Ground Control.

I’m very proud of how often I’ve been updating Cassidy’s Vox. When I had WP set up on her domain I was never motivated to get over there and post anything. But the community atmosphere there at Vox is great. MySpace can BURN! BURN I say!

So, yeah. I know I haven’t been updating MY Vox or here at aflux but I had some silly drama going on in the real life and I knew no matter how hard I tried to keep it out of a post, it was bound to creep in. Knowing my tendency to be able to completely piss people off in 15 seconds or less I figured I’d just keep my trap shut. heh.

But it’s over now and all is swell and BEN GOT ME SUSPENSION FOR MY CAR!!

Story in short form:

We got some BBS wheels because they were a good deal. At the time we bought them we hadn’t yet decided to put them on his M3 or mine. So, I put his SSR’s on my car but they really didn’t look that good. They look HAWT on his blue car, not so much on my white one. So we figured, my car FTW.

THEN! Ben told me I’d have to have my fenders rolled for the new wheels to fit. And I’m blond. When we went to put his SSR’s on my car he was like, “Oh, your back’s are already rolled.” Me, “MmmHmm yeah, shut up and put the pretty wheels on my car!” THEN! I MYSELF tool the SSR’s off the car and put my stock wheels back on Monday and didn’t even PAY ATTENTION. BLOND!

So yesterday I took the GTI to work and he took my car to the shop because it’s pretty close to his work. When he got home this was the my 5 second inner dialogue:

OH! Pretty, pretty, pretty wheels! And LOOK! He got me a stud kit too! And the car looks…. lower? No, the wheels must have a MASSIVE sidewall, No the car is lower… OMG OMG OMG OMG HE PUT SUSPENSION ON MY CAR OMG OMG OMG !!!

It was an early birthday gift and the best gift EVER!! I think that by the time I got to work I had a nice pool of drool on my seat. It rides SO WELL. Good lord the way the car corners now is like… *swoon* It’s a bit bumpy, obviously, but the handling makes me forget about it in quick fashion.

So it’s official, my boyfriend is totally better than yours! ;P Really though, I have to say a MASSIVE HUGE thank you to Ben. This was WAY more than I expected for my birthday and the thought and time and SECRET YOU KEPT FROM ME BUT TOLD EVERYBODY ELSE… was amazing. (k)

M3 Updates.

That motor is no longer on the stand and has made it into the engine bay of Ben’s M3. I can’t really explain just how wonderful it is to see a motor in that car. Just. So. Wonderful. The downhill leg of the race has begun.

We put his old 18″ SSR’s on my car. What do you think? Too bling? I’m thinking about taking the center caps off to make them more “sporty” looking. Also, will Photoshop the car sitting lower like it would with suspension. That’s the only downfall to these wheels I think, because the sidewall is so small, the gap from wheel to fender is a tad too big really large.

And to end the post with silly cutness…

P.S. – I’ve redirected cassidystacy.com to her Vox account since I actually seem to be updating it there. Vox is fun. Death to MySpace.

Why I love this man.

He’s willing to (virtually) pull my Dad’s finger.

From: Benjamin
To: Mike, Cherie
Cc: antigone78@gmail.com
Date: Aug 18, 2006 8:26 PM
Subject: I thought of you

Mike, one of my friends found this, and I immediately thought of you

http://www.unclephilly.com/images/pmf.swf

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Thanks,
Ben

The best part is that he pulled the finger at least 10 times. Then, came back to it about five minutes later and pulled it some more. I’m fairly certain that if Ben ever asks to marry me, he totally has my dad’s blessing.

Cast.

This is the closest I could get to a picture of the cast. If she stops moving sometime in the next six hours I’ll get a better picture. Right after I get on my hands and knees and cry sweet tears of joy.

It’s not fair the amount of energy she has. Can’t. Wait. For. School. To. Start.

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P.S. – I swear that cat isn’t as freaked out as he looks. They were dancing. He’s the most tollerant animal ever, I swear. AND! When did he get so big!?

Vox

I really thought long and hard about what to do when it came to ranting about work and having a “private” place to blog. A lot of people suggested LJ but there are a few reasons I don’t want to use LJ. One being that I really don’t LIKE LJ and the only reason I have an account is to comment, read other blogs. The other is because I don’t want to call attention to other blogs. That’s vague. But the people will know what I mean if it applies to them.

I recently started seeing people handing out and asking for Vox accounts so I decided to check it out. But instead of asking for one, I just applied directly through the site and figured if I got an email, then it was meant to be.

So my accout is all set up as well as one for Cassidy and just starting out, I can see why it’s become so polular so fast. Unlike other networking sites like MySpace, you can’t go all out with customization. Some people see that as a drawback but I see it as an absolute plus. No blinkies, no horrid music accosting you when you check out a profile, you don’t have to get up and find something to do while the page loads, no lime green text on lemon yellow blinking backgrounds that cause your eyes to spontaneously combust into little balls of firey pain… Really, I could go on and on and on.

It has other cool features like the ability to import pictures directly from your flickr account using a little app.

anyway, check it out. Everybody’s doing it. Don’t be left out! In an attempt to help your coolness factor rise, I have five invites to hand out. So, if you want one, let me know!

What?

Ben got me an amazing, thoughtful, cute, wonderful, FANTASTIC black gift for no reason at all. I’ve wanted one for awhile and when he happened across some money he didn’t think he’d have he thought of me. Reason #2349 why he’s a top contestant for Best Boyfriend Everâ„¢.

Cassidy has her “permanent” cast on. It’s not pink. They only do white. I guess they had kids being pissy and parents throwing fits and little brothers who couldn’t sleep from big brothers GLOWING cast. So, it WAS white but that was easily solved with the purchase of a few colored Sharpies. I’ll snap pics when she gets home from my moms on Friday evening. It comes off on the 28th and will be replaced with a velcro splint. So, only a week of school with he cast. *whew*

Ben’s step mom, Kandy, is staying with us till Sunday while she’s here for a retreat. I really like her. I could talk to her for hours and hours and hours. And she has smart things to say. Things and ways of thinking that come from discipline and clarity. Inspiring.

I have a post 95% written up about the purse. It’s more than just a purse. There is a story behind it now. A feeling. A constant reminder of Ben’s persistant persuit of happiness and love for both of us. The lesson stung but it was one that, in the long run, turned out warm and fuzzy and sweet.

Off to bed.