My friend Laura from NY just IM'ed me. Since the router has been down, I haven't spoken to my friends all that much. So for good times sake, I pulled out my Asian copy of Richard Marx's Greatest Hits. I have got to order the Japanese version of Days In Avalon. It will probably be a birthday gift to myself. 
Memes! Mems! (You have to say it like a Conehead!)
1. Front or rear wheel drive? Front wheel.
2. Car or truck or van? Car.
3. Fancy or utilitarian? I'm a middle of the road person.
4. Power or manual windows/locks? Power windows/locks.
5. Small econobox or giant luxo cruiser? A nice size sedan will do.
6. Factory or aftermarket radio? Factory.
7. Lease or buy? Buy. I love to travel and being allotted certain miles per year does not suit me well.
8. Perform own maintenance or farm it out? Farm it out.
9. Hi-test brand name or cheap-o fuel? Enmark might be the cheapest fuel in Savannah but it's a very good fuel in Savannah.
10. Run-it-till-the-wheels-fall-off or a new one every two years? My family was a wheel-fall-off family but after 9 years of our van and the trouble with my car after only having it 1˝ and only 53,000+ miles on it, I'm rady to get a new car as soon as I can.
1.) What would make you just give it all up, or if there isn't anything that bad, how come? Well, since I am no longer employed, I wish I could run away but I'm in school at the moment. I have to make up 4 courses at this school. After that, who knows what will happen to me.
2.) What in your life gives you the most satisfaction, or a sense of purpose? Can you explain why? I wish I knew. When you fnd the answer, please let me know. I feel good when I'm in the classroom learning. I feel good when I'm watching a baseball game.
3.) What is it you don't have, that you've absolutely got to have? Japanese version of Days In Avalon at the moment. The lovely, handsome, boyfriend with the wonderful brown head of hair will have to wait until after I get my college taken care of to a managable level. 
Posted by Shawn at October 1, 2002 9:38 AM in General, This-or-That Tuesday, Tuesday Too.
This or That
1. I have to be impossible. 4 wheel drive.
2. Again, look i'm going against the tide..tee hee. a
Jeep Wrangler(yes, like in the Angelia video).
3. Who says it can't be form AND function? ;)
4. Power, baby!
5. I don't want to drive a tank! lol. Nor do I care to drive something so small(ie Geo Metro or the new Beetle) that it'd be like squeezing as many people as you can in the phone booth.
6. Factory
7. Lease right now because my mom could just buy me one(hell, my bro's 21 and has been driving an Audi since he was a senior in high school). OR I could lease-to-buy because it would be ALL my own.
8. Farm it out.
9. Well, brand name or not, fuel's gonna get massively expensive(and scarce if we piss off S.H.)the way things are going in the M.E. So as long as it's not defunctory fuel and gets me from pt A to pt B without making my car break down or spontaneously combust, then I've no problem choosing something that isn't "brand name".
10. New one every two years. And I'd donate the car to a domestic violence shelter.
Tuesday Too
1. Nothing makes me give it all up. There have been several times where I needed to be talked down from the edge but I don't give up on anything that is important to me. I'm famous for starting and never finishing creative projects or launching ideas and not following through because I'm distracted BUT if it's something that means something to me, I don't give up.
2. Running gives me the most satisfaction and a sense of purpose. I've wanted my journey to the Olympics since I was 5. It became even more important once I realized what my life was going to be like. It gave me something to strive for, something to stay healthy for and something to want to live for when things were so bad. This is going to happen for me. Furthermore, I want to set a positive example for every abused child out there so they know that giving up and blaming poor choices on an abusive childhood is NOT an option and it is not strength. I need to be able to try to do this. It is the only way i can explain why I had to go through all of what I did.
3. A gold medal at the Games...but that will come. I'm workin' so hard. ;) A gold medal won't take all the pain of my past away but it sure as hell will make me smile and probably cry tears of joy and pride on the 1st place podium when i am singing the national anthem. My purpose in life will have been fulfilled.
Posted by: misbah kyrene f. at October 1, 2002 1:01 PMI want a Jeep just like in "Angelia" too. Shame that color is so passé at the moment. 
