Hey there,
Well, I haven't posted a new message to my blog for awhile, so I thought I would tonight.
Let me tell you about how crappy my life has been lately. This weekend I went to get my lug stud fixed on my car at Car-X. Well, of course they noticed I also needed 2 new tires and 2 struts. So, I ended up paying a crapload of money for all that stuff. Then on Monday night I went to the store, when I left, I went back to my car, turned the key, and nothing. My battery was completely dead. I asked a bunch of people in the parking lot to help, of course no one had jumper cables.
My brother came out to help me. I bought some jumper cables (which is also an awesome drink which is Whiskey & Jolt Cola) from a nearby walgreens. The idea was to jump my car, then goto a store to buy a new battery, and I'd replace the battery in the morning. Well, we jumped the car, I made it about 2 feet before it died. So we tried it again. It died again. We realized I had to go buy a battery and install it that night. So I dropped more money on a battery, installed it, and the car started up just fine.
On my way home from replacing my battery, my car was really sluggish, it would hesitate, and it was idling really high. I ended up calling work in the morning, telling them I'd be late because of car problems. My check engine light had been on about a year, I really haven't had any problems, but I figured I'd go to Autozone to see what the check engine light meant. They said the code it was giving was a faulty MAP Sensor. I looked up a MAP Sensor for my car online, of course it cost $188 bucks. So, I asked the guy at autozone what I should do. He said to check the hoses and tubes connected to the MAP sensor. I asked him where the map sensor was. He didn't know. He said to go to a Mazda dealer, and they'll print me a schematic of under the hood, and they'll show me where it is.
I went to Mazda, they printed me what I needed. I found the map sensor, checked all the hoses and stuff connected to it, they looked fine. I did notice I had a torn hose going to my air filter. I tied a rag around around the crack in the hose. I started up my car, it idled fine. I drove it around, and it seemed to drive just fine. So, I went back up to AutoZone, asked them if they had a new hose. Nope, they didn't. They said it was a dealer only part.
So, I went back to Mazda, bought the hose I needed. I replaced the hose and the car ran great again. My check engine light is still on though. I think I really do need a replacement map sensor. Maybe I can get one from U Wrench It. Actually U Wrench it just changed their name to Pick N Pull. Anyway, maybe I can get a cheap one from there. I hope.

Well, in other news or whatever. I rented Bullshit from Netflix today. It's actually a show on Showtime called Penn & Teller: Bullshit!. It's a really good show. The disc I rented had 4 episodes on it. There was one about Peta. About how much of a shitty organization they are. I'm no good at explaining what they said, but check it out. The other episodes were: War on Drugs, Love & Romance, and Safety. It's a really great show, and I highly recommend it. I watched all four half hour episodes on the disc. Normally, I wouldn't do that unless I really liked a show. Plus there was absolutely nothing on TV tonight (Mythbusters was a rerun)
So, I guess that's all that's been going on lately in my life. Hopefully everything starts getting better soon. I hate spending a ton of money on my car. Especially money that I don't have. Well, till next time... see ya..