More weekend photos!

[pyat]

Arriving for catsarah's party! L to R are the Haunted Police Car (my car), The Yellow Peril (momentrabbit), and the Echoprise (nottheterritory and anidada).


catsarah had balloons!


momentrabbit and seattlemouse made some wonderful presents!


A cat from sassy_fae!


Patricia. If you play RPGs, chances are you've seen her art, or that of her husband.


nottheterritory, looking devillishly charming, as always.


Last known photo of momentrabbit, just before the tiger attack. seattlemouse survived unscathed.


velvetpage and anidada regard the fine spread!


Mmm.... crickets!


Peaches is a good... lizard... thing.


sassy_fae's remarkable cake.


Looking in...


GET OUT!


Earlier - cake for the Bunny!


BUNNY!


velvetpage knows (Air) Hockey!


"Bouncy bouncy oo such a good time! / Bouncy bouncy shoes all in a line!"


nottheterritory talks books with one of the dads at his daughter's party, who happened to be this guy.

Comments

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Point of note - the naming of our car was inspired by none other than James' (http://grognardia.blogspot.com/) daughter Mary and has been known since time immemorial as The Echoprise(!)*

*exclamation point suggested but not required.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Fixed! :)

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

You are a gentleman, sir!

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

Is the Yellow Peril a Mazda 5 Protege? That's one of the possible replacements for our Saturn should someone drive a stake through its heart and kill it for keeps. So naturally, I'm searching for actual reviews. The model is fairly old, but the resale price seems pretty high for a used car of that vintage.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

It is indeed! I'm still happy with her. Most of the Pro5s I've seen up here have some rust (ours included) especially around the nameplates and wheelwells, so make sure your replacement is solid. You may also expect to replace the clutch after 75k, and ours went through brakes at an accelerated rate for a while - they just seized up over night if the parking brake was on in deep-cold winter conditions. Going to after-market calipers fixed that. Lastly, do *not* drive 'em in winter without snow tires. The later Mazda3 has traction control; the Pro5 does not. With snow tires, she's a lynx. Without, she's a lynx on a slip-n-slide - bad scene.

That said, she's got ok-by-modern-standards gas mileage, engine's still purring at 150K, drives like a sportscar (manual, anyhow), handles very well, and transports four adults and baggage comfortably. We like her, and will drive her into the ground someday. :)

[dagoski.livejournal.com]

I may have to rethink this since Ann Arbor may be drawing me back into its gravitational well again. Not that the snow is especially bad there. Figure you have to replace most clutches at 75k, no biggie. I really liked the robustness of my late 80s Mazada 323. Great car til something punctured the gas tank. Sounds like the Mazda 5 could be the car to see me through grad school depending on when the Saturn finally bites it and just what's available. Who knows, I might find an Oldsmobile Aztek with the keys left in it just laying around depending on what happens to GM.

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Cats! Balloons! She has lovely balloons.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yes! All green and rubbery!

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

Apparently everyone was afraid to park in my 5-6 car driveway O.o

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I parked in Ohio. Happy birthday, love.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Well, we parked on the street cause we figured we'd be first to leave... and then everyone lined up behind us!

[dronon.livejournal.com]

If this was your birthday, happy birthday! :)

[iridium-wolf.livejournal.com]

Moment's looking better and better. Congrats to the bunny. :)

[dronon.livejournal.com]

Relaxacon, schlaxacon, I think you had a grand time on the weekend, with great friends and beautiful cake. :-)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I wanna do both! :)

[kisekileia.livejournal.com]

Those bouncy things (from the second-last picture) were so much fun!