Happy fun crazy update time

There will be a big honking mp3 (and possibly .avi) post coming soon, and due to the amount of stuff involved, I'll probably put it behind an ultra-rare FO post. For those that read this but either don't have an LJ or have one but stumble in occaisionally, you'll need to Make Arrangements. For those that I have on my friends list but not the other way around, you uh... don't know what you're missing.

( Fun with the Cardboard Shrine )

Stuffage happened, I guess. aichan95 is back in the repair shop for now, because of that pesky rear-ending from last month. And right before that, yamikochan had inspection done. Interesting story behind that, about getting home after dropping the first one off. It involved a local friend that worked in the area on second shift (vampyre_miyu, you know exactly who I'm talking about), and I asked her to pick me up at the garage after she got out of work, at 11PM. Well, 11PM becomes 12AM, and it turned out that she simply forgot. Lemme tell you, that was the darkest three miles I ever walked. The moon and stars were all covered up by clouds, and whatever ambient light that was there was from the sporadic light mounted on someone's house. Being in the middle of nowhere, I wasn't worried about someone mugging me, but it was all the nocturnal wildlife that had me slightly concerned. So if I heard something, I'd simply growl. And since even during the day traffic was rare, walking down the middle of the road wasn't an issue, since I could literally hear any cars a mile away. It's not to say that it was unpleasant, as the brisk walk certainly refreshed me, and there was absolutely nothing like looking at a vast open expanse of field and seeing possibly hundreds of thousands of fireflies all blinking on and off.

Lately I have been watching something called "Ai no Epuron" ("Apron of Love"). It is a cooking show. It's like Iron Chef, much in the way that there is a theme ingredient and judges deciding which dish is better, but exponentially more insane. Whereas Iron Chef was about highly skilled chefs doing battle in the kitchen, Apron of Love is about pop stars pretending to be able to prepare food. Once in awhile, one or two of them show their skill and produce something edible, but it's more entertaining when they produce something that isn't. (I suspect one of them intentionally screws up for entertainment's sake.) For the judges, one of which is typically a guest celebrity himself, fear is the appetizer and disaster is the main course. At least when something simply can't be eaten, they have the option of spitting it out. I'm getting as much of this show as I can. It's a riot.

More random car stuff: I made a trip to a junkyard to get a couple things for Ai-chan, parts which I was directly responsible for breaking in the first place. Brandywine Auto Parts is much easier and nicer (and cleaner) than any other junkyard I've had to visit. (Especially the one that my dad used to go to for Chevy Caprice parts.) If I bought the parts direct from the dealer, it would have been over $700. $120 for the pair is a lot better. There's a few other things that I would still get straight from the dealer, such as gasket material or specialized light bulbs. But that's what Honda's eStore is for.

Ok, today is Saturday and I should pretend to do something. I am inclined to fire up a playlist of anime to watch all day, while supplying myself with a big sandwich or pizza or something similarly yummy. There's a bunch of shows I need to catch up on, and some new ones that are coming out that will be subject to my opinion.

Right then!