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Scott update

2:42pm Wednesday 16 May 2001

From: sally
  To: rob
Subj: el arreglar del coche
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:50:03 -0500

Querida Roberto,

Robnugen.com reports that Scott broke down! Did you
get him fixed? What was wrong?

Oops!

That's one thing about journals; stories written in realtime may not be mentioned after their resolution!

Scott is fixed. He had a sore distributor cap and rotor thing. That was replaced. While we were at it, he got a new valve cover gasket, which should keep him from leaking in the garage. (We do still have cardboard on the floor though in case another leak appears.)

All for the low low price of $700 or so. (including $100 to determine what was the problem with stalling in the first place.)

arrrggh

9:53am Wednesday 16 May 2001

Arrggh!

I reported to everyone that I could get into the building with a simple piece of cardboard, which is the technique I resorted to after I could not get a new electronic card after mine broke and our landlord refused to replace it because it still functioned, but wouldn't attach to my keys. That's the part that broke.

So I cut a hole in the card in an attempt to make it work on my keys, and I destroyed its functionality in the process.

The POINT is, that I am PISSED that I have to but a fucking new card because they wouldn't fucking replace the one that broke, not through neglect but through normal fucking usage and *AND* I didn't have to fucking tell them I could get into the building.I don't think it's appropriate for anyone but our landlord to get me a new fucking card.

10:27am

I talked with Karla who helped me understand this "problem" from different perspectives. Helped me realize that I'm just hurting myself with my anger.

I will pay the thirty fucking dollars for the card and I will devise a technique so amazing, so flawless that I will never lose the card, never allow it to be scratched or marred in any way. I will frame it elegantly as art when I leave the company, and when I'm old and give away all my possessions, I'll give away the frame and keep the card in my treasured scrapbook.

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pente

10:17 pm Wendesday 16 May 2001

My dad came over tonight, just to talk and hang out. This was our night to hang out as a make-up for the night he didn't hang out very long though I left KTRU outdoor show to hang out with them.

This night we talked about work stuff and relationship stuff and the counseling Wende and I are doing.

Then I was all, "we can play Pente," and he goes, "I'll whup your butt."' And I thought eeep as I ran upstairs to get the game.

Turns out he hadn't played in 15 years, and I whupped his butt 4 out of 5 games. and I helped him in 3 of the games, and he won one.

After the fifth game, he was all, "have you been whupped enough yet?"

Yeah.. I'm thinking so. not!

Big hugs and I walked him out to his car.

Now Wende and I are going to go out to eat!