Tintin, early test footage

Okay, it's actually the first animated adaptation of Tintin, a Belgian stop-motion film that was shown exactly once and then yanked before it got a proper release, to only be seen at the Herge museum.

Or if that's not odd enough for you, how about a live-action version of Tintin?

At this point I'd rather not hear any complaints about the quality of the latest Spielberg movie...

Merry #$%^ing Christmas

Christmas Eve we were driving back from moonshadowed's brother's place when the temperature indicator shot up into the red. I nursed it back home and re-filled the anti-freeze, which had been bone dry, to normal levels. It didn't do any good and the engine gauge was still shooting up after about 15 minutes travel. So today I brought it into the shop.

Verdict: There's a hole in the radiator and in the coolant pump. Total cost to repair, along with replacing some vital hoses, would be just a hair under $2K. My mom agreed to cover it (she earns more through her Social Security check and her investments than Tracy I do with our jobs) but it was still humiliating ot have to ask her.

I hate this. I hate not having a good job. I being too scared to look for a better one. I hate feeling like we're on the edge of disaster all the fucking time.