Well, crap.
Jul. 28th, 2003 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moonwiseCheck engine light is on in the Passat again. My husband is writing up a letter to VW claiming that our car is a lemon. This causes me great Otakon anxiety, since the car may or may not be ready for the 7th. *sweatdrop*
On the up side, rentals are a possibility.
It's such a pain in the ass. The car has been in for the check engine light three times in as many months. I don't pay for it because it's under warranty, but if it wasn't, the cost of repairs along with the monthly car payment would be worth a Mercedes. I really don't want to get rid of the Passat because it's such a pretty car, but my Acura wasn't nearly this much trouble. I don't know whether to blame VW or the federal government's emissions restrictions, but there are an awful lot of new cars out there and I highly doubt that THEY have to schlepp into the dealer every month to replace one of the 220+ things that can go wront with the car.
The Anna Williams outfit is coming along nicely. My Big Accomplishment of the weekend was learning how to install a zipper, albeit not very professionally. Putting the zipper into the side of the pantsuit was another story. It took me three tries to baste it in properly, and then I forgot that I'd used a different stitch in the seam at the bottom of the zipper. So, when it came time to open the seam, I ripped big holes into the seam allowance. @_X Fortunately, it was fixable, though that seam looks a little funny. No helping it.
Up next - make fur trim, sew fur onto gloves (phew, gloves I bought already) and make hat. Make armbands and cheat at necklace. Make matching bag out of scraps (perhaps.) Go Go Kenmore!
I finished Neon Genesis Evangelion over the weekend. Comments:
The amount of Kaoru X Shinji fics out there must be staggering. (Randy: "I knew that Shinji kid was gay!" --This Is Otakudom)
Couldn't they just have stuck with the Newhart ending to the series? I could have lived with that.
On a more serious side, I think I recognize a lot of the elements of nonduality as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fireceremony has patiently explained to me over the years in the last two eps. I would have to watch them again to have it really sink in, but if I didn't know about nonduality, the end would have made no sense at all. As it was, the end was very provocative - a magnifying glass placed on one human's soul.
At the end of it all, I do feel bad for Asuka. My favorite character (of the kids) remains Rei.
Ritsuko and Gendo? That's just foul. He does seem to get all the chicks, though. Must have something... special about him.
I now understand why the Eva fans at our Anime Weekends were just about peeing their pants at "This is Otakudom." "Hi! I'm Marty!" "Hey, Eddie? When we get to the con, see if you can pick up some decent wall scrolls for the office!"
That's about all for now.
On the up side, rentals are a possibility.
It's such a pain in the ass. The car has been in for the check engine light three times in as many months. I don't pay for it because it's under warranty, but if it wasn't, the cost of repairs along with the monthly car payment would be worth a Mercedes. I really don't want to get rid of the Passat because it's such a pretty car, but my Acura wasn't nearly this much trouble. I don't know whether to blame VW or the federal government's emissions restrictions, but there are an awful lot of new cars out there and I highly doubt that THEY have to schlepp into the dealer every month to replace one of the 220+ things that can go wront with the car.
The Anna Williams outfit is coming along nicely. My Big Accomplishment of the weekend was learning how to install a zipper, albeit not very professionally. Putting the zipper into the side of the pantsuit was another story. It took me three tries to baste it in properly, and then I forgot that I'd used a different stitch in the seam at the bottom of the zipper. So, when it came time to open the seam, I ripped big holes into the seam allowance. @_X Fortunately, it was fixable, though that seam looks a little funny. No helping it.
Up next - make fur trim, sew fur onto gloves (phew, gloves I bought already) and make hat. Make armbands and cheat at necklace. Make matching bag out of scraps (perhaps.) Go Go Kenmore!
I finished Neon Genesis Evangelion over the weekend. Comments:
The amount of Kaoru X Shinji fics out there must be staggering. (Randy: "I knew that Shinji kid was gay!" --This Is Otakudom)
Couldn't they just have stuck with the Newhart ending to the series? I could have lived with that.
On a more serious side, I think I recognize a lot of the elements of nonduality as
fireceremony has patiently explained to me over the years in the last two eps. I would have to watch them again to have it really sink in, but if I didn't know about nonduality, the end would have made no sense at all. As it was, the end was very provocative - a magnifying glass placed on one human's soul.At the end of it all, I do feel bad for Asuka. My favorite character (of the kids) remains Rei.
Ritsuko and Gendo? That's just foul. He does seem to get all the chicks, though. Must have something... special about him.
I now understand why the Eva fans at our Anime Weekends were just about peeing their pants at "This is Otakudom." "Hi! I'm Marty!" "Hey, Eddie? When we get to the con, see if you can pick up some decent wall scrolls for the office!"
That's about all for now.
