blath

Hi y'all, I had wanted to do a simple from the driver's window selfie but people kept hanging out where I was parked, perhaps thinking I was up to no good in their neighborhood. heh. Though technically it's my neighborhood as well. If my CD player was working I probably would have played Scottish singer Nina Nesbitt's "Selfies", so they'd understand what I was doing. In the end after looking at the many attempts, with most pics has my eyes looking to far side (due to watching people repeatedly walking by) ( so odd I mean it's not like I was rocking in the Subaru and winking at people.. yet) anyhoo ended up keeping and using a slimy-hotel type shot..ie camera smooshed in a corner angle type shot.. that's not natural short of removing the engine and drilling a hole into the passenger compartment. yeah.. I talk a lot. I go by blath (real name Klint) and I'm a volunteer care giver here in Washington state. (NW corner of the continental US). In December of 2012 my friends surprised me with a 1995 Subaru SVX L AWD. They had worked together making a totaled SVX ( has the required WA State Patrol Totalled sticker ) drive-able, rebuilt engine..etc. At first I thought I would be helping deliver someone's fixed car (ie driving a mechanic's car from behind / whilst the mechanic delivers someone's car) but was handed the keys to the SVX and told here's your car. And I replied happy that they'd trust me with a customer's car.. 'where to?', they replied 'home'.. and after a long silent pause this went back and forth till they literally had to tell me ' it was MY car' in the literal sense. Alas I'm not very quick on the uptake at times. So fast forward now. I'm trying to do right by the car as best I can. Recently I have named it "Devon", named after a county in the UK. During the end of the summer it occurred to me.. why not look out for some message forums. And thus here I am... though it took some time to get here / I'm actually surprised it took me this long to find this place considering how busy and social it seems to be. Though I don't plan on attending the Tree Cut event ( no snow tires / which by the way I <3 this site for being responsible and caring to its members for having that requirement / plus my living situation isn't conducive to having things bigger than a backpack) I'll definitely keep an eye out for other activities that might occur. Best wishes to the rest of everyone's 2014 and happy, safe, and enjoyable driving to all.