| | Current Music: | smashing pumpkins - siamese dream | | Subject: | new car | | Time: | 08:27 pm |
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| i purchased a 2006 nissan 350z. got a good deal ($21k and only 13k miles, plus 4.99% apr for 66 months.) no pics of my own yet, but there are dealer pics here.
i was hoping for a 2007 Enthusiast but i got an 06 base. saved a pretty penny and only lost a little bit of power. (20hp, no torque, to be exact.) its not the fastest car around. a mustang gt can outpace it in a straight line as well as any BMW x35 (that is 135i, 335i, 535i) built in 2005 or later. A Pontiac GTO, or an SRT8 charger and of course the still reigning king of muscle cars, the 03-04 svt mustang cobra will all destroy me. but as far as cornering goes i have the whole lot beat, only to be outdone by either an S2000 or rx8. and neither of those have the power.
not that any of that matters though. i have yet to take it above 75, nor do i plan to. i do not race other motorists, and i never hope to subject myself to such idiotic antics. i love the body style, i love the interior, i love the way it sounds, i love the way it drives. i have nothing to prove. i have a car that, for 21k i couldnt be more happy with.
unfortunately, i can not get garage parking in my building. i am not necessarily worried about it getting stolen, as it has an alarm and i am getting lojack installed soon. i wont keep anything valuable in it. most of my living stuff will be in my escort since that will remain my daily driver. however, i am worried about vandalism and rocks flying up from the rock damaging the paint, finish, wheels, windows etc. i cant really do anything about that except park on side streets but there is another issue. that being dust, dirt, and pollen.
being black i need to do a lot of up keep to make sure it looks nice year round. i got a car duster, some Ice car wash, and mequiars wax. ill dust daily if possible, especially with plants in full bloom and wash a couple times a month.
i got a radar detector, for the times i plan on having low speed fun on tight roads, where the speed limit is even lower. or for the times when i go back on my pledge to stay away from silly antics and high speeds. i need an iPod adapter installed. i was going to take it to best buy, but i decided i would have the dealer do it. id much rather have people who were trained on other nissans do the work than some schmuck who practices on 91 acura integras.
modifications are on hold. possibly wheels by the end of the year, but i like the wheels it has. as far as performance upgrades go, i need some tickets to drop off my record so i can afford the increased insurance. if i choose to do anything at all, that is. | comments: Leave a comment   |
| | Currently, I am researching automobiles to buy. My target purchase date is June or July. the top prospect is looking to be a 2006 Nissan 350Z. With the possibility of a 2007. A 2006 Infiniti G35 is a possibility. There is an outside chance that I will end up with a Mazda Mazdaspeed6. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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lol i dont have a view though, im on the bottom floor. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | i ordered something for someone and i dont think it will get here in time for her bday. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| | elliott smith and alcohol before work? what am i doing? fuck being anxious. scared? excited? nervous? what is going on? | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Current Music: | railsplitter | | Time: | 02:32 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/shock.gif) and upset and anfry at myself |
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| | why am i so bad at proceeding past "friends?" i want to be 22 emotionally. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | jacob and i jammed today. we got the bass riffs down for one song. sweet. he's really stoked on the sound, but i wanna do a little more thrashy stuff. oh well. its fuckin rad anyway. we need a practice space so dan can get his drums set up again. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| i have wednesday off. Lost. hell yes.
i caught a fake ID on thursday. guy was trying to write a stolen check. saturday someone with a fraudulent key chain credit card and fake ID came through. stupid. I didn't catch either person, they booked as soon as i picked up the phone. but in both instances i was able to hold on to both the ID and credit card/check. the same police officer took both reports from me. kinda silly.
