Well, it was from me riding the damned clutch when I know better than to do that. That's what is making me cranky. I was just so focused on getting unstuck that I let that slide. Stupid clutch is only 5 years old. At least the death of that one wasn't my fault. I'm ok with (well, resigned to ) things just falling apart because they have a finite life, but ...Rrrg. This is $500 of stupid.

Yeah, no.

I'm shocked! Just shocked! The linker of things best left unlinked!

Since you have AAA, make sure you ask if you can a discounted rate on a rental. But what Matt said; you should be able to get a car for a few days pretty cheap ($40/day actually sounds high to me for around here, but it's been a while.)

Last winter, after we totaled our car, I think we got a car from enterprise for 29 bucks a day.

If you have a way to get to the airport, I've gotten good deals off Hotwire. But at least here, they're only at the airport... Edit: Nevermind, for this weekend in Balto, they only have "Premium" cars at $40/day anyway.

I am incredibly tired. This week at work has been mad draining. But yet, I need to neaten the house before my parents get here.

{{sarameg}} Sometimes clutches are just crap. I had one car that lost 2 of them. The mechanic started with a "ever drive a standard, lady" attitude, then changed his tune and bitched up a storm about what a shit clutch it was.

I hear that Paris Hilton is having her birthday bash this weekend in Vegas.

There is some NBA/Celeb type thing in Vegas that is on my tv at the moment. The boys tried to get me to look at CarrotTop playing basketball. I refused. Dude that plays Turk is playing too.

eta: What Jesse said about airport rentals. I've always found them the best deal.

Yeah, I'm getting anything from $18-30 base quoted online from the places nearby (and I've got rental coverage on my credit card, so I can waive a lot of the add ons.) I'm gonna try the locally owned one first because they claim to do free acquisition/de-acquisition service and that would be such a relief.

This was just in Salon. It's a freaky animation of Nicole Richie wasting away.

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I think the other two (Kate Bosworth and Christina Ricci) are even freakier.

Christina actually looks good skinnier (at her best midway through the transform), but I wonder where her tits went.

Sometimes clutches are just crap. I had one car that lost 2 of them. The mechanic started with a "ever drive a standard, lady" attitude, then changed his tune and bitched up a storm about what a shit clutch it was.

Yes. This. When we bought our last manual transmission car, a friend kept telling me I'd have to replace the clutch at some point. Clutches can just go bad.

I hear that Paris Hilton is having her birthday bash this weekend in Vegas.

Can't wait to see the drunken photos on The Superficial.

I think the other two (Kate Bosworth and Christina Ricci) are even freakier.

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. I can't imagine being perfectly tiny and adorable and then letting yourself waste away like that. When your sternum looks like a xylophone, you've got a problem.