What a friggin mess!

Jesus... I spent the day learning how to change the oil in my car. It was pretty interesting... bought some ramps, oil, filter, filter wrench... and went at it.

Little things no one tells you... the oil tends to shoot out at first when you remove the drain plug. It doesn't just fall straight down. That ended up being a nicely sized puddle underneath the car before I got the drain pan moved. And the oil filter... Jesus Christ.. what a bitch to get off. I'm thinking someone overtightened it *ahem* Mr. Tire Kingdom *ahem*. The oil wrench I bought was fitted and used a ratchet. It slipped though. I had to use packing tape looped over (to make it sticky on both sides) to create the friction I needed. It took me like 3 hours to finally get it off. (My car's a little cramped too, so one of those universal belt things definitely wouldn't have fit.)

Overall, it was a successful endeavor. I'm moving on to replacing the spark plug wires tomorrow!

Oh yeah, I also attempted to use my Rollerblades for the first time today. I took a little tumble. :-P

Maybe I'll see if I can screw up something else tomorrow.