I'm a slayer, ask me how.

Guy just waved me down in the parking lot of my apartment complex and said "It's been bugging me for a year, what does your license plate mean???" LOL!

My license plate is ORNGRFL :)

They always guess "orange florida"

I tell them it's my online name, inside joke, but it gets random people to talk to me.

It's hard to find a cool looking license plate frame.

My goal with lil' ORNGRFL is to have most of my fandoms displayed on her in some way. So I'm trying to find a pretty frame for my new plates that says something about one of my loves.

I've found a handful at CafePress, but most of them look pretty bad. (also, CafePress' search function sucks).

If you google "license plate frames" you get a lot of sketchy looking sites to design your own. But I think creating my own might be the best route. I was thinking maybe "My Other Ride is a Firefly" or something Joss related. Or maybe a Star Wars in-joke, since my other idea is to get a vinyl sticker that says "Sunnydale High School Class of '99" for the back.

Suggestions?

I received a mysterious Mini box in the mail today with lots of cute free swag inside! Check it out!

Well, now that I've had a chance to drive my Mini around a bit, let me tell you...OMG SO FUN!

Of course, I'm coming from a pretty old car - a car that vibrated when you hit 40 and moaned and creaked as you neared 50 and made you crank up the radio once you were at 60.

The Mini? Well, it's dangerous. I can get up to 70 and feel like I'm going 20 because the ride is so quiet, so smooth.

And it's fully automatic - lots of little electronics in the key and in the car, such an upgrade from the escort, which had "child safety" locks - which means I had to manually unlock all my doors, even when I was on the inside of the car, before I could open them. The key has a little battery in it, and while it's in the ignition of the car, it re-charges the battery - pretty high tech stuff!

Of course, there's the whole convertible part. True, I'll probably have to wait a couple months to fully try it out, but let me just tell you, it's pretty sweet watching that hood roll back. You have the option of just pulling back the front bit, creating a "sun roof" of sorts. Or you can hold the button down longer and have it all come down.

The only downside is the back seats. Like most convertibles, the back seats are just sort of there for looks. I mean, zaubervz can probably fit back there, but he's a beanpole of a kid. The fact that you can push the front seats so far back that they are up against the back seats? Yeah, it's a tight squeeze. But one person would probably be comfortable enough stretched out back there.

I'm still trying to figure out where everything is. I'll have to go and take a picture of the dashboard so you can see how ridiculous it is. Everything is in the middle of the car - the window controls, the speedometer, everything. So it's a bit crazy trying to figure out what buttons to press at the moment.

But I love it. I feel so very good about this purchase. ORNGRFL is totally my baby. I'm sending in the paperwork ASAP to get my personalized plates. Then WATCH OUT! hehe

So, we're in the car, driving up 695 to jimithingy's grandmother's house. And my phone rings. And I'm like "wtf? who's calling me at 3pm on the saturday before xmas?" So I pull out my phone, expecting to see blu_harvest or my parent's name on the screen. But it's just some phone number. It has the 410 area code though, so I figure I better answer it.

"Hello?"
"Samantha?"
"This is she."
"Hi, this is Brian, from the Mini dealership. I assume you've been keeping track of your car online?"
"Oh yes!"
"Well, it arrived here about half an hour ago."
"WHAT! OMG OMG OMG!!! *spazzes* Last time I checked, it had said it just arrived in New York!"
"Well, they usually give it 2-3 days to get down from there, but it's really only a 5 hour drive...so it's here now."
"wow...omg...that's so great!"
"We're about to close though, but I wanted to let you know. I still needs to have the extras installed, but it should be ready for you by next week. Will you be available to come by and pick it up?"

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's here!!!! It's really actually here!! I could have my car, MY CAR in a week!!!!!!!!

*spazzes*

my Mini is on the boat, crossing the Atlantic as I type this!!!

simontrueheart estimates to sail from England to the US will probably take 4 days to a week.

*crosses fingers*

Of course, she's got to stop in NYC, hitch a ride to MD, and once we get here, they make her look all snappy and sharp with her bonnet stripes and white mirror caps etc.

Still, the odds look good that I should have little ORNGRFL in early January. :D

So, my parents - wow.

First they tell me they will actually help me get my MINI cooper.

Then my mom says that I just have to get personalized plates if I'm getting a MINI!

Well, since she's twisting my arm...

so, 7 letters/numbers - what should my personalized plate say? Here's what I've brainstormed so far:

SEZ ME (see, those are my initials! and it's Me! see how that works?)

ZOMG111

S0 L33T

L33TZ0R

ORNGRFL (though I will most likely get "orangerful" on the side of my car later on)

SAMMIE

any other suggestions?