I forgot to tell you guys... the other day when I was asking for advice about my late-paying roommate? It was because Mom had asked how things were going and when I told her B was behind in the bills she said, "have you asked the Buffistas what to do?"

Mom's hip to the Hivemind!

Curse the internets! They will not let me see new Teppy hair!

shakes tiny fist

(Am most entertained by The Boy's enthusiasm for blondeness. Validation much?)

Erm, don't. Seriously. I have a strong recollection she doesn't like others manipulating her image. I could be wrong, but better safe than sorry.

Oooh, no no no. Bless you for speaking up, but I assure you that my sense of self preservation is much stronger than that. You think I'm going to let a little thing like being on the other side of the planet let me get cocky about pissing ita off? No siree Bob!

("I iz in ur cupboard, sharpening mai wepunz." "Oh hai. I keel u now." "I can haz sens of humor breakdown?")

Incidentally - I gather it's a no on the ideas-for-things-to-go-in-singalonga-sound-of-music-goodie bags?

Fay, I almost encouraged such an endeavor once upon a time, without realizing it was so NO, which is why I spoke up. I wasn't aware at the time. I felt bad, and just didn't want anyone else to fall into that puddle.

Suzi, why a Taurus and not a Japanese model? Just curious.

I think it was more the price that inspired her interest. She has $3,000 to spend right now and I can't contribute until I get the house sold. Of course, she wants a car NOW. So......yeah.

Teppy is Tep-a-licious.

I treated myself to a mani-pedi after work and feel marvelous. Add in the TJ's shopping spree, resulting in raspberry brie filo in my oven RIGHT NOW, and I'm a pretty happy camper.

Oh, I thought I posted, Fay. Oops. How about a needle and thread?

...I have to say, though, that the LOLita is still reducing me to tears of laughter.

If I were less lazy, I would make LOLcats with ita-ish phraseology in catspeak, and pictures of my cat looking badass. And use a nice gothic font. Except - I am too lazy. And also, when my cat is being badass, I am busy backing off from his mad ninja skillz (or else being all 'Bring it, bitch!') to remember to take photographic evidence of his whacky feline attempt at the hakka.

I think it was more the price that inspired her interest. She has $3,000 to spend right now and I can't contribute until I get the house sold. Of course, she wants a car NOW. So......yeah.

A quick search on Craigslist shows a lot of late 90's Hondas in the 2500-3500 range. I encourage her to get a Honda or Toyota instead of a Taurus. They last forever and rarely break down. I put over 200,000 on my 1992 Honda. I would have put another 100k miles on it, but I wanted more space for the dogs so I got the Forester.

I second javachik's suggestion of a Honda or a Toyota instead of a Taurus.

Thirded.

Also, the hair looks great, Tep! Truly makes you glow. Well...the hair and The Boy, I guess.

If she has the Taurus vetted, though, I wouldn't discount it out of hand. We had one last over 120,000 miles with no problems (until the very end).