July 4th

6:28 Force (fourth) of July. 4 of 7.

6:29 Half.

12:23 Kabul. Just got home from Illinois oh boy. Danish cookies box.

4:12 Done with re-changing oil. Couldn't cut the filter, couldn't see any aluminum foil on the intake side, some of the filter is visible through some holes, but i found one piece, about 2mm diameter, on the gauge that was sitting on the grill wrapped in napkins. Sifted all the oil i pulled off the engine, couldn't find any more. Maybe the're sitting there on the bottom of the pan or in the folds of the filter though the rubber hose i used to vacuum the oil from the engine was touching the bottom of the oil pan, bringing out some sludge, about the same amount like last time. Some of the clips of the splash guards were loose and i replaced them. I figured the rumble was coming from those, even at idle.

11:40 As i said earlier in an audio recording, in Lincoln City i remembered i took pictures from where the oil filter goes. One of them shows what appears to be a piece of that aluminum seal about to enter the filter though stuck in there. It is impossible for me to have broken the seal. In fact i remember now i saw it still there when i put the cap back on the jug. It is impossible not to have seen it in the stream of oil when i poured it because i didn't use a funnel and looked all the time not to loose direction which i didn't. I really don't see how could have passed the oil passages from top of the engine to bottom. As i said, at Jiffy Lube i saw one of the guys who looked like David Copperfield briefly removing the oil cap. They must have gotten in here first, the jug was inside but next to the door, while Angela went into the other room. Or replaced it while it still was outside and me was cleaning the valve cover from drops of oil and re-inserting the gauge, while the alarm was flashing on the building across. Today i poured Quaker State, full synthetic (recommended by Hyundai, didn't find it at Walmart that day and got Mobile 1) and this one does not have any seal. The guys at Jiffy Lube didn't want to charge me for chaning the stuck filter (was mine) or for the bulb, a 10 dollars value. They didn't charge me period.12:00 I saw fireworks all the way from Lincoln City to here which was nice however starting with Hillsborough air started to be hazy. First i thought it was fog, but then i realized it was smoke from fireworks. With stagnant air (no wind blowing at all) the smoke stays, and when i started the computer i saw (have air quality index page on one of the browser's starting page) index was 180, like during wildfires, with all major cities on West Coast in the same situation or worse. It looks like someone stopped the wind just for me everybody to see me how patriotic the hikikomori who inhabit the West Coast as Mexicans are.