fflo | Sep. 5th, 2003

Sep. 5th, 2003

Okay, Holly talked to Roc. His mother is the daughter of the sister of Barbara Bush; George the I is his great uncle. I think that means he's a second cousin to the current "leader"---is that right,

pijeanf?

Sure enough, all he had to apologize for was trying to get laid (and being a little sulky about it) on a weekend away---he'd flown our girl to Fishers Island, an old family home I think it was, and then couldn't get into her britches. It seems lately he's been thinking about people in his past, as he's dumped an old friend who takes a mentorly/teacherly 'tude toward him, when R. really just wants a friend.

I don't get it, really, but H. had a good time catching up with him. He's kind of a knock-around type, with (dwindling) family money but no right-wing politics. In fact the presidential family does not get along at all with his mother, and they weren't even invited to the inauguration. So maybe he's not such a bad bloke after all.

I guess that means our influence is way too limited to pull off your earlier request,

hambokins!

Okay, Holly talked to Roc. His mother is the daughter of the sister of Barbara Bush; George the I is his great uncle. I think that means he's a second cousin to the current "leader"---is that right,

hambokins!

Move over, Passat wagon, new Beetle, and even (marketed-to-lesbians-Subaru) Forester: Holly has found the new vehicle for us---it's the (drum roll........)

Honda Element ! ! (cymbal crash!)

What do you think? Do you prefer it in orange?:

Or covered in soap?

It's embarrassing to realize that we want a car being marketed to the X-treme 20-something market, but, goddamnit, it's dorkily boxy! How can one resist that? Plus it has those backwards-opening back doors:

and the shifter's on the dashboard

and the seats can all lay down

.

Yeah, I'll stop there, but I don't want to. I want to show you the optional cabana tent for the rear end and stuff like that. I want to go drive one right now but don't want to get my hopes up until I can investigate how the thing's doing mechanically (in what I think is still its first model year) and whether we have a chance in h-e-double-toothpicks of getting one. Too bad they haven't been out long enough to be available used. (Maybe we won't get one until that's the case.)

Here, here---just one more, as a parting shot:

Move over, Passat wagon, new Beetle, and even (marketed-to-lesbians-Subaru) Forester: Holly has found the new vehicle for us---it's the (drum roll........)

Honda Element ! ! (cymbal crash!)