What rednecks do with their inheritence money...

A while back John and I went to Phoenix to go to a good friend's housewarming party shindig. This particular friend tends to be quite the overachiever when it comes to...well...pretty much anything. As such, he wanted everything to be perfect for the party.

Unfortunately, he also has currently a whole lot on his plate, so when it came time for the party to be about ready to start, he still had a million little things he wanted to finish. Knowing he was likely freaking out about getting things done, I asked if we could do something to help. He asked if we would be kind enough to swing by a store of some kind and grab an X-mas tree stand.

Which leads us to the picture and title of this post. We pulled into the K-mart parking lot and saw this...


Which pretty much made our night! Here was a jacked-up 50's school bus that this colorful pair of rednecks were charging admission to ride around the K-mart parking lot in. Big dorks that we are, we were fascinated by seeing it tear around, burning TONS of fuel and, I'm sure breaking a few noise ordinances.

I think I want one. Even if the guy said it got something like a half mile to the gallon.

LA trippin', part 2: Culture me!

Lest you get to thinking that we're simple-minded rednecks who only get joy from suped-up cars and beer busts, allow me to correct you. We don't drink.

Seriously, though John and I do actually enjoy attending museums that have things of cultural or historic importance in them. After the beer busts and car shows, that is. This time we finally made it to the Getty with our buddy Dan...who is an artsy guy himself. As such, I think we both enjoyed it a little more than John did.

We went to the Getty Villa, which was mostly ancient statues and artifacts. Since I've always been kind of fascinated by Greek statues and art, I was happy to be there. I sometimes wonder if my appreciation for the Greek stuff stems from the blatant homo-eroticism so much of it contains. Which makes me wonder if I should feel so cultured after all if I'm going there for high-brow smut.

I can't remember, but I think the name of the woman who took this picture for us was Ilean.

Me proving that I really don't know what to do with my hands during a picture.

Yes, that IS what you think it is on the front of this odd statue...why is it there? You tell me.

Is it wrong to think that the guys portrayed in a several thousand year old mosaic are hot?

LA trippin', part 1: The Cars!

Vanna bear shows off a cute new glorified golf cart AND his guns at the same time!

Being that John and I are pretty much car nuts, the main reason for our trip to LA was to see the auto show. The weekend we went was the last of it. In fact, we didn't make it there until Sunday, which was the last day of it.

We had alot of fun wandering the various showrooms and looking at some of the new models. My one frustration was that there weren't very many outrageously outlandish concept cars there. I'd been watching coverage of the Tokyo auto show, and had seen some of the neatest stuff Japan's finest could dream up...and didn't really see anything in LA that compared.

Not that there weren't any concept cars to be had, but most of them were kind of a yawn. Models that could very easily see production right now and not make that much of an impact if you saw them driving down the street.

Regardless, fun was had by all...and many pictures were taken. If you want to see more photos, you can see them here.

The new Chevy Volt. As the name might indicate, it's electric! (Boogie-woogie-woogie)

The newest Lambo sled to make you wish you could multiply your salary by about 15.

Something a little more in my price range (but, unfortunately, not size)...the adorable Smart Four Two.

John looking either pensive or famished...I'm not sure which it was at that point.