This is the scooter I currently have on loan from Scooterville. This past weekend, my beautiful green Kymco Super 8 was taken into the shop...again...for the same water in the fuel line problem. When I talked to them today, they said they drained out the gas and found a large quantity of water again.

They "rerouted" a tube that allows emissions to exit the scooter. Apparently, they found this tube sitting in a "puddle of water". How that happened, I have no idea. They really felt that rerouting the tube, as well as keeping a cover on my scooter when it is out in the elements would keep it working well.

When I got to the shop to pick it up, they still hadn't done the oil change I had requested on Saturday when they came to pick it up. Jonathon had picked it up at my place, and his face fell when I asked about the oil change--he remembers me asking. I went to Taco Bell and had some lunch to kill the hour that they needed to perform said oil change.

I got back to the shop and my scooter was waiting out front for me to pick it up. The oil level had been pretty low, so they gave me a partial can of oil to keep on hand since I do a lot of high speed travel. I thought that was really nice!

Instead of refunding the cost of the first repair that was done for the water in the gas problem, they took care of the oil change and gave me a shiny new cover. I thought that was alright, since I would have spent more than $65 on those two items alone.

As I was leaving Scooterville to head toward home, the scooter wasn't going forward quite as well as it could have. I knew I should have stayed closer to the shop, especially when a block later, it died and refused to start again.

I called Scooterville and got Laura on the phone. She gave me over to Jonathon, who said he would come pick me up momentarily. I hung up with him and started to cry. Partially because I'm sad, but mostly because I'm so damned frustrated at this point.

Jonathon showed up about ten minutes later. In that span of time, I could have easily walked it in to the shop. On the way back to the shop, we didn't have much to say, and admitted as much. I think at this point, pretty much everything has already been said. I'm not happy, they have tried to fix the same problem too many times, it's time to move on to a replacement or a refund at this point. I still want a scooter, just not the Super 8.

When we got to the shop, Jonathon showed me the options he had available as a loaner scooter. I opted for the red monstrosity that you see in the picture. It was the only 150cc they had, and I wasn't about to go down to a 50cc until they sort this out. I'm covered under their insurance policy in case anything happens, which is good.

This thing is laid out a bit different than mine. It's not as upright, and that's about the only thing I like about it. It's not as zippy as mine, it doesn't handle as well...bah.

I just really want Bob to get back to me as to what is going to happen now. I told them today that I am interested in moving forward with a different brand of scooter. I'm pissed off at myself for not having listened to 433 and Jerry, who tried to talk me into a Buddy. I'm pissed at myself for going with a 2009 model that they have no historical data on. I'm pissed that this will be the second year in a row that I bought a shitty scooter.

I want this resolved NOW, while there is still time to ride this season.

Here we are, nearly a week later, as per usual. :P

Tuesday was faboo. Amanda came over for some much needed chats. I haven't hung out with just her in FOREVER. We had snacks and rock banding, and chats. So great!

Later in the evening, Jerry and I got all dolled up with the intent of going to the Red Stag, but their wait was over an hour! I suggested a picnic, but we decided to hold off on that till the weather is a little nicer. We ended up at Brasa, which was very good. Jerry ran into a friend there--no big surprise. :)

Post dinner, we went to Psycho Suzi's for some beers. It was very nice. We met up with some of his friends, and they thought we went to a play, since we were all fancy looking. :P I found out that one of Jerry's friends works in the office right above my new place of employment. I hope he stops in one of these days and requests me. :) The waitress screwed up my bill and was "unable to fix the charge" so I decided to deal with it later by calling the manager. She needs to learn!

