Because I am a Dork
I recently acquired a new mobile phone. With inbuilt camera. Big whoop, I know a lot of you are thinking, but this is exciting stuff, trust me!
Yesterday, I had a sudden need to document an impending and very much anticipated family event, and thanks to my happy little SonyEricsson, you too can now share in the dorkiness that is…
The Rollover™!
(Why yes, I was driving and camera-ing at the same time. But shhhhh, don’t tell!)
Whoohoo!
We had this theory that when the car hit 200000 (that’s km, not miles, btw!), it would fall apart, quite literally. It would stop dead and panels would drop off in the middle of the road and the engine just might explode. And Oh, wouldn’t all that be very funny, haha. Except that, as I approached the magic number, I suddenly realised that at the time, I was going to be very close to, or indeed possibly in the Kew Junction intersection. At Peak Hour. I think funny-haha just left the building. Local readers may know of what I speak. I took a deep breath, eased through the intersection, and we reached rollover just past the Junction, whew. And hey, look, the car didn’t fall apart either. Bonus 
For extra nerd points, here’s the two palindrome photos I took:
Now, wasn’t all that worth getting the new phone for?
September 13 2007 01:06 pm | General Ramblings
8 Responses to “Because I am a Dork”
Junette on 13 Sep 2007 at 1.38 pm #
It’s great that you were able to capture that moment, Mel. I’ve wanted to capture moments like that but I always forget about it until after the event. Our most recent milestone (kilometrestone just does not seem right) was 66666.
Besides, phone cameras do come in handy at times. I used mine to take a pic of my car on the back of a tow truck. Darn thing broke down in the boonies out the back of Berwick.
Your car has done you well despite other recent events involving panel beaters and such. :)
monique on 13 Sep 2007 at 2.14 pm #
What a hoot!
Joanne on 13 Sep 2007 at 3.28 pm #
Congratulations on reaching that milestone with your car, and I am glad that you made it through the junction.
Jenn L on 13 Sep 2007 at 10.43 pm #
If you’re a dork, then so am I…. I’ve done the same thing with my camera phone!!
Congrats on reaching 200K. Now time to shoot for the Quarter Million Club!!
Little Cat on 14 Sep 2007 at 12.52 am #
LOL LOL Well done car for not blowing up and throwing Melanie into outer space.
Claudia W. on 18 Sep 2007 at 3.31 am #
Oh my Gosh! You must be my twin!!! I would have done the same thing! LOL! LOL!
Carol on 20 Sep 2007 at 4.00 am #
That is fantastic! And not even a little bit nerdy!!!! What a great ad that is for your car manufacturer!
Marita on 21 Sep 2007 at 8.55 am #
Such a cool thing that you were able to get the pictures AND that you didn’t break down in Kew Junction (or at all).