Yesterday morning we were woken up by a cop. Turned out at around 6 or 7 am someone decided to break into my car and grab the stereo. The people across the street saw this happening and called the cops, but by the time they showed up the thief had gone. I’m less annoyed about the loss of the stereo than I am about having to drive out to Walnut Creek this morning to get the glass replaced - all for a stereo that should (in theory) be useless, since it’s unlockable without a specific CD - one that says something about Jamie’s former taste in music.

More cars: I’m in the market for a new one, and we’ve been trying out hybrids for a few weeks now. Zero luck trying to get a test drive through the dealerships around here. We managed to test drive the 2005 Prius at Berkeley for about half an hour, but after phoning every Honda dealership within 30 miles we decided we had to rent one from Fox Rent A Car. Through a mishap we got the Prius again for a day, and finally this weekend we rented the Honda Civic. After all that, I’ve decided on the Prius. The cross bar on the rear window is a definite minus, but the Honda’s rear window visibility is far worse for parallel parking. The Prius feels a lot better when driving than the Civic - with the latter, I had a bad passing experience at 40 mph on the highway, and it also handles weirdly when moving from a stop - almost like the car is going backwards for a split second. It tends to roll backwards very easily too. The two clinchers, for me: the Civic’s lack of fold down rear seats means my cello doesn’t fit easily (as I found out when I went to orchestra practice on Sunday), and the Prius’ mileage during our two rental days edged out the Civic (43 mpg vs 38 mpg, both averaged out over at least 50 miles of driving). I’m going to go put a deposit down tomorrow.

And you thought this entry was about that movie of ours.