Getting Away

What is peace? We hear the word peace spoken off individual's lips all the time. But what exactly does it mean? If you think about it, peace has many places where it can be used in different contexts. To me, peace is something inside you. Have you found your peace? Can you find it? I beleive that it can be used many times. To me its a place you can go, mentally and physically. To get to peace, I drive my mini out to a two way, four lane road that streches for 8 miles with no stoplights or streetlights. Its peace. As i drive this road, I have lead zeppelin playing loud enough for my ears to enjoy the tone, and soft enough to hear the tires make a noise as it moves across the division between concrete slabs. Its peace. With the windows down, I can feel the cool breeze in my face as I watch the sunset over the horizon. I know peace. As it seems the bump from the tires has made its way to fit in with the rhythm, I switch gears as for now im coasting at sixty-five miles per hour. I feel peace.

Flying Incident

A random incident occurred a couple days ago. My g/f and I were driving along a hwy in Houston with the windows down about 60 mph and a dragonfly the size of a small bird collided with my forehead. It wasn't much of pain, but it scared the crap out of me. I didn't even see it coming. We both laughed so hard that it made it difficult to pullover. When we did, I noticed that the insect was split in half, the head and thorax was on my side while the abdomen and tail was on her side. Another side note was the next day I noticed that its body fluid made it to the back seat.

Spic-n-span

After I blacked-out the chrome that I had mentioned before, I gave Mickey a bath. Funny thing is that right after I finished a storm blew in. Oh well he needed to be cleaned. I managed to get a few shots before it poured. Here they are:

If you look closer on a couple of the photos, you can notice the "ghost stripes" that I had made.

New look

Yesterday I had a weird incident. The cover for the xenon headlight sprayer popped off and broke a bracket on the cover. I guess it didn't want to be apart of the car anymore. Oh well, the dealership is replacing that small part. Other than that, Mickey drives like a dream. I can't seem to actually stay out of the car. I find myself finding excuses or errands to run just to take the car out.

On another note, today I got an amazing deal on vinyl from a local shop in Houston and had custom stripes placed on my car. See photos below.

Arrival & Pickup!

I can't actually believe that today was the day that I picked up my MCS. I'm still in a state of shock and stoked to have many fun driving experiences. BIG PLUS! I'm at a loss for words right now and I think I am just gonna go ahead and drive around. I'll get back to you later.

Good Thus Far

Everything is moving along. Just got record that the owner's lounge upgraded me to distribution and gave me a delivery date of August 29th. It's getting closer. Its hard to not think about the MINI all the time. I will try and get insurance tomorrow and then Monday. Then I will go to a credit union to get a quote on an finance rate recommended from my girlfriend Erin.

Land Ho!!!

My MINI hit land yesterday at North Carolina and after being sent to the distribution center and having its check up it is or will be on its way to my dealer. Then after a 7 hour check up and spit shine it will be mine for the taking. All I need to do is go and speak to a credit union.