My favourite webcomic Achewood is going on indefinite hiatus. In honour of this saddest thing, here are some of my favourite strips:

eBay platinum reserve followed by Ray gets Airwolf.

Leon Sumbitches is real.

Cartilege Head

Huuuuuuugs!

If you ever have a spare week, please sit down and take a look through the archives. It’s one of the most accurate portraits of the human condition you’ll ever read.

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A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe, and leaves before she is left.

- Marilyn Monroe

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“Theme parks in Somerset, Morecambe, and Lowestoft were created based on the Blobby character. Visitors could travel through attractions such as Mr. Blobby’s house. All of the parks have since closed.”^wiki

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That’s quite a dramatic title isn’t it? “Making Sacrifices!” As if I’m going to announce I’m donating a kidney, or spending all my free time in a soup kitchen. In reality, by the end of this post you’ll probably just think I’m really spoilt.

I bought my dream car when I was 22. That’s almost two years ago, and for a 22-year-old it was pretty good going. I’d always wanted a 2-seater convertible so one Sunday, on the way home from Morrisons, Frog and I wandered into the local Mazda garage and I somehow came away £3k lighter and with a rather scary finance agreement. And, of course, a beautiful new car.

It’s a bright blue MX-5, with two exhausts, shiny alloy wheels and a fancy leather interior. It has heated seats, it goes like the clappers and corners like its on rails. It also costs me a small fortune. Insurance is the best part of 1k every year, road tax is £235, servicing is over £200, petrol is…well let’s just say it doesn’t get very good MPG and work is a 44-mile round trip every day.

I didn’t buy any clothes for almost a year. I was in my overdraft for 18 months. I’ve only just got my finances back onto the level, and each month I still have to pay for my car. It’s time for it to go.

Without my car (my beautiful car) I’ll be so much better off. I can save…save lots! Save a deposit for a house and get onto the property ladder. If you’re buying alone you need all the cash you can get, right?

My car is going tomorrow, and I’m getting a Corsa in return. I’m actually quite sad, because I love driving it. It’s fun and it goes fast and it just works really well. A Corsa won’t be fun, and it won’t go fast, and I won’t feel like I’ve achieved anything by getting it.

Still, this is all about saving money for a house. A house is a much bigger achievement than a fancy car, so I just need to hold onto that thought and learn to love my new Corsa.

So why does it still feel like a sacrifice?

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I got an Owly plush toy as a belated Xmas present (I originally got tickets to Most Haunted Live but it was cancelled). Unaware of what Owly was, I did some googling and it seems he’s the saddest little owl on the planet.

Poor Owly!

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Thanks to RobOusbey and MatStace.

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