Wednesday, I worked out with the Pantswife. So great! I'm really starting to like working out, and having a friend there really helps with the motivation. :) We had lunch with Tiff at Ping's, which was really nice. I almost died of potsticker intake. Whoops! I had to work all-you-can-eat crab (and caesar salad and fries) night, which was a lot of fun, if a little slow. I can't wait till the weather clears up so we get really busy! Awful as it sounds, I can't 100% remember what I did after werk on Wednesday! If anyone else has the knowledge, please, pass it along! *facepalm*

Thursday, got up and did the workings out. Jess came over and helped me inventory food and clean. I found lots of things to get rid of, now I just have to take them outside. Why am I so unmotivated? :/ Went to werk, had a good night. I love my new job! :) Decided I needed a vacay day from the world, so I hit up the Arden B for some much needed sleeping in and video gaming time. :)

Friday, slept in till noon thirty, woke up to breakfast in bed. <3 Played Beautiful Katamari until all hours. I made a grocery store run and got foods for dinner. I can cook! :P

Watched Persepolis. It was REALLY good! Spent a lot of time trying to force the kitteh to act like a decent creature instead of a nightmare. I think it helped a little. :) Also, got a really nice phone call from Frost, wishing me a happy No Pants Day. I can't wait to raise hell with that kid. :)

Saturday, I got up at the ungodly hour of 9am so as to be back in Minneapolis on time to go to work. I had just enough time to make a quick spin through the internets, eat a chicken sammich, and walk to work. My ass is going to be in fantastic shape with all of the walking! :P

After a ten hour shift, that leaves us where we are now. Jynnan Tonnyx in hand, trying to figure out my new phone, contemplating some Rock Banding, but wishing I had Katamari to play with. :P I'm tired, sore, frustrated, and yet, still happy.

PS--happy birfday to 433. Sorry I suck and won't venture over the river for you tonight. Someday soon!

Monday: Tried to go to the AQ with Corey. Turns out, every first Monday of the month is Poetry Slam, so no dice on the comedy. I did look hawt, but to no meaningful end. We got Burger King and chilled at my place for a bit. I stayed up and played RB solo...go figure.

Tuesday: Worked lunch at the Vesc. Didn't get out of there until nearly 3. I'm too cheap to pay for rush hour bus fare ($2.25 instead of $1.75), so I started to walk. I remembered that I needed to pick up some pictures from Walgreen's for my Grandma Lanie. It was her birthday on the 2nd. And yes, I DID call her on Monday. :P I ended up leaving Walgreen's with a HUGE bag of Valentine's goodies. I hope everyone watches their mail. ;) I walked across Calhoun and ALL THE WAY HOME. I was very cold by the time I got home. The Wifey picked me up to go to Tiff's for some Simon and Garfunkel goodness. We had a blast with Ceitius's hookah and Turkish Delight. TASTY!

Wednesday: Had another successful South Park Wednesday extravaganza. Wine and cheese were the order of the day. I picked up some Franzia and cheese in a can. GHETTO TASTIC! Jeremy showed up before the crowd and played a few songs with us. We now have a super sexy blue haired character to add to the band! The lovely Claire brought Taco Bell and her lovely self. We all oohed and aahed over her bento goodness. :D We stayed up WAY too late...as per usual. Jerry B. brought me a new mug from Suzi's--a Marlin. :P

Thursday: I worked 10:30-5ish. I headed out around 5:30, even though my replacement had yet to show up. I wanted to get home and have plenty of time to pre-game before DOLLAR TACOS. Mike and Amanda came over for beer and RB. Amanda is INTENSE. I can't wait to play with her again. Keep your eyes peeled for a special South Park (insert day here) featuring Amanda! Mike's friend Teri showed up after class and played for a while, too. Amanda left before she turned into a pumpkin, so it was just the three remaining characters that piled into Teri's smokin' hot Mustang to go get TACOS. They had BACON TACOS. I was a super happy camper. :) I don't think I went to sleep until nearly 5 the next morning, and even then, I only got a few hours of sleep, due to the fact that the neighbor's dog doesn't know how to respect my sleepy time needs.

Friday: Got up WAY too early after not nearly enough sleep. My Wifey came over to pick me up before a tasty lunch with Sarah B. at Ping's. I love me some potstickers. :) We also went to Target, and then to copy Sarah's keys so I can be a kitty auntie again! I love it that all of my friends have kitties. :) The guy copied the WRONG key, so we will have to go back next week to get it fixed. Friday night, I hung out with Jerry B. and made burritos. We made one for the lady at the grocery store, and brought her a daffodil. I think she was really surprised. :) We watched some League of Gentlemen...funny business! We also went to Aaron Gipe's going away party at the 1029. Good times were had by all. It was excellent to see Mike, Aaron, Dan, and yes, even Red. Wow, I'm old. Around 3am, I kicked a bottle of beer AT my TV, so of course, I couldn't fall asleep. :P

