Surfergeeks

As I write this, my desktop weather widget is telling me it’s 21° outside. For all you people that can’t quite grasp metric, that’s 70°. Not too bad for April. I took Alex outside today in his little car and sat it beside my car while I cleaned out the backseat, floor, and trunk. Then I moved him to the backyard while I did a bit of work back there moving and repositioning a downspout drain and one of the satellite dishes. Such a beautiful day out. I would have done more out there but Alex was starting to get a little cranky out there. I think he was bored.

We’re taking my car in on Monday to have a couple new tires put on it. I’m also going to get the muffler fixed and an oil change. While Nikki’s car is in a bit better shape than mine (no thanks to some asshat trying to break into my car last year and royally fucking up the driver’s door lock) it will be much, much easier to load Alex in and out of my backseat. We’re hoping that late fall/winter we’re going to trade both cars in on a new car. Fingers crossed. I’m itching to test drive the forthcoming Saturn Aura. I’ll also test drive the Saturn Relay while I’m there. We haven’t really decided which direction we want to go: sedan, SUV, or minivan. Each has it’s plusses and minuses. Here’s the list of what I’ve decided to test drive for CERTAIN: the above two Saturns, from Pontiac: G6, Montana minivan, and the Toyota Matrix. If I go the SUV route I’ll definitely testdrive the GMC Envoy/Chevy Trailblazer EXT. I don’t like the Saturn VUE so that one’s out. It’s a while off yet though, so we’ll see. What vehicles would any of you suggest I test drive??? I know that one of my visiter’s, Phronk, drives a SMART car and as much as I’d LOVE to have one of those, I just can’t see it be a very useful family car; especially considering the fortwo model only has two seats and no room for the kid…

In other news – I’ve created a separate blog for my poker exploits. BIG news will also be posted here, but if you want to bore yourself with the mundane poker shit head over to Robbie Robb’s Poker Blog. Bookmark it bitches!