October 7, 2005

• Grand Touring Injected

  
  

  It has come to my attention that some of you are unaware that there is a new, fully redesigned Volkswagen GTI coming just beyond the horizon. As a dutiful VW owner, I feel it is my duty to insure that all of you are aware of this, so that I can twist all of you into VW fanatics.  In anycase, here it is:

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  In the first picture, the one immediately to the left of the new 2006 GTI is pretty much what my GTI looks like (down the color). I could start gushing about how much more improved the new GTI is, how much better it is, and all of the goodies it'll come with, but I feel like I'll lose most of you somewhere in the midst of that. So let's just say it's an awesome little car and leave it at that.

  
  

  I'm going to own one of those new ones someday. Shh, don't tell my GTI. She might think I'm cheating on her. But I mean, it's not really cheating, right?

  
  

  And, here's a sneak peak at the new R32:

  
  

  

  
  

  You can thank me later.

  
  

  And now, back to our regularly scheduled post:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Lessons I Learned From a Squirrel
  Inspired by emjay83

  
  

  Years ago, before I ever owned the GTI I drive today, I was pulling out of my driveway in my '86 Chevy Blazer S10 to head somewhere or other (I don't really remember where I was even going). It was autumn and cold outside, and freezing rain was coming down. I wasn't even a few feet out of my driveway when all of a sudden a squirrel literally dropped from the sky and hit the pavement in front of me. I immediately tried to stop to let it scurry away, but the poor thing must have broken its leg from the fall, because it was running frantically... in circles. Well, I had enough time to slow down, but not enough time to fully stop or swerve to avoid it (especially since it was running like a maniac round and round in a circle), so I unfortunately hit it.

  
  

  Imagine for a moment that you are that squirrel. You're trotting along, running across power lines, minding your own business. You've never had a problem doing it before, but today, the freezing rain is making it slippery, and you lose your footing and fall. That's bad enough on its own, but unfortunately for you, you fall not onto soft grass and dirt, but onto rock hard pavement, breaking a few bones in the process. You know the road is a dangerous place, so you attempt to run for it, but the almost unendurable pain coming from two of your limbs tells you that they're broken. That might explain why you're going in circles and not getting anywhere, but you don't have time to think about how to get out of this mess, because right when you thought it couldn't get any worse, here comes an SUV headed right for you. In panic, the only thing you can think of to do is run faster. I mean, it's always worked before, right? When a car is coming, you make a mad dash for it and pray to your squirrelly ancestors for protection, but today that only seems to be making you go in circles even faster. And right before the Blazer squashes you into road pancake, you ask God, "Why me? Did I do something to anger you? I was just minding my own business. I don't deserve this."

  
  

  Sometimes even though you hope for the best and plan for the worst, things take a tragic turn towards disaster that you never could've possibly seen coming. Sometimes, even though we put forth our strongest effort and sincerely, earnestly work our hearts out, it just all seems to go awry at the worst possible time, despite all that we did to be ready. These are just the circumstances life throws at you. There is no explanation, no reason, no justice in any of it. We seek answers as to why, but really, there are no reasonable answers that will ever be enough to satiate your appetite for truth. It's just that sometimes in life, bad things happen to people who don't deserve it and often in the worst possible way. We just have to cope as best we can, and move on with our lives, because time stands still for no one. Just pick yourself back up and keep moving forward, along a different road if you have to.

  
  

  Unless of course, you've just been made into road pancake by a large car or truck, in which case, one is forced to wonder: how are you reading this?

  
  

  *Note on Pictures*: I may or may not draw one today, but if I do, it'll be later because I seriously need to take a nap. Waking up at 3:30 am isn't fun. I have to admit, in retrospect, I'm not too happy with yesterday's picture, even though the subject of the picture (boolyuhwoo) seemed to like it. I might have another go at it. I'm pretty sure I can do better.

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