GUESS WHAT.

So I've known this was happening for almost two months now, but I didn't want to say anything about it until it actually happened in case I, idk, jinxed things somehow. But as of a couple of hours ago today... I OWN A CAR.

I OWN THIS CAR.



Brand new Honda Fit, basic, and I regret to say an automatic, but who even cares, I OWN THIS CAR, MY NAME IS ON ALL OF THE PAPERWORK AND EVERYTHING.

This is my first car, guys, I've been driving my parents' cars and my friends' cars but now I have my own car, zie is mine, no one else's, oh my god, I HAVE A CAR.

...Wish I could say I bought this car with my own hard-earned money, but while I do work very hard saving the world and I've probably earned a lot from a moral/spiritual standpoint, a $20/day volunteer stipend is not the kind of money you buy a car with. My Dad bought me this car for my (now belated) birthday, because he is wonderful and he loves me, and also his mom bought him his first car so he wanted to pay it forward.

NOW I HAVE TO THINK OF A NAME FOR HIR, IT MUST BE NERDY AND AWESOME AND PERFECT, OH GOD WHAT WILL I DO, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT YOU GUYS OKAY?? look_alive suggested "Dummy", hardy har har (her car's name is Jarvis).

No wait hold the presses I have the perfect name!

HIS NAME IS OLIVER!

If you are a Top Gear fan, I don't need to explain myself. For the rest of you, this is my car's namesake:



That's the original Oliver, a tiny adorable 1963 Opel Kadett A, pictured with his human, tiny adorable Richard Hammond. Why do I want to name my car Oliver?

-Oliver is the happiest car in the world.

-Richard bought this car used, in Africa, for less than 1,500 pounds, and drove it across Botswana, a distance of 1,000 miles. This journey included the crossing of the Makgadikgadi Pan, a massive salt pan larger than Switzerland, the surface of which is a thin crust over a gooey mud-like substance. Jeremy and James had to completely rip apart their cars until they were light enough to struggle across. Richard refused to harm his beloved Oliver; luckily Oliver was light enough to skip across the salt pans without any trouble anyway.

-When James and Jezzers' cars were struggling and breaking down and requiring repairs and modifications, Oliver blithely soldiered on, refusing to stop, even when this happened:



-When I am a famous celebrity and come on the show to be the Star in the Reasonably Priced Car, this will make an awesome story in my interview.

-ALL ADDERS ARE PUFFS.

In sum: tiny, adorable, happiest car in the world, never stops running even after being dragged over 1,000 miles of African wilderness, drowned, and shot, THESE ARE QUALITIES I WANT FOR MY VEHICLE.

*brb ordering Stig bumper sticker and African puff adder keychain*