I should have payed more attention in Drivers Ed!!

Ok..let me take you back to 1991..I was sitting in Mr. Black's drivers ed class and probably sporting some
steller acid wash jeans and shoulder pads.There is a video playing..showing some woman wearing a horrible outfit with bad hair driving her Ford Station wagon on the freeway..and OH NO! her brakes went out and she if flayling around like a monkey..then some guys boring voice comes on and tells you what to do in a situation...OK Freezeframe to 1991 Melissa not paying any attention, annoyed with the dumb video, probably writing a note to my best friend Amanda on how much I love Jimmy Enyeart..and how much I really am craving skittles.

See I didn't forsee 2010 Melissa driving to LA today and Hark..the brake light comes on..and yep you guessed it my brakes started to give out. The only thing going on in my head was..this sucks because I am really having a good hair day and I am not in the mood to go flaying about like a monkey when they stop working.

Thank god I made it off the freeway and now I am riding around Culver City with shotty brakes..whats a gurly to do?
I am like driving straight..and am so preoccupied with my brakes that I am not paying any attention to the road and people are like honking at me and screaming..I am like people for once I have an excuse to be driving like a dumb girl..MY BRAKES ARE OUT!..throw me a friggin bone already!

So I drive into the first place that says "Auto shop" ..ok..I take that back it said "British Auto Shop"..ok I thought this is cool perhaps while I am getting my car worked on I can have a spot of tea and watch some Master piece theatre. 

Anyhoo I pull up and the guy(insert British accent) informs me that they only work on British Cars. Excuse me.??.Bristish cars..what is this friggin "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"?

Seriously I am sorry but this is America..and last time I looked there were no a whole hell of  alot of British cars around! I was miffed and annoyed and have this brilliant plan to move to England and open up an "American Auto shop" and when British people come in with their British cars..I will be like " sorry we only work on American cars here"..Cherrio!!

So moving on..I finallly found a place who was willing to work on a crappy "Dodge Neon"...and he's like showing me all the "clusterfuck" that is going on...and I am trying so hard to understand his lingo..I mean seriously if this were a pair of shoes I would have so understood him, cuz I understand shoes..but this is a car, and I know nothing about cars except they get me to and from the mall.

I am nodding and smiling and just wishing the hell I could get myself home to eat some soup and watch "The Rachel Zoe" project. I am like cool..um can we get this all taken care and wrapped up in an hour..I would really like to beat rush hour traffic? That guy looked at me like I had grown a giraffe out of my ass...Miss that is impossible and we need to keep it overnite.

Great..love it..now what? I am stranded in Culver City and there isn't a Starbucks nearby...I think I may start to get a little sussy here "American Auto shop dude"!

Well it helps to know the right people and the studio I am shooting with was nice enough to send a car and escort my tired self back to my crib. Well I practically gave birth to a Moose when he told me it was gonna cost me a pretty $410 dollars for some sparkly new brakes.  WTF??..do you know how many cute shoes you could buy with $410 dollars??

Uggg..I hate things like this..they are a Bother!

Honestly thought at the end of the day I have to reflect on how lucky I am to have a car..how lucky I am to have people in my  life who are there for me in ickee situations like this..and ya I am without a car for a day..but it gives me an excuse to put my read converse sneakers on and go for a "walkabout"!

So the lesson here kiddies is pay attention in drivers ed..and don't expect to get anything from the British in America unless you are sitting in a Pub!