Daily Post (Josh) 2010-05-22

Wow. Just wow. It's been a hell of a crazy day. Abe, Nichole, and I decided to head over to Medford for a piercing she's been waiting on for a while and to see about getting some supplies from Costco for the summer before my Costco card returns north with me.

Naturally, we decided to take my car as it was (supposedly) in the best shape, having just been serviced. The damn thing started steaming and overheating 33 miles out of town, right in the middle of the snowy pass. We waited almost two hours for triple A to come along and drag us back into town. Of course we had them take us back to Turn Thomb to confront them about sending us out in a defective and potentially dangerous vehicle.

As it turns out, the mechanic that serviced the car did see that the serpentine belt was falling apart, but didn't bother to mention it and didn't bother doing an inspection (as was part of the advertised service!)

We ended up getting out of there with a blinding headache and getting comped on the labor of installing a new belt. Seriously unsat service, but I wasn't in any place to deal with the useless people there appropriately.

After all that drama, we decided not to let it screw up our day, so we headed for Medford in Nichole's car, which made the trip without issue or complaint. Unfortunately, once we got to the piercer's, our day turned sour again. I was actually quite impressed with the guy, who had been through training as a coroner at OIT and OHSU, and was quite well spoken. As it turns out, Nichole is one of the 5% of the population that isn't built for the piercing she had in mind (flesh is too thin in that spot; he could have done it, but it would have just ended up slicing through in a few months). Lotsa disappointment there.

Off to Indian food and Costco to finish off the day, then we headed back across the pass... or tried to. Turns out that fog and snow had descended in our absence, making the pass impassable. So much for that - we landed back in Medford at the Travelodge and pretty much just bedded down. Better days tomorrow.