Routine

This is my view as I drive home along Altadena. That's only half the days; usually I go up Allen, and occasionally up Lake. Altadena if I need gas and am feeling loyal to our friend Mohammed at the gas station, who's a nice guy and always remembers me and asks after me and my mom, Lake if I'm in desperate need of cheap gas. Tomorrow? Maybe.... I've actually been needing gas for the past couple days, but it's reaching the point where I no longer just need gas, I NEED gas. Like, the pointer is hovering over the red line on these uphill trudges. But hey, my first real breakdown, that could be exciting (not emotional, I've had those already. I'm talking out-of-gas-BREAKDOWN on the side of the road HELL).

Though I'm well on my way to traffic misery: today I accidentally stopped on the railroad tracks (even after my mom had a license plate that read "Don't stop on railroad stops - City of Covina" for at least 7 years of my life), in front of a long line of cars that had been moving (I know, that's what they all say) until, of course, I was perfectly on top of the tracks, my front tires across on one side and my back tires on the other, for an unbearably long red light, as I looked first left, then right, then left, then right and so on and so forth, awaiting impending doom and hunching down in my seat so that I could watch for trains while being as invisible as possible to surrounding cars (none of which, by the way, were on the railroad tracks.... yep, just me, all alone, the stupid one).

But by far the worst car trouble I've ever had or will ever have occurred just this afternoon: the tape deck in my car has eaten a Beatles tape I had, and will neither eject nor play it - this being mere hours after I complained that I don't have a CD player or a functioning iPod. Fate, I swear it hates me! I've lost the tape, I've lost the use of my tape deck, I've lost the theoretical future use of one of those iPod tape things, if I ever get another iPod (if I can bear to take that emotional risk again), I'VE LOST EVERYTHING! At least Gary Bryan in the mornings is always with me; though they definitely weren't playing any music this morning at 7:57, and I was having some major problems with that. Tomorrow: gas, Starbucks, oldies, TGIF, how can I state that more strongly! I LOVE YOU, FRIDAY!

I saw The Lakehouse again today after work..... heh, I am so addicted to Keanu Reeves movies! Man, he's not aging too well, though (don't get me wrong, Keanu, if you read this! It makes you more real and lovable that you've got that double chin, and that scar on your upper lip that never quite turned back to your normal skin tone..... not that I spent WAY too much time staring at your face, or anything). Anyways, so long as I don't think too hard about the whole space time continuum thing, and how she's altering her past by making Alex fall in love with her two years ago, then I love that movie. Definitely the best part is Kate's birthday, when she's dancing with Alex and that Paul McCartney song, This Never Happened Before, is playing. Not that the rest of the movie isn't great and sappy and romantic, too, but that part is definitely way, way above. Snaps to it.

I have revealed so much about my life by now, you should all be able to STALK me!

Please don't.

posted by Holly @ 10:57 PM