I Am Not a Blog

I a human being.

And this is a story of human devotion to a machine.

This undertaking is as baffling to me as it is to the many practical-minded people in my life. There is no logical reason for me to be spending thousands of dollars (most yet to be earned) on restoring a car with 10mpg (highway) and being without a car for a year (in Los Angeles). Obviously I could sell my Landcruiser. Obviously I could buy a new car. I could go back to school and get a master's degree in accounting (!).

But I just can't.

Beginning May 14, 2009 I will be driving my 1973 Landcruiser nearly 1100 miles over the Rocky Mountains to meet the man who will be restoring this machine over the course of the next 12 months.

Why? you may ask. Well, like I said. I don't really know. That's one reason why I'm trying this whole web log deal. But first I'd like to clear up a few things:

• Contrary to the name of this blog, I have no clue whether or not my car has a soul. I don't know why I put down that title. I have a thing for filling out forms and there was a blank space........maybe that's not the soul in question.
• I do not refer to the car as a "she" or a "he". Not into anthropomorphizing. It's a car.
• My car is an "it". But clearly a very important it. To me. For some reason.
• Despite the mystery surrounding my motives, something about this process is good for me. It makes me happy in a strange way. I just don't understand it.
  

So if adventures of brave individuals defeating overwhelming odds (or slow-motion train wrecks) are your thing, check back often.

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Elyse