2009 October | The Habitation of Justice

Leaving New York, $1500 Poorer

Lincoln Adams | October 31, 2009 @ 10:54 pm

So what started out as a $20 oil change eventually turned into a $1500 job to fix my car. :crying: :wall: :hang:

I stumbled out of the dealership, pale white and in a daze, wondering if this is what it must have felt like to have the life force vacu-sucked out of you by The Mummy, right before he tosses you aside like so much smelly garbage.

There was no avoiding it though. My brakes needed replacement or they wouldn’t pass inspection, and I had to deal with a power steering leakage that cost over $500 to fix. The rest were jobs I had been planning to get done anyway (like a battery replacement), and since my wallet was pretty much getting molested enough as it is, I figured I might as well get it over with now.

But gees. :blink:

Well on the upside, I totally have a legitimate excuse now not to get anyone Christmas presents this year.

After I spent the morning AND afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese (don’t judge me), my car was finally ready to go, and I made out of there like a bat out of hell. I seriously did not want to be out and about on Halloween, because people have been acting bonkos crazy nuts lately, especially out on the roads. Who’s cutting me off, who’s blocking my exit, and one guy in front of me who STEPS on the fricking brakes in the MIDDLE of the interstate where everyone is going 70 at least, and then just continues on la lee da?? You know, I bet that’s why I needed new brakes too. Mother pus bucket…

Yep, I think I am just about ready to leave New York for a few days. I’d make it forever, of course, but the umbilical cord that is my job would eventually reel me in sooner or later. Sigh.

Ah well, hanging out with the Amish might be just what the doctor ordered. It should be a therapeutic experience, especially now that I”l have a chance to go and laugh at them for riding horse carriages and not owning iPods. Who knows, maybe I’ll even pick up a hot Amish babe currently going through Rumspringa along the way. :naughty:

Tags: Amish, car, chuck e cheese, crazy, dealership, halloween, job, new york, Pennsylvania
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How I got snowed by an old lady

Lincoln Adams | October 31, 2009 @ 12:42 pm

So I was in Panera Bread last night, relaxing and enjoying a bagel sandwich (that I brought from a real bagel shop), when a nice old lady approached me and began to sign in ASL. She had seen that I was hard of hearing and wanted to know if I signed too. Since I had normal hearing otherwise I told her no, but that I’d like to learn it some day (particularly with a smoking hot deaf biddy willing to sign very naughty things to me, but I omitted that part.)

We had a nice conversation, and she turned out to be of normal hearing. It was actually her 18 year old daughter who was deaf, and since her daughter had also seen me as I entered the cafe, I guess they must have been curious about me.

So the lady tells me she has a few free DVDs in her car that were educational videos for those who were deaf, but wanted to learn more about the Bible. In addition to using closed captioning, all the characters would sign in ASL too. I thought it was pretty cool, and I was happy to meet someone who was a Christian, and better yet, someone who would truly understand what it’s like to live with a hearing loss.

She went to her car, came back and gave me the DVDs in a brown bag, then asked me if I was interested in getting a few more to pass around to any deaf friends I might have too, she’d be happy to send them to me by mail. We chatted for a bit more, and then she left.

The DVDs were completely innocuous looking, like something you might find at a typical Christian bookstore. Then I happened to look at the very fine print to see who published the materials. “Watchtower Society.” :wideeyed: Jehovah’s Witnesses?!?! Oh no! No, no, no, nononononononono!! :wall:

I had just given a JW my mailing address, and unwittingly invited an army of religious salesmen to my doorstep to give me no end of grief. God only knows what I’m gonna get in the mail now too. All because I had let down my guard just a little bit because of a sense of camaraderie I had with a sweet old lady. Why, why, WHY do I slip up like this? GAH!!

Sigh, I guess I’ll need to wire my doorbell with a few thousand volts of electricity today. Just in case.

Tags: bible, camaraderie, christian, conversation, cult, deaf, educational videos, hearing, hearing loss, jehovah witnesses, panera bread, Watchtower Society
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