Misfire. ;p

Well, as about a dozen posts have already told some of you, it snowed like crazy in Oregon and northern CA, so I'm still here in Morro Bay. When we looked at the road and weather conditions this morning, I-5 was completely closed north of Redding, and Oregon was requiring chains and/or 4-wheel drive. It's supposed to clear up tomorrow, so I'll wake up early again and give it another go then.

And of *course*, this happens when I'm out of the state, so I'm currently missing *YET* another opportunity to take snow pictures! There's only rain down here at my parents' house. BOOOOO.

Anyway, my dad and I figured out how to change the oil on Ed earlier, because Ed passed the 3000 mile mark on my drive down here! Gweee! The factory-installed oil filter was a pain to remove, though, partly because whoever designed my car, didn't really design it for people who might want to change their own oil. :p My dad eventually had to go buy a special socket wrench fitting in order to get at it and loosen it. It should be easier to deal with the next time, at least.

There was talk of seeing another movie today, but the stupid heating guy hasn't come yet, and apparently he could arrive as late as 8:00pm! So, I think we're kind of stuck here until the lanky git shows up. :p

I've been killing time by reading The Count of Monte Cristo, watching more Bond flicks, and looking for PS2 auctions on eBay. Most of the auctions are going to be a couple more days before I'll do any serious bidding. Mostly, I'm trying to keep myself distracted from the fact that it's so cold in the house.

Meanwhile, I've acquired a couple extra computer parts: a wireless keyboard and mouse, and a network card. I may be able to score a video card, too, which would be great for the music/video server I hope to build.

Anyway, yeah. Just mentioning that my departure didn't proceed as scheduled.

"I am normally a man of few words--" *voip!*

The furnace is working!! Of course, the repair guy took his sweet time getting over here, because I don't think he arrived until almost 7:30. Oh well, it's nice to not be wrapped up in 10000 layers of clothing and blankets.

I don't understand the bidding strategies of some people on eBay. I've seen some auctions on there that have a good 3 days before closing date, and there have already been, say, 19 bids on many of them. I don't think I've *ever* bid on something that early and actually won it! You know, if these people could just keep their shorts on for a couple days, we could all have a nice bidding war at the last minute, and we'd potentially save ourselves a lot of money in the long run.

The Count of Monte Cristo is a good read, thus far. I've had to take breaks, because I keep getting headaches while reading, but I like it quite a bit.

I hope junsiew got back home okay today, because I was supposed to run her by the Amtrak station, but obviously, I couldn't, from where I'm currently sitting. I think the fact that she isn't lurking on AIM means she made it. I should probably make my way up to her parents' house pretty soon, and see if I can fix their computer. My ma also gave me a bunch of stuff to take back with me, and pass on to them, because apparently Janet and I have been designated as couriers for all the random stuff that our respective mothers want to swap with each other. ;p

I'm heading to bed pretty soon here, because I have to be up early to check the road conditions. Cross your fingers for me!

EDIT: I should know better than to watch Food Network when I'm hungry, because now I *really* want some cheese fondue. Uwaaaa. ;_;