Questionable Market Research!

Ok, so today, i am a little upset...actually for the past week or so! I recently saw the new Dodge Challenger driving down the Parkway and nearly ran myself off the road at the sight and absolute awe of it! "Wow, that is one gorgeous car!" I thought to myself. With it's sexy, bulky yet sleek styling reminiscent of when MoPar was king! I immediately looked it up online, looked at the different versions, and the future concepts planned for it! Hoping that there would soon, if not already, be a convertible Challenger, I found a couple blurbs that spoke of a convertible version that was intended to be released in 2009. "Oooh, really, I am so on top of that", I just melted in my seat when I read it, I immediately started planning on getting one! I absolutely love the new Ford Mustang style that debuted in the 2005 model year. It was gorgeous, and of course, I immediately ran out to buy one! I couldn't let everyone else have all the fun! So, naturally, when I read that the new Challenger was going to release a convertible model, I started planning! Now, I have been a Mustang (or Pony) Girl since the day I could spell C..A..R.. but I was ready and willing to cheat on my beloved Mustang for this indisputable beauty.

Well, early October, it was released that they were NOT going to be releasing the convertible version... WHAT??? WTF???... How disheartening! I was so excited, and now, i am so sad... like Dodge single handedly sliced open my chest plate, slowly and methodically removed my heart, gently placed it on a table, and proceded to smash the life out of it with a rubber mallot! So Sad!

Apparently Dodge's market analysis has determined that there isn't enough demand for them, no market for a Throw-back muscle/sport car with a convertible top?! I'm sorry, but the Mustang seems to be doing ok? Am I wrong, it seems to me that everytime I am on the road I see a minimum of 5-6 Mustangs, 2-3 of which are convertibles. Frankly, the new Challenger seems to be a direct competitor with the redesigned Mustang, and if I am seeing a quarter to a third of Mustangs as convertibles, then logic would tell me that there is indeed a market for this.

But alas, you can't talk common sense into corporate big wigs, because of course they know it all, they do make millions of dollars each year of course, so they obviously think like an "average American", Duh! And becuase they wouldn't buy one, because they would rather be rolling around in their Hummers, Maseratis, or Bentleys, we can reasonable assume that the rest of the country, or world for that matter, would do the same!

Alas, Dodge, you have once again disappointed me, and apparently I am going to have to stick to my Sexy, Sleek, Fast & Furious Ford Mustang! Thanks for Nothing!!! I hope my beloved Mustang will forgive me for my lustful thoughts, I won't let it happen again!

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Ok... that's my rant for today, I feel much better!

PhotoSwap...my new addiction!

Who knew something as anonymous and random as blindly sharing photos with people around the world could be so fun? Obviously the people at Padadaz knew! The iPhone app called PhotoSwap is absolutely amazing! The amazing photos, some very artistic and creative (others not so much) that you receive are both exciting and intriguing.

Here's the basics of how it works: You take a photo, of anything really, and send it, you will then receive an absolutely random photo in return, at that point you can reply with a photo and the photo chain begins!

It is absolutely amazing some of the random pictures you will receive in response! Just today, I was sitting down enjoying an ice cold beer, and decided to take a photo and send it out. Amazingly, the person who received it, was also enjoying the same beer and replied back to my photo with a picture of the beer, which then warranted a photo of my entire six pack (minus the 2 I already drank) and so on, and so forth!

If you have time, and you want to spark up your creative side, check out PhotoSwap on the iPhone! You'll enjoy it! Who knows, perhaps we'll randomly swap photos one day!
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No rants today, just Good times!

Lonely Thoughts?

You ever think strange thoughts when you're lonely? I do, obviously, or why would I be writing a blog called lonely thoughts?

So, these thoughts, when I am lonely, I don't really mean sitting somewhere alone, with no one else around... of course, i mean the deep emotional heart aching longing for companionship kind of "lonely". When you want someone to want to be around you so much, that you don't even know how to think about anything else?

I do this all to often, unfortunately. It is not so much that I want to be in a "relationship", or want to have a "partner/spouse/boyfriend/etc", just that I want someone to want to be with me, around me, and/or all about me! I guess I just feel that there is a human desire, or need, to have mutual companionship and caring in one's life.

Obviously, there is some reason (or many) that I am not in a relationship, or have this type of full time companionship, and I guess some of that could be construed as my fault... I suppose, but really, being in a "bad relationship" is about the same as being in "no relationship' if not worse. So I have to deal with this one way or another... Pro's and Con's, I suppose. :(

So... Here are today's "lonely thoughts":

Do you suppose its true that there is "one" person out there for everyone? And if so, where are they? Who are they? and how are you supposed to know if you find them... what if you have already found them, and you look right past them and didn't even realize they were the "one"? Seriously, I mean, I don't think this is supposed to be this complicated? But it is!?!? I think? What if you find the "one", and realize that they weren't the one, does that mean that you're done? There are no more out there for you, sorry, had your chance... you lose! Game over?

I know everyone has had these thoughts at some point or another... or at least I hope so, maybe I am the only one, in which case, I feel like nut job right now, and i apologize for wasting your time on my silly antics!

But seriously, I suppose that it is just my emotions coming out for a joy ride today, or perhaps it is something deeper that stems from this longing desire for companionship in my life, but, then again, maybe I am just silly, and have no idea what the heck I am talking about, and should just shut up now!?!? OK.

Well, that's my rant!

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