Farewell, Isabell Impreza. Godspeed.

This is…was…my lovely Isabell, in her glory days.

Look at that parallel parking job. That’s what all-wheel drive and being a boss can do for you. And by being a boss I mean switching from forward to reverse and back thirty times. Details.

However, this…this is Isabell now…

That’s what happens when you get t-boned into a median wall at 50 or so miles per hour. We won’t get into the gory details of that (other than 0% my fault my once), but I will say that the diagnosis of Isabell’s condition is now official:

Total. Loss.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I liked that car! I liked that car a lot! It was so much fun! You know what kind of insanity you can wreak upon your poor passengers in a tiny little car with all-wheel drive and the turning radius of roller skates? I could take a clover leaf exit ramp at fifty and pin my friends against the windows while I giggled like a little school girl. Glorious!

U-turn in a street without backing up? Done.
USB radio with Bluetooth connectivity? You know it.
All white exterior with a gorgeously clean cream interior? Can I get an amen? AMEN!

Oh – and side curtain airbags so I merely bruise my face against a pillow of air instead of putting my head through a window? Yeah, check. Never buying a car without those again…Seriously…

And it was so young! We had so many more good times to have! I mean, we already had some good times in it. Well…not THAT good of times, nothing I can’t put in here without triggering my little cousin censors. Still, there was passing out in Isabell after hanging out with my Second City friends in Chicago, driving up to Minnesota where Gimpy the Younger somehow managed to get only 20 MPG out of Isabell while I always managed to get 30 plus (usually closer to 34…how fast was he going?), or driving to Wisconsin while everyone found out I had a Taylor Swift CD in my car…Darn good times.

But perhaps the most interesting aspect of this story is the timing of it all. I owned Isabell for only one year, but it was hands down the craziest and most influential time of my life. It was the sort of year where you lived for one, aged for five, and grew for a decade’s worth. And it was always nice to have Isabell to return to after whatever insanity I was running through. So here’s to one damn good car. May she find herself in the streets of automobile heaven, where they never have to salt the roads, the lights are always green, and there’s no stop signs for miles.

And she can take all the 35 MPH curves at 55.

State of the Blog Address – 6/9/13

It’s been far too long since I’ve been here.

Not for bad reasons this time! I started this blog back in October because I’ve always wanted to do it, and I constantly found myself in an ambitious writing mood with a LOT of free time. So it came quite naturally. ALL the time. But now…I’m…

I’m kinda busy.

Softball twice a week, Second City classes twice a week, hanging out with friends and stuff all weekend…I’ve found myself in the exact opposite state I was in a year ago in Brazil, IN, where I was excited for Friday nights because that meant Friday Night Fights was on ESPN.

Yes, you read that correct. I was excited for Friday nights because that meant I could stay at home and watch TV.

Ugh. I missed out on so much life back then…

Anyways, the point is, I don’t blog as often as before because I’ve got too much going on right now, not because of some other crazy thing going on in my life. But there’s good news! I’m losing my second Second City class in two weeks, I’ve got at least six blog stories in draft mode now, and the tons of random people that keep running into me and asking/talking about this tiny little corner of the internet reallllllllly make me want to add to this blog….and I will.

After all, this is vacation, I have tons more free time, and I’m getting more material than you would believe. Two days in and already there’s the insanity at Perkin’s, the water bottle grenade toss that soaked my pants for the remaining six hour drive to the resort, crazy story time with Grandpa (he got the duck drunk? Really?), Coca-Cola Hiroshima, nonstop wrestling action…and it’s only a day and a half in. We should really auction off a guest spot to pay for everything. But sincerely, I do plan on updating this blog at least twice by the end of this week, and more often in the future once all this insanity passes. So do keep reading, I’ve got a LOTTTTTTTTT of stuff to talk about, a lot of laughter to spread, and I do love it when people read and provide feedback…

So until next time…Thank you…and enjoy!