Spent most of the weekend car shopping
But it is now taken care of, at least for another 3 years.
One of the places I went, the sales guy just wanted to talk about transmissions the whole time XD
I'm just imagining your old car at the junkyard singing the Worthless song... you evil man!
"Worthless" is the last song of the movie The Brave Little Toaster sung by the Junkyard Cars. Each car sings about his/her life story before he/she gets killed by Crusher. Because of this, it is frequently considered as one of the darkest songs in Disney films, alongside "Hellfire" from Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Despite its sad and depressing lyrics, it is somewhat fast-paced, giving it a feeling of anticipation for nine of the Junkyard Cars as they face their deaths. It also sets the scene for Toaster and his gang's final tribulation.
My favorite parts XD:
I can't take this kind of pressure
I must confess one more dusty road
Would be just a road too long
Worthless
I just can't, I just can't,
I just can't seem to get started
Don't have the heart to live in the fast lane
All that has passed and gone
Worthless (And there ain't nothing you can do about it)
Worthless (Pardon me while I panic!)
I once ran the Indy 500
I must confess I'm impressed how I did it
I wonder how close that I came
Now I get a sinking sensation
I was the top of the line, out of sight; out of mind,
So much for fortune and fame
Once took a Texan to a wedding
Once took a Texan to a wedding
He kept forgetting, his loneliness letting
His thoughts turn to home and we turned
I took a man to a graveyard
I beg your pardon, it's quite hard enough
Just living with the stuff I have learned.
Once drove a surfer to sunset
There were bikinis and buns there were weenies
Fellini just couldn't forget
omg the last car rolled into conveyer belt into his death out of his own free will omg I CAN'T DEAL.
Apparently the Texan car and the hearse carried the same man and that's why they were crushed together AGHHH.
Lisa and I met up to work on our interviews where we're acting like investigators working on the deaths of some Amazonians involved in some logging conflicts XD She's nervous because she's never done interviews before and she thinks I'm the all-knowing one because I took the skills class and I like doing interviews.
She actually knows about Three Kingdoms and she called it it's Japanese name. She even called Zhugey, "Komei" XD Woah. She thinks I know a lot about Japanese history because I read things like The Tale of Genji and the Tale of the Heike, Noh plays, tons of old manga, etc. XD
I went to a NYU alumni event that was the kickoff for their new Latino alumni group. The heads of the umbrella alumni program said they told NYU they needed space for these groups so NYU responded by building new rooms. So now there are Latino, Black, Asian/Pacific, Indigenous, International alumni groups that are forming with cool events.
It was fun, I met new people, and I saw people who I hadn't seen in years. Renan, one of my fellow scholars, and I talked for a while. Of course we all signed up to learn more about being part of the Latino committee!
We met an alumni (alumnus?) named Lucia and we told her how NYU spoiled us scholars to get us to attend XD Renan talked about the cruise and dinners and I said NYU had someone waiting for me at the airport who then took me around to different places like Toys R Us because I said I wanted something Hello Kitty. The whole weekend was a blast, I made lifelong friends, and I knew I HAD TO GO
Lucia seems like an ambitious girl and I like her. She loves how many responsibilities at work she has and her company sounds pretty cool.
Renan and I walked to the subway together and we passed by NYU buildings, noting which ones had changed. Not much has changed though, at least not any major changes. He's applying for medical school now and just finished some interviews. It was so nice to see him again and we want to organize a scholar get-together, hopefully soon!
I've been listening to "B-Movie" pretty non-stop the last couple of days... I love it!
I keep wanting to sing, "Who will go to the cellar down below, trouble is bubbling in the brew."
(will there ever be an animated movie referencing Vincent Price again...)