i want to convince sara to stick it out at the apartment until the end of the year. last year i only made 21k. id like to buy a house or condo, and i wont be able to get any kind of loan with a supposed 21k annual income. i'm on track for about 35 this year and that should land me a nice loan. but i really dont want to move some place to sign a 6 month lease, and then moth again in spring of 08 to buy a house. itd be nice if, when i leave this apartment, i leave to a house that i can live in for a while. i suppose, that if sara and taiga move out when the lease is up, i can go month to month by myself. it'll be 850, but i can afford that. hell, if i couldnt than i have no business talking about a house. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| At least I wish that I wasn't. It's sometimes a good feeling to completely shock my co-workers when I reveal that I am in fact 21, and not reaching my late 20's. The position I hold is not one many people people under 25 are privileged to. The responsibilities that go along with it are seen as too intense and just too much in general, for someone who has yet to live even a quarter of their life. And in fact, other than courtesy clerks and helper clerks, there is not one person who works at the Milton Safeway who is younger than I am. If I had to guess the average age of our checkers, it would be in the mid 30's. Our deli clerks, barring the deli manager and assistant manager who are in their 50's, are between 25 and 35. The other PIC is over 30 by at least a few years, as is our 2nd assistant manager. Yet I am not their subordinates. I am their peer and colleague. And I am in fact, 21.
I am barely old enough to buy alcohol. I have friends who live with their parents. I've been independent for just about a year. I don't have a career. I have a job, albeit a job that seems to have me unofficially contracted for quite some time. Aside from being the manager when the real manager or assistant is not in the store, I am the safety coordinator. That is a job by itself. And in one year, I am the third to be given the honor of being safety coordinator. Between that and running a grocery store that makes about 35,000 dollars when I'm in charge, I seem to forget that I am essentially, a kid, three years removed from high school. Emotionally, I am still no more mature than even some people still in high school. Yet most of my coworkers seem to think I am older than I am. Sometimes I feel like I almost share the sentiment.
My current thoughts are on condominiums. More of an investment than my previous thoughts on buying a car. I could do both and be debt free by 35. 35. My mom bought her first house well into her 40's. My dad, 55 in June, has never owned anything worth more than his current 2002 Pontiac Gran Am. Both are in debt. But I hate my job. My apartment is not a home (with no offense to my roommates.) Getting my feet off the ground in graphic design stresses me out as much as the possibility of working at Safeway when I'm 35. Few things bring a smile to my face.
My cats curled in a ball or rolling around in the sun is enough to make me stop what I'm doing and just watch. But I think they won't have the same home for more than a year at a time, and the smile fades. I guess my cats don't really care, as long as I'm there, there foods there, and they're both there together. I can play guitar. My current project which has gone nowhere is possibly the biggest Converge rip off ever. But like I said, it's going nowhere, like every band I've tried to do, probably because of my own actions. Regardless, it's as if anything that brings joy brings stress.
I know life will never be stress free, but I am only 21, and everything about my life seems to be a contributing factor in my unhappiness. It seems I'm stuck between trying to prematuraly become an adult and stick to living a life where my worries are what to eat and what video game to play. It's not a rock and a hard place, its a pillow with no rewards and a fucking scary place with a hell of a lot of prestige. But fuck it. I am only 21.
Fuck this entry. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| it's been quite a long time since i was on myspace. but i guess this is livejournal. is this place still cool?
GZA, Iron and Wine, Ben Folds, Carcass | | comments: Leave a comment |
| gradutated school. dont have a portfolio. dont have shit lined up for jobs. pretty much, i wasted the last 2 years of my life, and probablu wont ever get a job as a graphic designer. current thoughts: go back to school and get some sort of degree involving writing. fuck that sounds really appealing. ugh. yeah. i am young. i have a good fucking job that will support me for a few years while i make my decisions. this idea sounds better and better as i type it. i need to research some colleges and what sort of classes i could take.
i live in tacoma. its weird. i like it. a lot. its a cool vibe. sweet commute to work. but strangely enough i still miss graham. i think its just living on my own that i miss. that was sweet. and having my neice come down every day and yell "Unkie!" was pretty much one of the brightest spots of any day. the lease is up here in october and taiga wants to look for another house. i like living with them, and would like to go with them, but i have had enough moving. and these "houses" these "kids" get never seem to last more than a year. i want a steady home. i might move back to graham.
i start PIC (supervisor) on sunday. 11 - 8 as middle management. ugh. scary. weird. liberating. money.
Talib Kweli, End of a Year, C-Rayz, Cryptopsy, Unmerciful. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | the chances of me being a PIC at Safeway are high. Very high. Hello, 18 dollars an hour! Hello, 3500 a month! | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
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