Archive for April, 2004
Anthropomorphism
“Anthropomorphism - The endowing of nonhuman objects or forces with human characteristics.”
It’s been over 6 weeks since I got the Evo. I know it’s just a blend of man-made materials - but I can’t help but think that it has a personality and “soul”. Most days, it’s as if it’s perfection on wheels - I couldn’t ask for anything more in a car - it’s a willing participant in my frequent lunch-time drives and it’s exactly what I needed to overcome the utilitarian “blandness” of the Element. Other days (admittedly infrequent - it seems as if there was a week or so of this), it’s as if it’s ‘having a bad day’ - things are rough, it feels excessively harsh and stiff and it doesn’t want to ‘play’.
I got a fresh tankful of gas and it seemed like things got better instantly. So, maybe the bad days were just a side-effect of some “bad gas”.
Anthropomorphism indeed.