than most people do in mechanic type situations ?

everyone needs a little help sometimes. don't let pride get in the way of accepting what you may really need to get through a tough time; chances are, what your friends or family are doing for you comes just as easily to them as did the help with which you last provided them . tune in tomorrow.

i used to have a type, then that type changed, then it changed again... now i no longer have a "type" at all. works out very well for me - i can see something attractive in lots of guys .

i thought you knew what you were saying; that's why i didn't use any smileys, myself (i was giving you credit, even though i didn't have any basis for doing so ).

o - i remember your face now. your sig doesn't look like you at all; was it shot in an atm mirror or something? weyes confused ... anyway, it makes you look like a scrawny teenager - entirely inaccurate.

ah, yes. the new math.

i guess i'd say i like it equal, 'cause i like to switch back and forth. a bit of play-wrestling in bed is always fun . and i like being about the same height as a guy, 'cause it makes me feel like we're a good match .

ummm... is there a better picture of you around, ghhhhhost? the one in your sig is hella sketchy and must not be doing you justice, or something ...

everyone has his/her off days; it's not fair to hold people to the standard of "the best they can be" every single day. this daily practice of flexibility is simply the acceptance that none of us is perfect, and makes for a more comfortable and pleasant exisitence . tune in tomorrow.

the next episode's supposed to be 2 hours long . boggles the mind...

sounds good to me .

i've only seen an episode and a 1/4 or so, but i did see the scene where evan and sarah had dinner and evan revealed his ignorance in the world of pasta. it was obvious then that sarah thought he was an idiot for not knowing the difference between ravioli and any other kind of pasta. "uh, yeah, but what's inside? like, is there meat in there, or what?" in her explanation ("that's ravioli, this isn't ravioli .") sarah really took on a tone that was condescending, and i can't quite say that i blame her. the only reason she'd stick with this loser is if he's got the moolah. how are they gonna fill 2 hours next week? there are gonna be loads of commercials, i guess .