they took my car away tuesday morning. it would only go 30 mph on thursday, and even then it was redlining pretty much the whole time. that evening, i found out it had no reverse when i tried to leave the library with jim z. i still took him to tahramy's for movie night ("the fifth element" -- hell yeah!) and drove him home. what a day. dad took it to the mechanic friday, it was pronounced dead saturday morning. if it was a cartoon, kids would've gladly been in school instead.

the tow truck arrived just as i was leaving for work, so i didn't have time to snap more than two shots. here's the "better" one. the tiny figure in the background is the currently despised mother figure (yay for "uncle buck" references!).

rip in time and space, you great 1986 mazda 626lx. i still think the guy who created "lilo and stitch" named the alien after you.