Saturday: Operating on FAR too little sleep, I got up and went to Tiff's a tad bit early. I boogied on out of there when I could, as I had to jet on off to Crystal's to carpool over to Ryan's for the ART SLED RALLY! We stopped and got some BK. I was craving fries. :P Made it to Ryan's in time to eat a quick bite of lunch, then hop in the van (and Bertine's car) to head on over to the park. We set up shop, skidded down the hill, and 12 seconds later, we burst through the poor sled. Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured. A few bumps and bruises, but nothing major. We drank some Premium at Ryan's house. I got good and drunkish by the time Mike arrived. We were off to a game night at his friend's house. Turns out, we were about six blocks from my house. I decided I couldn't handle bowling, and told Mike that I wanted to dip out of Jess and Noah's at a reasonable hour. We ate tasty Perogi (OMG SO GOOD), drank many beers, and played a few hilarious board games. Jess and Ryan joined us later in the evening. We stayed up WAY too late, as per my usual. Mike stayed over since he was FAR too drunk to drive, and was generous enough to allow me to use his van to go to Tiff's on Sunday morning.

Sunday: Got to Tiff's and most of the way home without incident. I stopped to pick up bread and to wash the damned windows on Mike's van, and when I went to start the thing, the alarm went off. I had to call Mike and wake him up for help. :P I came home and started laundry, breakfast (OMG BACON) and a jell-o cake. I got going too late and ended up leaving for werk without my serving apron. I also had to run most of the way there. BOO to that. At least it was nice out. Werk was busy as hell, even though we had two large parties in the back. I asked them to cut me since I was seriously falling asleep. Jess and Ryan came to pick me up, which was SO NICE. I made a decent amount of tips, so I'm a happy camper. SPS was kind of a downer--people spilled many beverages on the carpet, the mic broke, and I was really super over tired. SPW will be much better this week, I'm sure. :) Asian Dan, bless his crazy little heart, drove all the way to Lakeville and back with a mic for me to have. I owe him a big one. :)

Monday: I decided that it was time to come home for a visit. I called Mom last night in my drunkitude, and asked her if she'd be agreeable to picking me up in Elk River at the Park n' Ride. She said she'd do me one better--she'd come get me Monday morning and drive me around town. I am so happy she did! We went to OCB for lunch, and then to Best Buy to spend a gift card I had hanging out. I got three DS games for $10 (after the $20 gift card). They had a bunch of games that were on sale, with an additional 50% off that price! We scored big time. We had a tasty dinner, packed some items up for their trip to the post office tomorrow. I also worked on a resume and cover letter combo for a bitchin' job in my hood. I hope I get it. That would solve a LOT of problems in my world. Financial ones, boredom ones, routine ones...I need a job like this one SO BADLY. :D Wish me good thoughts.

It's now 2:30am on Tuesday. I've already got plans for the rest of the week...go figure. I'll try to update on a daily basis instead of a weekly one.

So...where did we leave off? Oh, yes, that's right. Last Friday, I went to Bar Abeline with Mike and his peeps. Since then, I haven't had a full night of sleep. Bleh.

Saturday morning, I got up bright and early to catch a bus to Tiff's rockin' downtown bachelorette pad. I got a sammich on my way over to Scooterville to buy my sexy new scooter with my good friends Jeremy and Jerry. I wish I hadn't bought the sammich, because Scooterville had TASTY chicken chili, croissants, and beverages. I partook in the goodies there, saving the sammich for later.

Saturday afternoon, I believe I took a nap. Yes, upon further reflection, I'm sure I took a nap. I meant to catch a bus over to bertine's place for the Tapas Party. Instead, my wonderful roommate gave me a ride. SUPER! The Tapas Party lasted at Bertine's until 11:30ish, and at MY place until 6am Sunday morning.

Sunday morning, I slept on Tiff's couch for ~2 hours before going to the meeting from hell. Fortunately, Ann was willing and able to give me a ride BACK to werk AND home after. I got to take some relaxing time to myself before closing down the Vesc for the night. I <3 my roommie.

