Yesterday, I yapped on and on about my problems at school and I completely forgot the other things. (This is just one long whine fest….please bear with me for now.) On 2/9/02, I decided to finally get my oil changed again (after, oh…5 or 6000 miles or so…bad considering I usually do the anal every 3000 miles). Low and behold, the mechanic who changed my oil discovered that my intake manifold was leaking coolant. Now, I had no idea what that was and still do not know what it does, but the cost to fix it was nearly a G…yes, a thousand dollars…my God! Anyway...I guess small leaks can lead to bigger leaks and cost even more thousands. So, the first open appointment they had that coincided with my schedule was on Tuesday afternoon, after work (the same day the electrical funny stuff began to happen).
I dropped off my car and was able to get a rental because some warranty of mine still allowed for $30 in car rentals. $30 meant that I was getting the low end of the totem pole…a Chevy (formerly Geo) Metro. This car was a deathtrap waiting to happen. It was slightly smelly on the inside (even though there was air freshner freshly doled out, it did not cover the ashy smell of a previous occupant) and more than a little dirty (well, the moldings did not look shiny enough for me anyway). Most egregious of all? There was NO POWER STEERING!!! That sucker, I don’t care how small it was, was hard to drive, especially when I’m used to having power steering at all times.(I know, I am spoiled…always had cars with power steering…yada yada yada…)
When I dropped it off the next day, I was so glad to be out of that vehicle. Now, I admit that the service at Enterprise was not bad. They were very fast and amiable and they drove me to and from the car dealer.
Well, that was what I wanted to add to yesterday’s blog…

Oh, I wanted to thank my friend, Will, for fixing the problem with my blog. The entries were all displaying down the left side below the links in a very long narrow window/table. Now, it is all better (imagine saying this last sentence with a little kids voice).

Now, last night, some friends and I went to a comedy improv show at the Bayfront Theater at Fort Mason in San Francisco. I must say that the act, 3 For All, was quite good. There were 3 improv actors, 1 effects man on a keyboard (it was a simple keyboard which had sounds and controlled the few lights above) and the background was just several pieces of white backdrop boards in various areas of the stage. This was much more improvisational than the one in Florida where they had props and such added to it. These guys had you imagine most of everything, including two skiers tumbling down a mountain behind an avalanche (which was imitated by fingers…very funny…) All in all, a good show. The theater, however, needs to fix their bathrooms. There were tons of Women’s bathrooms with big signs and 1 Men’s bathroom we could find which was down another hallway with other rooms so was listed at a bottom of 6 or 7 other labels instead of standing by itself. Hmm, since most of our group was guys (5 as opposed to the 3 girls) we had to seriously hunt for the bathroom…disturbing!