2002.05.01 really geeky wednesday:

damn Diamond Comics Distributors. damn them i say! they're always screwing things up.

i actually decided to go pick up my comics today on lunch instead of after work as i normally do (for reasons you'll see in a moment), and after busting my ass and risking my neck (car trouble, long story) i get down there and the guy sorting out the new releases for the holds customers is like "sorry dude, Diamond fucked us today… we only got half our shipment." so here i am, having taken time to run down there to get my books on "geeky wednesday", and now i've just gotta go back tomorrow or Friday to pick up the rest of them. it wouldn't be so bad if Diamond wasn't the only comic distributor around, then I wouldn't have to deal with so much of this shit (because my comics shop would already be getting their books from a better distributor).

anyway, so the reason i had to go pick my books up on lunch is because… (drumroll please)… my roommate brax got paul & myself a free pass to see a sneak preview of the spider-man movie tonight! needless to say, i'm extremely excited. (but i'll try to refrain in the following days from posting about anything that might spoil the movie for ya.)

oh, and i think i've narrowed things down on the car shopping front to either a Honda Civic or a Nissan Sentra. i plan to go by one of the local dealers on my way home tomorrow to talk to a sales rep and maybe do a test drive. we'll see. i still haven't really made up my mind whether i'm just going to buy a new car, or fix the current one and keep it for another year… but that decision will have to be made soon.

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3 Responses to “really geeky wednesday:”

scott said:

honda civic. if you don't like your car breaking down on you, get one of these puppies. Did you know they have a new civic hybrid? crazy.

# May 1, 2002,

m@ said:

yeah, i've pretty much already decided that's what i'm going for… like i told Paul last night, i pretty much just mention the Sentra because i want to convince myself that i'm still giving myself a choice.

and yeah, i saw some into on the Hybrids… it's very cool stuff, but i think i'll wait until the technology gets a little more mature (and the power levels get a little heartier).

# May 2, 2002,

Nate said:

Power levels are fine on the Greenies. That's why they're hybrids. They're actually not Civics. They're built on a CRX frame and idea. The clean civic is I believe the HX, comes special to go farther below California standards, but that one actually has really low power. The Prius from Toyota is getting good marks too from Consumer Reports (nother hybrid).

Ah… commercialism… let the waves roll over you… mmmmmmmm…

# May 7, 2002,

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