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Cake day: July 30th, 2023

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  • I put a gun to my head, ready to end it all.

    Woke up in a hospital. No drugs involved.

    I drove myself there. The gun was in the glove compartment. Apparently, I self admitted through ED.

    I remember NOTHING from gun to my head to waking up in the hospital.

    Not sure if that qualifies as near death, but I think I was.

    I am better now. That was years ago, I came close again recently, but this time I have answers about myself and a place to start.







  • As Kongar said, I agree, the new car is an suv. Which… Is by and large not great, but also what’s an SUV now?

    When I was a kid by parents had one of the original Nissan Pathfinders. The one with the spare wheel that swung away, definitely 4wd, and so forth. OJ Simpson ran from the cops in a white Bronco.

    Those were SUVs. Today’s monster Expeditions and Suburbans are SUVs.

    At introduction, the Subaru Outback was a station wagon. Now… It’s an SUV? I have a 2022. No, it’s not small, but I have a kid and we use the trunk space and the awd all the time. Winter sucks here, and there are dirt roads. But to me it’s a car. But on paper it’s an SUV.

    I am sure there’s a real distinction, but… Next to a Tahoe or a Grand Cherokee it is absulotely not an SUV. It’s a car with awd and a beefy-ish suspension.








  • Chrysler 200 as a rental after someone smoked my Civic, and I waited to get a new one.

    The car was… Jiggly? Like the suspension was unsettling, the brakes needed getting acquainted with lest you rear-end someone, and the steering had too much play. It wasn’t enough play to convince me something was wrong, it was just shit quality.

    No power. At all. Getting on the freeway was an adventure in noise and hope. Everything lagged. Fuel economy was garbage too.

    Looked stupid. And my Civic si that replaced it, the econobox with a hot engine, had a luxury interior in comparison, which is saying something.

    Horrible car to add to a horrible week.