On rain and irony:

Irony is deliberately not bringing an umbrella on a night out that required walking 8 blocks each way because that same umbrella (note: its a full-size behemoth model of an umbrella) had been lugged around for 2 consecutive weeks, even on days when the streets were bathed in brilliant sunshine with nary a cloud in the sky despite daily weather forecasts threatening heavy thunderstorms and rain. Irony is deciding “That’s it, I don’t care what those crackhead meteorologists say about it raining tonight, I refuse to take this with me,” and stepping out of the venue hours later only to find it pouring, with the full-size behemoth umbrella sitting purposefully 8 blocks away inside my apartment.

Might I also add that I had put off washing and waxing my car for those same two consecutive weeks although it was shamefully dirty (having been driven ruthlessly through 30 km worth of highway construction zones every day) and in dire need of some TLC on my part. You can probably guess what happened on Sunday mere minutes after I finally washed it at home and started waxing the hood.


On adding insult to injury:

Never, ever, buy cheap stuff from Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is already cheap, therefore its cheap stuff is even more sub-par. I bought a so-called “Le Kit de Car-Wash” on Sunday that, among other things, contained “cleaning solution”. It was only after I got home that I bothered to read the back of bottle and discovered, much to my dismay, that it “must never be used on exterior car surfaces” and “Highly corrosive. Avoid contact with skin.” Well, I should have known. Obviously the fact that they supplied a bucket and a variety of sponges and drying cloths should have given it away. Oh, and the “drying cloths”? They had just about the absorbency of tree bark.


On washing your car with dish detergent:

Don’t.