Photo: November 2004 Archives

I am home in Chicago for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and yesterday it snowed out in the western suburbs. A lot:

According to Tom Skilling, this is on only the 10th "white thanksgiving" on record (since they started keeping records). I got to do some good snow shoveling, but I didn't have the proper equipment (read: boots) in order to make a snowman or anything like that (but the snow was good and wet -- good for packing).

So far, I am definitely getting a good "welcome back" from Chicago.

-Andy.

So, after much shopping, soul searching, deliberation, and personal growth, Kevin finally decided on a 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid, which he purchased on Saturday:

Actually buying the thing was about as much of an ordeal as I expected - we spent about 3.5 hours at the dealership actually buying the thing. And of course, the one that he wanted had to come from a different Bay Area dealership, so we had to come back 4 hours later to actually pick it up. But, this meant that they didn't have time to detail it, so Kevin had to drive back there the next day for that. But, the free detailing was worth it -- the car looks pretty sharp. I have posted all of the pictures that I took in the gallery.

-Andy.

It is truly the end of an era: Kevin's 1996 Nissan Altima decided to make love with a pole making the exchange from 880S to 101S, on his way to work. I've posted two photos here (my silly iPhoto-to-blog integration made them two separate posts). Here is the windshield:

The picture that follows is more interesting.

-Andy.

When I went with Kevin to the towing place in order to clean all of his valuables out of his car, I managed to take a couple of photos of the damage. This was the most extensive damage that I saw:

The car was really hemmed in at the lot, so I wasn't able to get an wide shots. Also, Kevin claims that the car was rendered undrivable due the rear axle being damaged, but I wasn't able to get a look. Anyways, in a short but solumn ceremony, we cleaned out all of the important bits from the car, and said goodbye.

The accident happened on a rainy Thursday morning, on Kevin's way into work. So, we spent some time car shopping on Thursday night, and I skipped out of work a little after noon on Friday (those bastards owe me), and we did a lot of car shopping on Friday. Finally, on this fine Saturday afternoon, it looks like Kevin is pulling the trigger, and welcoming a new love into his life...

-Andy.

This is the poster that I bought at last night's Death Cab concert. I could probably do a better job at capturing it in my digital camera (I think more light would be good), but this is decent enough.

-Andy.