Sunday night, I could NOT fall asleep. Looking back on things, I should have taken a couple of Benadryls instead of drinking an entire bottle of wine, but you live and you learn, right? :P

Monday morning, I managed to sleep in till very nearly noon, I think. Facebook will tell us the answer! I'll report back on when I actually got up. I spent much of Monday in my bed. A great place to spend any day of the week, but particularly satisfying on a Monday. Bertine came over Monday night for burritos and to bring me a phone charger, as I had lost mine Sunday morning on my way to Tiff's. I stayed up WAY too late playing Rock Band all by my lonesome.

Tuesday, with no work to be done, I slept in...again. I meant to get up and apply for some jobs, but the motivation could not be found in the subzero temperatures. Instead, I chilled at home and got things ready for Owen, Wes and Darin to come over and play Rock Band!

Tuesday night was lovely, with three young guys playing Rock Band together. Owen got a little hyper after eating a sugary treat, but that's ok. He's 6! Let him be hyper! After the kidlets left, the Vodka that Asian Dan brought was cracked open. I think we stayed up playing until 3am.

Wednesday morning, I didn't do much of anything. I was too hungover! Around 2, I got dressed and hit the pavement with my resume. The main event was a stop in at Zeno in Uptown, where ten other people came and went with applications during the ten minutes that I was there. Ain't no WAY I'm hearing back from them. :(

Wednesday night, SPW was held. Things got a little sillier than normal...I blame it all on the Wifey's bottle of 100 proof Vodka that she brought for making screwdrivers. Arg, my liver hates me, I'm sure. Much fun was had, and we even shaved Jerry B.'s head! He brought me a mug from Suzi's as payment--a Fu Manchu, per my request. It has a very cute note inside! ;)

Thursday morning, I semi-drunkenly called Javier from Vescio's to come pick me up. He even brought me a coffee! I was in no mood or condition to be working a 6.5 hour shift, so of course I volunteered to stay late and serve since someone called in sick. :P

Thursday night, I took a bus all the way from SLP to South Minneapolis. A scary Vietnam Vet kept asking me questions and telling me that his "back was screaming so fucking bad". I was very glad he didn't actually need the same bus that I did. Got to Ryan's and had a good social night. I played Designated Driver for Meeeeeguel, and ended up staying up till past 4. Arg, my body hates me.

Friday morning, I played some Rock Band with Mike. He had agreed to drive me to werk in exchange for a delicious lunch from the Vesc, so we had a little time to kill. Plus, I needed to wash Corey's uniform that I had borrowed the night before.

Friday afternoon, I was at work from 3-6:30. I'm so glad I didn't have to stay till 7! Amanda picked me up and we went to Bar Abeline. We did make one tiny stop before, so I could bring dinner to my awesome friend at the Uptown Ragstock. She is so great! :)

Friday night, we had an awesome girl's night. We hung out at Abeline till around 9, and sent Anney and Mel on their merry ways. Bertine, Sarah (lonely_doll) and I picked up some beer and wine and hit up Crystal's place. Much fun ensued as we watched Crystal sew for the awesome play that she is playing SM for.

[Friday night into] Saturday morning at 1:30, I announced that Bertine's DD (that's me) was leaving because I was falling asleep, and she claimed to not be too terribly far behind me. We had to stop by my place to pick up my serving uniform so I could go straight to Vescio's after my other Saturday activities. I couldn't find my keys inside my tiny frog pack, so I contemplated calling Ann. I'm glad I didn't, because she was sound asleep! I was a little concerned that when I did find my keys and got upstairs, that my apartment door was unlocked. Everything seems to be in ok shape, so I'm not too worried any longer.

Ont he way home to Bertine's on Saturday morning, I decided we needed Taco Bell at 2am. Best. Decision. Ever. We ate tacos with Xerxes, Harriet and Emerson. I love her kitties! I don't think we got to bed until well after 3, since we both like to talk. :P

Later Saturday morning, we got up at the ungodly hour of 9am. I made it to Tiff's with plenty of time to spare. I hung out for a bit until the Wifey could pick me up. :) I got to meet Jessica's guinea pigs. They are so cute! We headed over to the Manfort (Ryan's house) for art sled construction. We ate frozen pizza, rice and yellow curry.

