philosophizing at the world of wheels

Tonight I was at the car show, at the convention center, with my mom and dad, which was a lot of fun. I made a huge poster for one of my dad's two cars, he took with us. It was actually a lot of fun, and people seemed to really like it and they actually read all of the specs my dad wanted on it, so I was pretty satisfied.

My dad has a few Oldsmobile Cutlasses from the late 60's and early 70's. Muscle cars, with big engines and big vrrroooooooms. :) They're quite fun. We took the 68 Cutlass and the 77 H/O Prototype. The latter of these is a pretty neat car -- it's one of a kind! It's a prototype for the 1977 Hurst/Olds Cutlass, which never actually went into production because they sold too many regular 77 Cutlasses. It's neat - it has a T roof and like corduroy seats and it's sooooo 70's it cracks me up. the H/O thing gives it this neat thing called a his-and-hers shifter (kind of sexist, but also kind of true) that allows you to drive the car in automatic OR manual. kinda neat.

A piece of American history! ;) With an engine like a heart attack. 70s on the inside, but you can see the 80s coming out.....

I totally like the 68 better though. it is silver, with a black stripe & trunk, essentially. But it freaking rocks. The thing is just beautiful..... It makes me want to shiver, it's just so damn cool.

Not as sweet-looking a picture as it is a car.... Which is my fault, really.

GOD I think she's pretty!

While I was at the car show, I enjoyed some bmx bikers performing and looking at some UNBELIEVABLE orange county choppers bikes. The design is just stunning on some of them! and they have some masterful airbrushing as well.

All of this made me reflect on how wonderful it is that there are so many different beauties in the world. Really, there are. The world is a beautiful place sometimes. I mean, you've got all these guys, full of testerone, looking tough, wandering around looking at these things that they think are beautiful. And sometimes it's a pimped-out lowrider, or a 70s muscle car, or a 54 Chevy. Or even a monster truck. They all have their own beauty, their own magnificent slice of different cultures and different times. It's just wonderful to see people seeing something that they love, that's beautiful, that's them.

Isn't that all we're really looking for? Something beautiful, something we love--something that's just, I don't know, us. It's so nice to find it in unexpected places.