The Zereps

are starting to happen here at the zereps as eric and myself come out of what must have been our spring break mode. nothing huge and exciting, but better than nothing. 🙂

last night eric and i drove to denver to see dj shadow perform at the ogden theater. i was reluctant to go at first, since i have to much stuff to do here at home, but i’m glad i went. the drive down was fairly uneventful and we found parking easily enough. the neighborhood that the theater is located in is pretty cool. it’s all big ’20s houses-meets downtown. we stood in line *forever* because the tickets were misprinted and because dj shadow himself was late. the show eventually opened with ‘the lifesavers’, who are on dj shadow’s label. they were good…hip-hoppy and kinda rappy. there was a special guest rapper during shadow’s performance, the gift of gab. he was pretty slick, too. anyhoo..it was lots of fun 😀 thanks eric for making me go!

in other news, our lawn has become a jungle! today i went to home depot and got a lawnmower…hooray!!! and not just any polluting, fossil-fuel dependent, noise-pollutant mower, but a cute, quiet little scotts 16″ cut reel mower. i’ve already done the front lawns and it’s actually kinda fun! it’s easy to push, too. well, easy to push over grass that’s not the amazon. i have to go over high spots several times, but it’s a breeze over regular grass. the backyard is going to be fun though. the grass comes to jabba’s neck in some spots. and i’m kinda starting to like the meadow feel the backyard is adapting. plus it’s producing oxygen! anyhoo….if i mow ever 2-3 weeks it’ll work out great. i recommend it!

oh, and pictures of our new table soon, i have to show it off after all that work i put into it! plus i’ll show you pics of our dirt and weed patch i’m trying to convert into a garden. i pulled like 100 pounds of weeds last week and then tilled it all by hand with my trusty gardenclaw. we’ll see how it develops this week.

and there will be pics of leia and jabba, too, of course. she’s getting so big! where did our little puglet go?

I guess they unveiled them a couple weeks ago at the 2007 NY International Auto Show at the Javitts Center in NYC (the same auto show I went to last year (pics) Too bad I missed it this year. d’oh!) but I didn’t see them until today.
Anyway. here they are… check ’em out on the official site:

–2008 Subaru Impreza WRX

–2008 Subaru Impreza 2.5i (mine is the 2007 version of this.)

–2008 Subaru Tribeca

I think the new WRX/Impreza wagons looks pretty cool. Very compact and sleek. I’m not so thrilled about the Sedan’s though. I don’t like the body style accents as much as the 2007 line or the way the front grills look. The engine on the Impreza has a couple fewer Horsies too, but it does have the sport-shift transmission (something I wish mine had.) Sorry to bore all you non-subi owners.. ya know: it’s never to late to get one. ;)  REAL updates coming soon.. (I promise.)

i just wanted to let people know that eric and i are indeed alive and well. and we haven’t won the lottery and fled the continent with our millions. we’ve just been lazy. 🙂 we have pictures and events to post about, but it just hasn’t materialized yet. sorry!

let’s see…my birthday was nice. um…i’m building a table…um….eric is fine…..so are jabba and leia….weather is nice…..had a windy night about a week ago that threw our swing across the yard…um….can’t figure out how to turn on our sprinklers….um…..thrift shopping is fun….er……weeding isn’t…..um….that about sums it up! 😀

have a pleasant day!