Saturday evening, Crystal took me to werk. I made $200! I didn't have to work nearly as hard as the rest of the servers, either. So awesome. Jerry B. and I went to Chiang Mai Thai for some tasty Thai food. We stayed up past 2 because we couldn't shut up. :P

Sunday morning, I got up at 8am to head to Tiff's. We had to get up a little earlier than normal due to Bar Abeline's awesome Champagne Brunch! Amanda, Jeremy, Amy, Jessica W., Ryan, Tiff and myself were all in attendance. I still need to post pictures. If you get their secret code, you get $3 off your bill!

Sunday afternoon, full slightly tipsy, I made it home and took a power nap before the gang showed up for Super Bowl Sunday goodness. I had a TERRIFYING dream that Jessica had brought Damian over for the party today. Bertine made me a cake that looks like the main page of Facebook, complete with a news feed, status updates, and notifications. :P I was making people cry because I was so mad at them for letting Damian come to my house. :(

Asian Dan was the first one to show up to my place, around 3pm. We started the Endless Setlist around 4:45. As per usual, we stayed up way too late. I got to bed around 3am. Go me. :P

Here we are, Monday morning. I woke up around 9:30 so I could call my Mom in regards to lunch today. She said she would call me back when her meeting was over. She called around 11:30, but it felt like only five minutes prior, not two hours. :P One of these days, I promise I'll take a day to just SLEEP.

Mom and I went to El Paraiso for lunch. I had the flautas, she had a burrito. She was jealous, because the flautas are so amazing. :P We hit up Target for some household goodies and a present for my cousin Matt. We left it in his entryway. We'll see when/if he gets it...I'm betting he and his wife only really use the back door. Oops.

I'm chilling on the couch, watching Groundhog Day. I should really call my Grandma...Dad's Mom. It's her birfday today, and I neglected to send a card. I'm sending some pictures to Walgreen's tonight that I will print out and send to her tomorrow. :) I'm a good granddaughter.

I may or may not be going to the Artist's Quarter tonight. Corey from the Vesc needs a piece of arm candy to accompany him to the show tonight. He's doing stand up comedy, and he wants a pretty girl to sit at his table and laugh when he's funny. All of the other comedians always wonder where he gets his pretty girls from, since most comedians are pretty goofy looking people. :P

I might take a nap...I might play some XBox...I might keep watching Groundhog's Day...we'll see.

This weekend was pretty intense.

Friday night, Mike picked me up at Vescio's after my big bad 3.5 hour shift. We went to Panera and had some tasty dinner. We chatted at my place for an hour or so before hitting up Bar Abeline. They had some really awesome specials and was overall tolerable until the music started. I learned just how much rap I know and actually enjoy! Scary.

We ended up at my place with a few of Mike's friends for video games and hanging out. We got a little loud while talking about politics and issues. Ann woke up and had to shush us around 1:30. We changed gears and played a little Rock Band. Mike's friend Teri wants to go sing karaoke with me some time. ROCK!

Mike and I ended up staying up till 3:30. Holy crap, I was tired on Saturday morning.

I got up around 9:25 and caught a bus to Tiff's. Fortunately, I was only 10 minutes late.

After Tiff's I went to Subway and got a sammich. Went to Scooterville and bought my sexy new scooter with Jerry B. and 433. Awesome times were had.

Took a much needed nap before the Tapas party at bertine's. Ann drove me there, and we stopped by the liquor store for some wine to share. Rob from WAAAAY back in the day came, as well as Jerry B. Many good times were had by all.

The party had to calm down at Bertine's due to a crazy neighbor situation, so we moved the party to my place. Nine of us camped out until all hours of the morning.

Except for the fact that I left home at 6am, caught a bus that didn't take me where I needed it to go, walked ~6 blocks in the butt cold, slept on Tiff's couch with the sun in my eyes, and then attended a shitty meeting at werk this morning, I had a great time.

Oh, I also lost my cell phone charger, and I have a dead phone battery. Anyone with a Nokia 6133 charger should stop by Vescio's tonight, or bring it to my house. I'm too cheap to spend $20 on another charger.

I'm a little crabby today. Watch out. >:(