Smokey Sunbird, oh sweet smokey Sunbird
I tried to resist it, but I had to blog. I know I've been on this anti-blogging streak (pretty good so far... laziness>blogger!) but seeing as it's the last day of classes today I HAD to say something.
It's the last day of classes!!! OH BABY!!!!
*ahem* Now that that's been taken care of... Unfortunately, what would have normally been a glorious day for Slacker Nation (tm) was semi-ruined by the fact that my car has lost most of its coolant. This morning on my way to class at one in the afternoon when I parked my car, green liquid pooled up beneath the vehicle. I couldn't do anything about it then and I had to get to class so I just left it and went downtown as per usual. When I came back up, driving home proved to be the wackiest time.
At first things seemed okay... I knew that the car was bound to heat up drastically eventually so I just tried to get back as quickly as possible (not by speeding but by taking the most direct route home). At some point when I was on the highway, thick noxious smoke started spewing out of the front defogger air ducts. As a reaction I immediately rolled down the driver-side window all the way (which wasn't that easy to do while going 90-100 km/h on the highway at the same time); fortunately this turned out to be really smart because it enabled me to see out the front windshield. The passanger side of the front windshield was completely 'fogged up' by the steam of the coolant. Half wanting to stop the car and get out so I could breath properly, I persisted and continued to drive all the way to Highway #7 on the 404. Its pretty cool to notice the H U G E berth that other cars give you when you have white smoke billowing out your window. Its like I have the lane to myself!
The needle on the engine thermometer was at the highest red point by the time I got off the highway. As I drove the couple blocks to my house and watched as the needle climbed
beyond the red point, I silently wondered what happens when the engine gets too hot. Being an artsy, no realistic ideas came to mind (an explosion, tires flying off at high velocities, an explosion, the engine falling out, the hood of the car flying open and smashing my windshield, car bouncing like in hip-hop videos, an explosion...). Either way I made it home and parked the car outside, running inside to take a shower, eat food, and take a nap. No reason to let a measly potential car explosion ruin a good day I say. No worries I say, cause that G is still looking good!
And in conclusion... IT'S OVER! (for school)
p.s. For those that care (there are few of you) the Montreal blog will be posted shortly (probably next). It will be dated Jan. 26, since that's when it was actually started. I know, its sad. And here's a spoon for you too.
p.p.s. I just noticed this post is 3 months to the day after my last post! I'm so awesome.
