The last few months have been rather entertaining I must admit. Last I had blogged I believe I was slugging along for the most part, work, sleep, eat and so forth. Kind of a rut, which I feel has to one degree or another been broken by a rather unexpected event. My not-birthday. Now I say it like this for a reason which will be revealed in my riveting rendition of what occur ed and the back story required with it.
Well wife Meg had gotten a part time job working for a real estate agent so that she could be considered to be working "in Alexandria" for a scholarship application. I know, we're sneaky AND classy at the same time. Needless to say the informs me that she has to go in for a follow up interview for the job, and wants to take my car instead of hers cause she's gonna hit up a yard sale on the way. Me thinking nothing of it shrug it off and give her my keys. Now things started to raise a few flags when she gives me the old "Ugh, you're car is so dirty lets get it detailed. i don't wanna give a bad impression at this interview." Now this seems reasonably legit, though why everyone would leave the interview to oggle my car I have no idea, but hey, what do I know about selling real estate. So she leaves and I do my thing, and research partner Joe comes over to help me with my alcohol and video game research when Meg gets home. And she is all like "There is this crazy thing outside". So I'm like "Cool, what is it?". Meg: "I can't really explain it, you need to come outside." Me: "Um, how about you try to explain it cause I'm busy bettering the world right now." Meg: "No, seriously, I can't explain it, there are like no words. You will be impressed and agree." Me: "No, seriously I don't think I can stand up right now. I'm a six pack deep on research right now and even if it is impressive whatever it is I will probably see two" Meg: " Get up and come outside" Me: "Fine!" *Falls over*
Needless to say we make it outside and she wanders me and Joe over to the gym which is behind a big fence, where there is a big Yellow Jeep with a big red bow on it and balloons. She then starts blowing one of those noise maker things and saying happy birthday. It is about this time that I think my wife has fallen off the wagon cause A) My birthday is 6 months away, so she is either doing something really weird or really needs to start using a calendar, and B) where the hell is my car.
But as it turns out, woman done stole my car, sold it, and bought me a Jeep. Bravo Meg. (Side Story, Meg and I have something of an unofficial competition going on to see who can surprise the other the most for their birthday (side side note: I don't think she knows this, this is kind of what I think though)) so we have each done the surprise birthday party thing for each other but now she holds the title for not only getting me a car (everyone should get a car with a bow on it at some point) but also giving it to me 6 months away from my birthday. I think next year I'm gonna need to up my game and chloroform her so she wakes up in Spain. If we continue like this by her 33 birthday I'm gonna have drugged her for 9 months so she wakes up with a baby. We're classy people, what can I say.
But it is amazing getting this car, cause I'm the kind of person who was raised to never really get anything for themselves. The mentality I was given is "If you have a functional *insert thing here* (that's what she said) then you don't need a new one" Which is rather a terrible way to live one's life. I would NEVER have gotten this for myself. You should always factor that personal happiness has its own monetary value. In short, does saving the money not buying version 2.1 of whatever it is you only have version 1 of make up for the lack of happiness you feel? It also helps that a couple of our Friends work at the dealership so it worked out very well without breaking the bank.
So now I have a yellow jeep, and where before I would drive down the road and people would honk, and cut me off, and be generally insane and lower my sense of awesome, now I just smile, and stare up at the sky with the top down on the Jeep and wave at all the other jeeps I see. Note: I'm not weird and creepy, Jeep Wrangler people do this. It's sort of like a wave saying "Go you, you also got a Jeep. Have a great day!" Kind of a nice pick me up. Except about day 2 I had the jeep I passed a Jeep convention that was just letting our and waived at about 50 people. My arms were tired. ....(That's what she said). Man I overuse that ....(That's what... okay I'm done now.)
Funny Patents:
This one just looks a bit wrong:
http://www.google.com/patents?id=vJ_HAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
Cause sometimes you're in the shower and just need to blow your nose. This defies the laws of science!
http://www.google.com/patents?id=ri2DAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
This is the best one I have seen in a LOOOONG time. It is exactly what the title says it is, and look through the pictures to see it in action.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=v8OYAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract#v=onepage&q&f=false
