Aug23

Because I am clearly a paragon of femininity…

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Because I am clearly a paragon of femininity…

Fellow Jiu-Jitsu student “The Dad” and I often talk cars, fight scenes, and action movies in general.

This all started years ago when I was driving from Taekwondo to Jiu-Jitsu and noticed a cool old car on the road.

“Ooooh,” I thought because, you know, super girlie.

So imagine my delight when the observed vehicle pulled into the parking lot ahead of me.

“I must see who is driving that.” (Internal dialog. Not yet so crazy as to talk to myself–out loud anyway.)

Relieved to see it was a fellow student, I got the scoop from The Dad on this glorious ’67 Chevy Impala.

It wasn’t this one, but you get the idea.

The car was a gift for his daughter. The conversation continued as we moved indoors, which is why I have a clear memory of us sitting against the wall and me shoving him.

Now hear me out!

He explained how his daughter wanted the Chevy, even though, “We’re not that type of family,” he told her. They’re a Ford family, but she convinced him to buy her the Impala because of a TV show they enjoyed together.

“I wanted all my kids to have a cool first car,” he told me.

Okay. That’s awfully nice.

“So I got all the boys a 60s Mustang.”

“Shut! Up!” That’s when I shoved his shoulder with [almost] all my might. “Why can’t you be MY dad?”

Since his sons: Instructor, Surfer Dude, and Surfer Dude 2 were all there, I asked them what color Mustangs they got and found some relief that none were blue.

Still, because I’m mature and I was irrationally ticked by this seeming injustice, I told them, “That’s my dream car that I’ve wanted forever, and you just had one handed (I included a hand gesture here. Not that hand gesture.) to you.”

They just looked at me befuddled, like, “What did we do?” which was the proper reaction.

Here’s a text to Instructor from January 2023

It’s a 1964 1/2 Mustang. Instructor responded with a laughing crying face.

Now that I’m back in class, The Dad and I have continued our Mustang discussions.

“If you like Mustangs and Jiu-Jitsu, you should check out John Wick,” he told me.

So Hubby and I watched and enjoyed all four of the movies, despite the ridiculous violence. Hubby was amused, and somewhat impressed, to hear me calling out certain Jiu-Jitsu moves when I spotted them.

Though it might have been a little annoying when I yelled, “Trap and roll! Trap and roll! Come on, John! You could’ve gotten out of that!”

It’s a good thing he loves me.

Recently, he texted me this pic of an old Mustang he saw on the road. My response is below.

I realize this makes no sense if you haven’t seen the movie, but it’s essentially the kick off to the whole series.

I showed this screenshot to The Dad. He laughed, fist bumped me, and said, “That’s my girl!”

Great! Now adopt me and get me a Mustang!

Since I got so much throat jump downage for forgetting the trivia in the last post, as promised to many of you cry babies, (Kidding! I love you all! Well, except for maybe YOU–see if you can guess who I mean. 😉 ) TWO TRIVIA QUESTIONS this time. And btw, last time the answer was Birkenstocks.

I take it back. This is from a page called “Three of a Kind,” so I’ll give you three. Each three-word set can be combined with another word to form a familiar phrase or name.

Question 1: Cheese, Bikini, Theory

Question 2: Penalty, Red, Car

Question 3: Six, Thought, Throat

Happy now?!?! (Still kidding! Except when it comes to YOU–still!)

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106 responses »

  1. Those are great cars, Betsy. I can see why you’d like a 60s Mustang. Buying cars for your kids can be catastrophic. One daughter totaled the car we bought her. Fortunately, she wasn’t hurt badly. My son totaled three cars we bought him, ended up in the hospital twice. I have no clue on your trivia hints.

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  2. Okay, I have String for #1 and Deep for #3 and I’m confident about those. But for #2 all I could come up with was Card. My grandmother willed her ’67 Mustang (green) to my brother, of course. And it only had 40,000 miles on it. My sisters and I got clunky jewelry and silverware. THE INJUSTICE STILL BURNS.

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  3. I’m guessing you’re talking about Mark, because everyone knows that I’m your favorite, so it couldn’t possibly be me.

