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Well, then.

I thank everyone for their valuable opinions regarding the car thing, and let it be known that I have come to a decision. Not only have I come to a decision, I have acted on that decision, and I am the proud owner of one 2002 VW GTI. Picked it up tonight. I've actually been wanting one for the better part of a year, and there wasn't really any competition — the GTI is pretty much the only new car that meets my needs of affordability, looks and performance. I wanted to hear what y'all had to say first, though. Hopefully I won't have the electrical problems that Matt pointed out; I hear that it's the luck of the draw with the VWs. Oh, and as for leg room, Lemmy - no prob. Fits like a glove.

In non-automotive news, life is BUSY. This work stuff is, well... work! I've had what is easily the hugest, most complex Web project of my career thrown at me, and there's no ducking it; I just have to let it slam into me like that old movie footage of the goggle-wearing bald dude taking the cannonball in the gut. Nothing I can't handle, though — but I probably won't be having too much relaxation time in the next few months.

And finally, a good old-fashioned redshifter.org show report: Hey Mercedes/Saves the Day at Bottom of the Hill, SF... Here's what I have to say about it: put simply, Hey Mercedes needs to stop touring with Saves the Day, or as I like to call them, "The Partridge Family." Basically, the crowd was mainly comprised of squealing teenagers, many of whom could have cared less about the vastly more original Hey Mercedes. HM needs to get on the road with a like-minded band and play to those of us who remember Jawbox, not to a bunch of kids from Hayward who heard of Saves the Day on MTV2 and think the singer is cute. I'm not trying to sound elitist or pissy here; I'm just calling it as I see it, and it bums me out to watch a band with HM's potential play to a bunch of stone-faced teens who just plain don't give a shit.