Allister and a popping tire

Alright so here's another entry after a whole month of nothing. Thanks to pandora.com I've come across a few bands that I absolutely love: Allister, Bowling for Soup, and Jettingham. So far I've liked every song I've heard by these guys.

Here are some YouTube samples:
Allister
Somewhere Down in Fullerton
A Lotta Nerve

Bowling for Soup
1985
Emily
Almost

Jettingham has already broken up and I couldn't find any videos of 'em. Too bad.

I was talking to Hiromi (the girl who's selling me her extra ticket to Elle Garden) and she asked if I knew a band called Allister. It was kinda out of the blue so I asked why she wanted to know. It turns out she'd never heard of 'em but they're touring with Elle Garden and wanted to know what kinda music they play. No way! I'm hyped up to get to see Elle Garden but TWO of my favorite bands? It's gonna be the best concert ever!

On another note my tire exploded today. It sounded like a gun went off and freaked me out. I'm pretty proud of being able to change to the spare all by myself. I made it to the repairshop and shelled out $200 for four new tires - I figured it was best to change 'em all just to be safe.

Since I was already there I asked for an estimate on my safety check since it expires next month. It came to a whopping $1400. Holy mackerel. When I saw the list of things they had to change to pass the safety check I had to wonder if it would be better just to get another car. But then figured $1400 is still less than buying another car so am going ahead with the repairs. Man, I'm gonna be poor next month.