A rare event

It use to be, that phrase applied to my dating life. Indeed dates were rare for me because I was so picky about who I went out with.

Tonight, I am at home, alone, at 7:00 PM. I am almost at a loss at what to do now. Jawana and I have spent so much time together since we started dating, that not being with her this time of the evening is just a little weird.

I guess I can do some catching up on the video work and guitar stuff.

What did you say?
A couple weeks ago she asked, "Did you hear Sean Hannity today?" I was shocked because she's not into talk radio. Contrast that with me, who listens to talk radio 8-hours a day, every day.

Sunday we were driving down the road, and she busted out with, "I was listening to some guy named Clark Howard yesterday, have you heard of him?" To me, that's like asking, "Have you ever heard of Michael Jordan?"

I'm happy she's attempting to listen to these kinds of shows because there is so much that can be learned from these guys. For example, she informed me about the State Farm Insurance Company towing problem… where if you have your car towed, they will basically drop you as a customer if you have their towing package.

From a financial standpoint, this is in an incredibly complex world. In order to avoid making bad purchases, you must have knowledge about what products are good and bad. Listening to Dave Ramsey and Clark Howard goes a long way in winning that battle. Speaking of bad purchases....

Stupid Tax
When you do something that causes you to lose money, it's called stupid tax. Unfortunately, my girlfriend has paid some of that over the past few years when she purchased a new car. What's worse though, is she chose to purchase a Chevrolet Malibu: aka complete piece of garbage. You would not believe the problems this car has had. Hers is a new 2001 with 100,000 miles. Contrast this with my problem-free used 2003 Honda Accord with 100,000 miles.

Late Sunday afternoon, we drove all around Decatur looking at cars/SUVs/vans. Yes… I said vans. We walked over to the "new" vehicle side, and I was just floored by the prices. $25K or $30K for a van? I think not.

She said something about wanting a bigger car because it would be safer (we were looking at Honda Civics at that point). I was like, "All cars these days are basically plastic. It's not like the old days where cars were made of metal." I don't care how many airbags you have. An airbag is not going to stop the front end of that car that has just run that red light and is about to hit you in the drives side door at the 4-way intersection. The only thing that's going to stop all that momentum and inertia is a solid piece of reinforced metal. Not a fluffy airbag and some fiberglass panels.

Anyways, not sure what she's going to do about her car. She really does need to get something else though, because it is freakin' fallin' apart at the seams.

The Miss Universe Pageant
For some reason last night, Jawana had flipped over to this tv event. I was sitting on the couch watching it, and I'm not sure. . . . but I didn't think any of the final 10 were really all that attractive. Miss USA was kind of cute, but other than that I wasn't impressed from a looks standpoint. One of the finalists had "Crazy Eyes", and it seemed to me like they all had fake smiles. I hate fake smiles.

Can you taste this?
Last night, after a delicious dinner with my parents at O'Charley's, we headed to Dairy Queen in Hartselle for some dessert. Jawana and Shayla got ice cream sundaes. When we got back to the house, Jawana began eating hers and she said the chocolate didn't taste right and she wanted me to try it. I took a small bit of the chocolate ice cream, and my face wrinkled up a like prune in the middle of summer. I'm not sure what had happened to the chocolate ice cream, but I almost lost the vanilla I had just ate. It was NASTY. Add that to our restaurant experiences from last week.

I guess I need to add an Ice Cream Maker to the list of things to get for the new house.