Is it Saturday yet?

So... my sisters boyfriend, Seth, got a 2009 Mazda 3 about four weeks ago.  He and Wes went to Philly Wednesday night to see and hang out with Iced Earth because Seth's uncle is good friends with them.  

I get a call from Wes at midnight, after the concert was over, "Seth's car was towed!!!!!!"  It was one of those instances in which they felt that the parking lot 'attendant' was very shady, very pushy and not to be trusted and looking back, should have acted on those feelings of mistrust (this would be the parking lot about a block or two down from the Troc).  But, he parked them in the lot and took their money.  And then called the towing company.  $175 towing fee!!!

Unfortunately, Seth's phone (and our new GPS system) were in Seth's car which had been inconveniently relocated to North East Philly so they had no way of contacting the band member with whom they were supposed to hang out with... Soooo... they ended up standing out back of the Troc and waiting for band members to come out so that they could still hang out with them and try to have a fun night.  Which they did.  

Kyle ends up driving to Philly to pick them up (I was up in Williamsport for the night) and says he'll take Seth back to Philly to get his car the following morning (the band member they hung out with gave them the $175 to get the car out).  I get a call at 11 that morning, from Kyle, "We found the car!"  Me, "GOOD!"  Kyle, "All four tires are slashed..."

UUUUUUGH.  So Seth called his dad (a State Cop) to see if he could come by and help figure things out.  The car was still driveable, so Seth got a police escort (state car in front, two motorcylce's following) to a tire place.  $200 per tire for that neat little car.  Plus, Seth had to stay the night in Philly because the tires had to be ordered.  Hopefully the poor kid is on his way back to Williamsport now.  BUT the car is ok body-wise and insurance will pay for the tires and his hotel room was free (somehow).  That kid has, potentially, the worst luck of anyone that I have ever known ever.

In other news, PETA wants Ben and Jerry, of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, to use human breast milk in their ice cream instead of cow milk because, "...dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies and obesity." Really?  That's the best excuse you can come up with for unhealthy children?  Too much cow milk!  Nevermind that Ben & Jerry's, while mind-blowingly delicious, has at least 1,000 calories, 60g of fat, and 120g of carbs per container!!!  That's half of a normal person daily intake for cals, fat and carbs and it's just dessert!  I appreciate what PETA tries to do... but they do it so stupidly sometimes.