    As for John Wick, I wonder if you’re hallucinating. Much like the Matrix, there was only the first movie. The rest were just a mass dissociative disorder event, where everyone believed there were sequels, but the reality is that there weren’t, because everyone knew how bad they would be, so they did the right thing and didn’t make them.

    Answers: click for details – awwwww, it won’t let me use the details block. Stupid WP

    1. String
    2. No Idea
    3. Deep

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  4. I also love Mustangs. I grew up in Detroit and so all things automotive I’m all over them. My first car was a Ford but then I bought a 64 Impala. Been a GM man ever since. Well I have deviated to some hobby cars like a 1979 Toyota Fj40 Land Cruiser (yes, Smurf blue) The three words are fun. #1 string. #2 Box #3 Deep. I sure hope I’m not the one you are thinking about.

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  6. We were a Ford family. No stiken Chevies in our garage growing up. My father had a Mustang of the 60s vintage that my brother ended up with. Not a convertible, though. My uncle in St. Louis has a gorgeous Mustang convertible of an early vintage that he bought new and keeps pristine. I didn’t inherit the car obsession gene but I do appreciate a well-loved classic.

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    • Nice, Janis! When The Dad said, “We’re not that kind of family,” I immediately made a mental note to tell my mom about this. I knew she’d appreciate that because we were a Ford family growing up. She did indeed laugh about it. Yes, gotta love the classics. 🙂

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  8. I know there was a lot more to your post…but I will confess. I got stuck on Mustang. The word, the pics, the dreaming. A ’65 red Mustang would be just right. I mean, I’d suffer and take a blue model, but red…sigh! 😎

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  9. Looks like you need to get adopted into the family, Betsy! How cool for this classmate to gift his children with such classic first cars! Something they’ll always treasure and remember.

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  10. I love mustangs – the car and the horse. I once owned a 74 mustang – terrible car, but a friend had a 60’s mustang and that was a fun car to drive around in. and one time I was hit by a 68 red mustang, caused $11,000 in damage to my Honda.

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  14. Yeah, wanting all their kids to have a cool first car was not something my parents aspired to. My first car, a hand-me-down from my brother, was some ancient tiny green manual truck that didn’t have power steering.
    When we were in Australia and stayed with my blog buddy, we got to ride in her husband’s classic Holden. The Husband was pretty smitten.
    Uh, that’s not trivia. That’s a puzzle. I’m out!

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    • Not my parents, either. Not even remotely. Giving us any car would never have crossed their minds. I used a non-power steering car for a short while. Never again. Such a pain. I remember trying to take a parking spot at the library and then being like, “Nope. Okay, I guess I’ll take this spot across from and slightly diagonal from my original spot instead.” Good thing there were a lot of open spots.

      I’d never heard of Holden. Had to look some up. Fun!

      Not into puzzles. Got it. It’s interesting to inadvertently learn more about my blog buddies via this trivia game. 🙂

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  15. Growing up I always thought Mustangs were so cool. Always wanted one – never got one. But my son-in-law had one when he married my daughter. Sadly, after 2 children in quick order, he had to trade it in for a more practical car. I don’t know who was more disappointed – him or me.

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  19. Your stories are always amusing, Betsy. I laughed when I saw the small Mustang your husband gave you!

    I don’t know if I understand your game: could “string theory” be the first one? Am I way off or so close! I need to know!! 🙂

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  21. The New York Times games app has a daily puzzle called “Connections” – find four sets of four words that belong together from a grid of sixteen. You might like that, Ms. Paragon. Dang what a cool word, “paragon” (so cool I couldn’t remember what it meant so I looked it up). So you’re a “model of excellence”, Betsy? Or are you “just” a model? No matter, you kept it going with even more made-me-pause words. “Befuddled”! “Throat Down Jumpage”! Who ARE you? Oh that’s right, you’re a “paragon”… or, at the very least, a novelty.

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  22. Oooh, I like novelty. One, it contains the word novel. And two, it reminds me of ice cream snacks! 🙂 Perhaps the word you’re looking for is just that I’m a nerd, Dave. That sums it up well. But, to be fair, Throat Down Jumpage was entirely made up, of course. That puzzle game you mention sounds fun!

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