2009 in bills

As 2009 draws to a close, one more big-ticket item had to break on me. My camera, which took more than 4,000 shots in 3 years across 14 or so countries, busted its screen this weekend.

In a year of car towing, engine blowing, check frauding, punk jumping, root canaling, hard drive crashing, iPod dying and snail eating, a screen cracking was not a big deal when I heard it burst.

But maybe it's because also in this year I've been to Hawaii, Disneyland, Lake Tahoe, Hearst Castle, The Grand Canyon, Union Square, DC, Vegas twice, The Grand Del Mar, Muir Beach, Santa Cruz, Wente Vineyards, Dolores Park, Shaiya's engagement party, the nursery, my backyard, Golden Gate Park and three new years parties.

Happy Holiday Party

So last night was the office holiday party. Let me just say it was the biggest shitshow I've been to in a long while (including Athena's wedding, where JoNelle and I were the only ones to make scenes).

Various coworkers were out of it or belligerent, particularly at the after party, but I'll spare them by not mentioning any deets here.

I will however, as a service to myself, update my list of cars driven. Throughout the day I had 3-4 glasses of wine (it was a long day) so I became the designated driver and had the opportunity to drive the 2009 BMW, which was a manual that handled swimmingly, and the 2006* Subaru, which are both now listed below.

2008 Dodge Caliber (rental for work)*
2008 Mustang (rental)*
2009 Lincoln Towncar (rental for work)
1994 Saturn SL2 (my car)
2000 Ford Focus (Jeff's car)*
2000 Saturn SL2 (mom's car)*
1985 Ford F-150 (dad's truck)
1992 Saab 900 (mom's old car)*
1990 Taurus station wagon (mom's old car)
1983 BMW 318i (Athena's old car)
1996 Buick LeSaber (Grandma's car - I took my driver's test in this one)*
1995 Nissan Altima (Driver's training car)*

2006 Volkswagen Jetta (Narges' car)
2008 Saturn Astra (Jon's car)
2003 Saturn Ion (Jon's old car)
1985 Ford Bronco (Nick's car)
2005 Toyota Echo (Nick's old car)
2002 Saturn SL2 (Jessica's car)
1998 Honda Civic(Kate's car)*
2000 Saturn SL (Dana's old car)*
2006 Mazda 3 (Dana's Car)
1999 Nissan Maxima (Matt's (possibly old) car)*
2004 Nissan Sentra (Mary's car)
2009 BMW 328i (Melanie's car)
2006 Subaru Outback (Ginny's car)*

1993 Honda Elite 80 (My scooter)
2004 Suzuki SV-650 (Mike's bike)

U-Haul (small box) to LA - June 2006
U-Haul (medium box) to Bay Area - August 2007
U-Haul (F-150) to Woodbine St - June 2006
U-Haul (F-150) in LA - Summer 2008

2000 Ford Aerostar - New Flower Van*
1990 Ford Aerostar - Old Flower Van*
Long panel van - Rented flower Van

1995 Honda Elite 50 with a broken front shock (test drive)
1996 Saturn SL2, fuchsia (test drive)
1974 Ford Bronco, so cool but gas guzzly (test drive)

Sexpigeon has infected my thinking

One day, when I open the door to the office bathroom and the lights have been off due to inactivity, as they flicker on I know I will find a dead old man sitting on the toilet.

I'm always mentally prepared to check his pulse and dial 911 on my cell phone, but will I pull up his pants for him?