  Yay! Our rotors are not shot, we got new windshield wipers, and the Garage Guy politely focused his attention away from our lack of inspection sticker. Plus, mom is going to give us rent money, aaaaaaaannnnd it looks like we'll have enough money to pay our insurance/car payment. Lookin' good folks, looking good. Big time relief happened when Kurt came home from the garage, losing our car at this point would suck ass, as well as being somewhat long term.
All i found out so far is that the Dog's name is Angie. Played phone tag with the lady, going to call her back this evening. Saw "Finding Nemo", and I must say that movie is pretty action-packed, but I can see a lot of kids refusing to eat fish for a while after seeing it. The hero of the story is a Daddy fish, pretty unconventional, and it has that nice edge that cartoon features have been missing for a while.
I noticed disney has been getting a little more edgy with Lilo and Stitch, and it seems the sort of darkish humor there, and the sense of life being very much less than perfect, gives the animated features way more depth, and a better moral compass for kids to go by. In short, the cartoons do not appear to be commericals anymore. drive by body piercings... 
