On Happiness (598 hits)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (View user info) at 2005-03-01 23:36:23 EST
I have recently found my ride home from work taking an hour longer than usual. Wayne to Lodi is a 10 mile straight shot, but detoring around the lakes of Pompton and Franklin Lakes is much more satisfying.
Living in a shitty state, with few good friends, I have found myself finding companionship in an inanimate object - my new car.
In the past week, only one thing has changed in my life. My job is still shitty, my roommates are still metrosexual, and I'm still chronically obese. But I'm happy.
Its the little things that make me happy. Like how the windows go down a little bit when you open the door, so that when you close the door, there is no sudden increase in air pressure. Like when you tilt the seat foward, it automatically slides foward to allow for rear seat access. Like watching Varsity Blues and reminiscing about how we used to run shit back in highschool. Listening to Glory Days.
Downshifting out of a tight corner, accelerating, and power shifting back into 4th. Seat warmers on snowy mornings. Painted Brembo calipers behind 18 inchers.
I never had a ton of money growing up; consequently I never had any really nice things. I had enough to get by, but I never splurged, I always saved. For this I am thankful, because doing so allowed me to purchase a beautiful car at the age of 22.
Did I buy the car to get girls? Fuck no. Any girl that asks what kind of car I drive always got the finger and a cold shoulder. They still do. Did I buy the car because I like driving, driving fast, and driving fast around corners? Yup.
I hate it when people say "I like to have nice things," because people who say that usually care about having nice things for the wrong reasons. My landlord has a venitian marble dining room table which is beautiful, and I like it. But my hand-me-down butcher block table works just fine. Does food taste better off of it? My waiter-roommate just bought a 200 dollar pair of shoes. They look nice, but do they look 170 dollars nicer than my 50% off kenneth coles?
Materialism is one thing - one shitty thing. Fuck it, and fuck people who care about it. Why am I different than materialistic people, now that I have a nice car? Because I bought it for me. Not for you, not for some whore in a bar, but for me. I drive it, and enjoy myself when I do. I look foward to 7:45 am, because I get to drive to work. I dread 8:30 am, because I arrive at work. I look foward to 6:30 pm, because I get to drive home from the gym.
I believe in the sanctity of three pedals. If you have to ask why, then you wouldn't understand.
I dig sunny days and smooth curvy roads. I love my car. I love life.
My car has two front seats. But one is empty.
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-03-02 13:11:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I love to eat them mousies
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Mousies what I love to eat
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Bite they little heads off
da-DA-da-da-da
Nibble on they tiny feet
- Willie the Blues-singing Alley-cat
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-02 12:45:15 EST (#)
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Prove it.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-02 11:55:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-03-02 11:47:51 (#)
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it has 2 rear seats too, but they suck. i was alluding to...
never mind
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And that is exactly what I was alluding....what??? ;)
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2005-03-02 11:47:51 EST (#)
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it has 2 rear seats too, but they suck. i was alluding to...
never mind
Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-02 11:34:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-02 09:49:23 (#)
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"My car has two front seats. But one is empty. "
I'll be in it soon doll.
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Where the hell do you expect me to ride then? The trunk? I know, I'll get in a red wagon and ride out the back.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2005-03-02 09:49:23 EST (#)
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"My car has two front seats. But one is empty. "
I'll be in it soon doll.
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:59:13 EST (#)
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuck yeah.
Isn't that window thing cool? I love watching it when I shut my door, and you hear the window motor make that quick "rrrrt" sound. You know what I'm talkin' 'bout"
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:34:44 EST (#)
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I like reading your posts.
Submitted by Jungle_Jimanee (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:33:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-03-02 07:58:07 (#)
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nice ride, nice look on life...
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:18:31 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:14:31 EST (#)
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although you are right about your roomates.
sean has the best hair ever.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-02 08:13:50 EST (#)
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well written and sweet.
you are NOT chronically obese. get that out of your head right now.
Submitted by ess-arr (user info) at 2005-03-02 07:58:07 EST (#)
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nice ride, nice look on life...
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-03-02 04:24:19 EST (#)
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Dave- this is Tim's car.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/59973
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-03-02 04:13:45 EST (#)
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I agree 100%.
What do you drive Tim?
-Dave
Submitted by Lechuga (user info) at 2005-03-02 02:29:53 EST (#)
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Can I take it for a spin when we hang out in NH?
Submitted by Saxon (user info) at 2005-03-02 00:40:03 EST (#)
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Yes there is nothing like the car of your dreams. i dont normally link whore but thought this appropriate.
http://www.ubersite.com/m/53810
Submitted by algermetiphist (user info) at 2005-03-02 00:37:44 EST (#)
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My car just needs a new gas tank... and motor... and body... my car sucks, but it's so much fun to drive. My shoes cost me $12 at Wal-Mart, and I wear a size 15.
Submitted by MandaPanda (user info) at 2005-03-01 23:47:09 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
$200 dollar pair of shoes?
What.. the.. fuck. That's so cheap.
Just kidding! Wooo for Payless shoes!
That sounds like one spiffy car, but I love my car because it breaks down all the time. It's like a guessing game. Something major always breaks, and I still haven't gotten terribly upset over it. Yay for me for not getting psycho on my Ford.