Gold Country

Sorry for not putting another post up for a while. Other things have been going on. Like going to buy a car!!!!

So Patrick, Bri and I went to Roseville on Saturday to look at cars for me, used cars obviously since that is really all I can afford. I test drove a Saturn and it wasnt that great, it wasnt particularly fun to drive @ all. The car saleman was not very good @ her job either, she was not personable enough for herself let alone other people. She asked me my name about 3 times. They were asking way to too much for their vehicles and wanted to put me in $20,000 cars when I kept reemphasizing to them that my price bracket was not to exceed $11,000.

The second car saleman I saw was awesome. Mike was the man, he was the internet/fleet manager so he worried more about moving actual cars than getting them @ the best price for him. He came right out and told me "Lets not worry about you buying a car today from me or anyone else, lets figure out what you can afford and what you want." He told me since I was a first time buyer if I had questions concerning any other cars I saw @ his site or any other to call him. He seemed sincere but you can never tell with car salesmen.

We then proceeded to see the Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe. After looking @ car prices all day I was not surprised to see that a friggin movie ticket in California costs $9.50. That is fucked up. After seeing the price come up on the register Patrick was like "Fuck that" but it was too late, it had already been rung up. The movie's projected audience was roughly 10 years old so the three of us thought it was kind of crap. Patrick said he liked it just it was a little too young. I wanted to go see King Kong but I lost in 'Ranger, Poacher, Bear'.

To round off the night, we went to this cool burger place called Red Robin. It was good but its like $9 for a burger. A good burger but not a $9 burger. Final thought - California is fucking expensive. I totally see why they call the region where I live 'Gold Country'.