a few things i remember from saturday...
talking with rick carlson about how the new beetle community is blurring the line between custom car, car show display, and art car. the displays are now so elaborate that they really do border on art projects. a case in point: a sundown orange convertible in which the back seat had been turned into a "Finding Nemo" diorama. ok, not exactly making an artistic statement but this was waaaaay beyond what you'd see at a normal car show.
listening to people make comments about my car without realizing the owner was standing there. a lot of folks recognize my car from the license plate now, and already know about the web cams.
talking to the reporter from autoweek about how we "anthropomorphize" our cars in the new beetle community, and him telling me that folks in other car communities don't tend to use words like anthropomorphize. oh, btw, i might be quoted in an article in autoweek. the reporter told me that he tends to procrastinate so it might be a while before it shows up. also, they got a really good shot of spacepod in the parade while taping for their "speedvision" show so he could be on tv, too!
not crying all day! who-hoo! guess i got it out of my system on friday. i didn't even really feel sad.
taking the final web cam photo after the parade with some of my all-time favorite beetle people. that was really nice and i'm glad i did something special to recognize it.