prune of the week 2.11.08

i save $50 a month by parking in an outside lot on west 9th instead of parking in the garage in my building. i don't mind it because it's only half a block to get to my apartment from the lot, and i save $600 a year that in turn i can go and buy a new bag with. plus when it's nice out i think it's fun to walk past all the restaurant patios and see who's out and about.

i'm forever a gadabout.

so because i park outside it leaves my car accessible to all sorts of street teams and event promoters who leave "hot cards" on my windshield. almost every friday, saturday and sunday morning there is some sort of promo item on my car. normally i just throw it away but sometimes i try to get rid of the card and it isn't even possible.

see below:

before...


after...


it's like the gift that keeps on giving.

if there is any bit of moisture on the window when the card is placed it dries up by the morning and the card sticks like glue to the windshield. ANNOYING!

not only do i have to stare at "i heart hip hop" from the inside of my windshield, but i now have to take the time to razor blade the thing off my windshield in zero degree weather. damn flyer.

there has got to be some way to stop this constant decoration of my car, maybe i'll write my councilman (joe cimperman) and see if he can pass a law or something. because i'm fed up with getting things glued to my car, especially a month before i have to turn it in. that REALLY dries my plums.

maybe i'll just go to anatomy tomorrow and make the people who put the card on my car buy me a drink, or two.