miraculously, i purchased my first car on saturday. it is a beautiful machine, and i love it. click here for pictures of a car of the same make, model, color, etc…
my parents were in town friday and saturday helping me look for it, and my dad’s finely-honed negotiation skills, guided by the good grace of god, landed us a truly unthinkable deal on the car. i won’t go into it, but rest assured there was indeed evidence of the invisible hand at work. rock.
importantly, the car is under my name, and today i purchased my own insurance with progressive. thus, for the first time in my life, i have a car (and a nice loan to go with it, of course) and insurance under my responsibility. i am glad for this next step into adulthood–i’m 20 years old, so it’s about time. time to catch up to friends like josser who’ve been working through these responsibilities on their own for years.
also, the car has a manual transmission, which i have since had to learn, and i am really enjoying that new aspect of driving.
more good news came today: the Splendour Hyaline cds have shipped! they’ll be at my door in less than a week. i suppose i should start working on splendourhyaline.com.
in other music news, i’m headlining a show at the coho on march 13th. details to follow (but if you want them you should sign up to my e-mail list, go to www.jonathanlipps.com for instructions).
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