here's an original idea

i want to work at home. i am not sure i can can really do that, but i think that's the answer for this guy. my current job is pretty cool, but clawing my way up in somebdoy else's system is losing it's appeal.

will you feel the same 2 months later?

today got off to a rough start. no reverse, so i circle the block about 8 times, looking for a suitable parking spot. at some point i say fuck it, and start heading for the bridge. i get as far as 5th and folsom, when 4th gear goes out. i decide to fight downtown traffic and double back to tari's neighborhood.

another 8 or so laps around the park, up and down the hills and i find a friday spot on Buena Vista East going up the hill, so i am able to roll back into the spot, and also be able to come out going forward. hopped on the N and then onto bart. 15 minute walk to work, and i was only 15 minutes late.

it doesn't make sense for me to sell the car, because i still owe like $8k on it, and the best i can sell it for is prolly $4-5k with the shot transmission. that means i'd still be making payments on $4k for a car i don't have. i would rather take a $2k hit than a $4k hit and still have a car i really like. the engine is strong and will go forever.

i'll start getting estimates from various shops and figure out how to pay for the shit.

i am dissapointed, but had been secretly expecting this for a while. it tough to plan for this kind of thing, but at least my car didn't fail on the bay bridge or in some parking garage. i welcome the chance to read for an hour everyday, and the 15 minute walk from my work to BART is pleasant