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a scratched car

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.08.30

Our beloved car has been scratched, and I'm thinking of getting it painted - time to source someone to do the work. The car's in great shape over all, and the interior and all the working parts are certainly well made, but the Achilles tendon of the Kia Rondo turns out to be the paint. I've found countless tiny spots where holes have developed in the paint, and it seems unusually prone to scratching and odd hazing. Also, there's so much crap on the roads that the bottoms of the sides and front are pitted from stones, so we're considering asking about some kind of protective layer there.

rand()m quote

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love, and in order to occupy and distract himself without love he gives way to passions and coarse pleasures, and sinks to bestiality in his vices, all from continual lying to other men and to himself.

—Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov