Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 | 9:57 p.m. | Spamera?

messer. k-: well hell, i must be off to the cac, i have to make a can of spam into a pinhole camera for tomorrow
strange hours: mmm. spam camera.

Monday, Jan. 19, 2004 | 8:07 p.m. | Adventures On Ice

new entry on the list of Incredibly Stupid Things I've Done That My Mother Is Aware Of

i had my first off-road experience the other day. though truthfully, it was "left, right, up the embankment, back down the embankment, sideways across both lanes and back onto the shoulder" experience. i'm also pretty sure that somewhere in there i mowed down one of those reflector posts that marks the ends of driveways. mmm. winter driving. nothing like it. nothing at all. after i sat on the edge of the road in quickening white-out conditions (on top of slush, on the side of a mountain) i looked in my rearview. the cars behind me looked like bumper cars, only they were tercels and accords. if i hadn't had so much adrenaline in me i would have almost laughed.

i now have learned what the four-wheel drive is for and when to use it. intimately.

but i'm fine, the jeep's fine. we just need a few things re-aligned.

and you may surmise that there's a whole other list of astoundingly stupid things i've done that my mother does not know about. and don't go sneaking off and telling telling her about them either now. i've given her enough grey hairs.