Last night, Brian, Brian's dad, and I went to the Cleveland Auto show. That was quite fun. Let's go over what I got to do:
Sit in a bunch of cars, including...
$130,000 Mercedes
Porche Somethingorother
2008 Nissan Altima (the car I want when I'm done with my tC)
A bunch of Hondas because Brian is obsessed, heh
Mazda RX-8 and Miata... both really fun, Miata felt incredibly small though (maybe it is...)
Chrysler 300 (most leg room in the back I've ever seen... period.)
Huge annoying pickup truck
Corvette...
Subaru Impreza
And much, much more!

Of course, being able to drive them would have been better, but I guess they can't allow that, for obvious reasons. They did get close, though... there's a Jeep test track type thing where they drive you over logs, up 35 degree hills, through water, up, down, and all around. It was really bouncy, but there's no question that Jeeps can handle off-road stuff after that. And we got to ride in a Dodge Charger, too. They went 0-30-0 pretty quickly. They were showing off the brakes, but the acceleration was pretty fun too.

So, if you're thinking of going, it's pretty nifty. (and not too expensive, either... $12) The only thing I wish they had more of was concept cars. There were only 4 or 5 of them... impressive though they were, it would have been fun to see what Scion and Honda and them were up to, not just a couple Ford and Chevy things.

Well hmm. To start where I left off...

Last Sunday morning, my dad and I flew down to Florida to get the car. It was fun, and we didn't run into any strange problems. We pretty much signed the papers, paid the guy, and started driving. We got to Columbia, SC by Sunday night, then we had to go find a hotel. So, we checked in, went to sleep, got up, ate breakfast, and left (that is an inclusive list). Then I drove all day on Monday (didn't really want anyone else driving my new car, heh) and we got back at around 7:00 at night. The Appalacian mountains were fun to drive through... and now I'm thinking "road trip!" for next summer. But we'll see.

And then I had "Fall Break" on Tuesday, so I worked a bunch and then went to the Career Center for some advisory dinner thing. That was decent... after some snacks, me, the teacher from the program I was in, and a few other people sat down to talk about stuff to teach in his new class.

And then back to school on Wednesday... blech. Crazy Chinese calculus teacher only had 2 days to assign homework though, so it wasn't too bad. And now I'm in the library waiting for my Spanish class (we get a test today, whee). We're also eating some odd kind of spanish food after the test... corn, mayonaise, lime, and something else... but I forget what it was. I'm bringing white grape juice, just so I don't have to walk out with this really weird aftertaste still stuck in my mouth.

Hmm, so where were we...

College stuff... classes are going pretty well. I'm not flunking anything (yet). We have a Calculus test tomorrow, but it's open-book, and I'm not too worried about it. (though maybe I should be)

Last Sunday was my dad's birthday, and we went to "Wally Waffle", a brunch-type place where he always used to take Michelle and me when we were really little. Then I stayed up until 2:00 doing Calculus again. (I'll really have to work on that whole "not procrastinating" thing.) Next week, and the week after that, should be a lot easier in Calculus, as we have less than half of the amount of homework we usually have to do, for various reasons.

And yeah, I bought a semi-new car, a 2005 Scion tC (my dream car, pretty much) on eBay last Saturday. It's a bit earlier than I had originally planned, but the price was decent. So, on Sunday morning, Dad and I are going to fly down to Florida and meet the guy with the car, then drive it back up on Sunday and Monday for all 22 hours it'll take. "Mildly exciting" is an understatement.

Ok, back to the irritating 7-page English paper.

So, in my continuing obsession with pretending I'm shopping for a car, I went to investigate the Scion tC. All I can say is: Wow. The thing has two sunroofs, the rear seat reclines, it has 160 hp, and all the other features one would want. But it's only like $16,000. That's still way out of my price range, but next year maybe I can find one for closer to $10,000.

So, this means I'm no longer dreaming about a Subaru Impreza. And then there's Honda Civic, but if I can find a car like the tC for the same price... yeah.

So, this week I've just been doing ... hmm ... school! (Or things that distract me so I procrastinate, or something.) I hope to be done on Saturday, though. So with that, I guess I should probably get to work.