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Now that I’m home my big plans for the night are to watch the finale of American Idol. There is no effing way that Blake can win this. No way, he is pathetic. No fucking way. If he wins it I’ll think the show is fixed. So it’s gotta be Jordin. She’s got a beautiful voice (except she wasn’t doing too hot last night – sounded really nervous). I guess I’d be pretty nervous if I was 17 years old, singing for millions of people, and in the final two of who wins and loses. Hell, I guess I’d be pretty nervous if I was 50 and someone asked me the time of day, never mind singing for them.
I just got home from having a bearing replaced in my car. The guy who fixed my transmission told me that it would cost me $500. I think he was talking about replacing them all – he must have been cuz otherwise, WTF would cost $500? But the mechanic last night said just one needed replacing and so I brought it in to be replaced. That was gonna cost me $150 plus labour at $60.
Instead, and you know there’s always an instead, while they had the wheel off they could see that the balljoint also had to be replaced – and it did, it was like a rubbery thing moving around there. So I also replaced one of the ball joints, which was another $45 plus labour. $290 was the total, so guess who’s into their overdraft again. Is it you? Of course it isn’t, that would be me, with a week and a half left to go til payday.
The funny thing about my car is, as I was driving home and came to the red light, I felt this vibration in my brakes. I broke again after I turned but the same thing didn’t happen. But as I pulled into my driveway and stopped, the vibrating brake pedal. I do have ABS brakes but I also had new brakes put in, when was it, a month or two ago? I’m wondering if this phenomenon can be caused by the back brakes. Whatever it is, I’m not liking it.
However, with that said, the bumps on the road feel less on the right side of my car. Isn’t that fabulous? It won’t be too fucking fabulous if my brakes somehow give out. I guess I’ll have to take the car back to ask what’s going on. You know if I do that it’s probably going to cost me a brake job on the rear tires. I can’t afford to drive safe.
Today is my girl’s birthday. She’s the big 14. 14. pffft. 14′s still a baby. Hear that, my girl? 14′s still a baby.
And what do you say to a baby who’s turning 14 today? You say Happy Birthday. And then you do the usual drill, you know, like singing happy birthday to her. Baby.
In my usual style, prepare yourself for some singing that’ll never make it near American or Canadian Idol (lucky for you).
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Female, taken, fire, Sagittarius, Monkey, Toronto, two kids, one grandson, IT.
55
is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
Happy birthday to your 14 year old.