I want to take the truth without a lens on it

[sovay]

Today can be summarized entirely by the fact that I attempted to leave the house this afternoon to run some errands including for my parents and not only had the battery in the car died sometime within the last forty-eight hours, it turns out to be just a young enough car that the death of said battery left it exactly one manual rather than electronic point of entry which in the absence of working—to my immense frustration, since the entire point of having a key is that it turns in a lock—rendered it impervious to jumpstarting until AAA arrived and jimmied the window so that I could get into the car and pop the hood to hook up the jumper cables, after which it was too late for me to run most of my errands even though I needed to drive the car for an hour to make sure it didn't just sputter out again. I have a consolation book from my parents, Marilyn Ann Moss' Raoul Walsh: The True Adventures of Hollywood's Legendary Director (2011). Anything else that was supposed to happen this afternoon or evening did not.

Comments

[umadoshi]

The universe has GOT to give you a break, dammit. A huge and extensive one.

*hugs and sympathy*

[sovay]

The universe has GOT to give you a break, dammit. A huge and extensive one.

I'd take it!

*hugs*

[choco_frosh]

this

[chanter1944]

Oh, jeeeeeez Louise! :( *hugs offered* Anecdotes like these make me glad all over again that I am legally ineligible to drive.

[sovay]

Oh, jeeeeeez Louise!

*hugs appreciated*

[gwynnega]

Argh.

[sovay]

Argh.

I know there are all sorts of automotive safety reasons I am less likely to die in a car of the current vintage, but I really miss moving parts made out of metal which worked whether the computer had zeroed itself to January 1, 2000 or not.

[nineweaving]

Sweet suffering catfish! Just let up, world.

Great consolation book.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

Great consolation book.

It looks terrific. I opened it randomly and got a great anecdote about most of the main cast collaborating with the director on the script of The Roaring Twenties (1939). I just wanted not to burn up my entire day on the car!

*hugs*

[yhlee]

AUGH sympathies :support support:

[sovay]

:support support:

*hugs*

[pameladean]

Whyyyyyyy, car, whyyyyy? The book sounds great but you should have good books without sulky cars.

P.

[sovay]

Whyyyyyyy, car, whyyyyy? The book sounds great but you should have good books without sulky cars.

This is an excellent point and I shall submit it to the universe in quadruplicate.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh no!!!

I am glad there was at least an interesting book, but still. ♥

[sovay]

I am glad there was at least an interesting book, but still.

I am confident we would all have survived without the excitement.

*hugs*

[mrissa]

big uff da

[sovay]

big uff da

Thank you. At least the car started this afternoon! And did not give out on its rounds of errands! I was worried!

[asakiyume]

Sounds like the sort of day that needs to be put in a box weighted with bricks and sent to the bottom of a river.

[choco_frosh]

Oh NOOOOO!

(I have a portable jumpstarter, but it sounds like it wouldn't have helped in this case...)