NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - CHALLENGERS

Yes I know it was late
We were greeting the sun
Before long

And you live with someone
I live with somebody too
Leave it there

For safe keeping
One of the west village in plains
That was the custom
Come dawn

On the walls of the day
In the shade of the sun
We wrote down

Another vision of us
We were the challengers of
The unknown

“Be safe” you say
Whatever the mess you are, you’re mine, okay
If that is the custom
I’m down

Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na
Na-na na-na na-na na-na na-na…

Until I see you around
Until we clear the accounts
Leave it there

Leave it to us
We are the challengers of
The unknown

Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la
Oh-la, oh-la, oh-la, oh-la

RANCID - FALL BACK DOWN

Don’t worry about me, I’m gonna make it alright
Got my enemies cross-haired and in my sight
I take a bad situation gonna make it right
In the shadows of darkness I stand in the light

You see it’s our style to keep it true
I’ve had a bad year, a lot to go through
I’ve been knocked out, beat down, black and blue
She’s not the one coming back for you
She’s not the one coming back for you

If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend

It takes disaster to learn a lesson
You’re gonna make it through the darkest night
Some people betray one and cause treason
We’re gonna make everything alright

Well the worst of times, now, they don’t phase me
Even if I look and act really crazy
I went way down, she betrayed me
Now my vision is no longer hazy

I’m very lucky to have my crew
They stood by me when she flew
I’ve been knocked out, beat down, black and blue
She’s not the one coming back for you
She’s not the one coming back for you

If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend

If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend

If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend

If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend
If I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again
If I fall back down, you’re gonna be my friend

I’m sleepy … and stuck in training for another half hour.

Gotta make a run to the wine store on my way home to pick up a few bottles for CZT’s post-race BBQ tomorrow.  Then home to flop on the floor (since I have no living room furniture) in front of the TV, until I’m ready to go to bed.

Butternut squash ravioli and soup for din-din?

Can anyone give me a reason to do anything other than veg?

Maybe I’ll watch one of the movies I’ve been hanging onto for over a month now … Smokin’ Aces?  Le Petit Lieutenant?

Or maybe I’ll just watch … gasp … network television!!

So Kim just started a new job yesterday, working for McCann-Erickson, which is a division of the Interpublic Group. The Interpublic Group is a consortium of the world’s largest advertising agencies; Kim will be the Technical Project Manager (exactly what that entails, I haven’t a clue), working on one of the firm’s largest accounts.

She started yesterday. Today, she’s flying to Seattle to meet with the client. Talk about fast. When they asked if she had any “familial hindrances” that might restrict her ability to travel, they weren’t kidding.

I’m learning that buying older cars and trucks also means buying older cars’ and trucks’ problems. We’ve already had the timing belt replaced on the Trooper, more out of preventative maintenance than anything else, since we weren’t sure if it had ever been done. I’m told that a timing belt should be replaced every 60-75,000 miles. According to Intermountain Isuzu, the timing belt on my Trooper looked like the original one. Keep in mind that my Trooper has 132,000+ miles. It was definitely time to replace that, at about $450.00 parts & labor.

They also found a leak in the power steering line. So far the estimates are coming in between $275.00 and $350.00 to do that work. I’m still shopping around, though, to see if I can find anything less expensive, at least from a labor perspective.

I need to get an owner’s manual, a shop manual, and to gradually increase the size of my tool collection so I can take care of some of the more mechanical issues myself.

Thankfully, the dealer we bought the Trooper from replaced and balanced all 4 tires, 3 power window regulators, the glass in one window, the serpentine belts, the air and oil filters, as well as changing the oil as part of the purchase price. They should be sending someone out to the office today to do a windshield replacement as well.

And, according to Kim, our insurance ought to actually go down, despite adding a second car, because of the “multi-vehicle discount”. We’ll see what happens when I call Liberty Mutual later this afternoon.