Nov 05 2006

Johnny Appleweed

Last night I went down to see the New Line Theatre production of Johnny Appleweed. It was the world premiere of the new musical comedy by Scott Miller. I knew it was going to be good, but I didn’t know it would be that liberal. It was absolutely incredible! Johnny Appleweed is the new hero of America, traversing the country planting and sharing the wonderful weed that is marijuana. He thinks that the current President of the United States is really screwing things up for everyone, and plans on going to the White House to express his discontent.

Along the way, he runs into Mark (an uptight Republican struggling with his sexual orientation), Suzanne (a lesbian thespian who’s ticked at her girlfriend), Fannie Mae (a twice-divorced born-again Christian), and none other than Jesus himself. They all go with Johnny on his journey to confront President Bush Birch about the current state of the Union. 🙂

Unfortunately, the show’s initial run is over now, but I sure hope it makes a return in the near future. I would love to see this awesome political satire again…and again…and again. Yet another stunning New Line production!

|:| Zach |:|

Nov 03 2006

Engine update II

My engine has been removed and the new one is going in. I got the PS return lines and the Kpro is being sent to the shop today. That means, if all goes well, I could potentially be done with the swap tonight. If not, though, it should be done by Monday.

|:| Zach |:|

Nov 02 2006

Engine update

Today I dropped off all the parts that I had at the shop. I’m still missing a couple of small parts, but they will be in tomorrow and Friday. The only things that are missing (as of right now) are the PS return lines and the KProed ECU. The nice thing is that those parts can be added right at the end of the swap, so they shouldn’t hold anything up.

The mechanic was very happy to see such a complete swap. He said that one time a guy brought in a K20 swap (for a Civic ES) and it was as if he thought it would just pop right in. The mechanic looked at him and said “where’s the rest of the stuff?” The guy looked at him and said “like what?” To that, the mechanic replied “you know, things like…THE TRANSMISSION!!!” Apparently this guy thought that you could just put the new engine in place of the old one. He didn’t understand that you also needed the new transmission, axles, radiator, hoses, power steering lines, shift cables, cylinders, and all that other jazz.

So, it seems as if my research has paid off and this experience will go smoothly. Gosh I hope so. I’m told that I might be able to get it back on Friday night, but otherwise, it should definitely be done by Monday.

I’ll keep you posted.

|:| Zach |:|