oh captain, my captain
are the subie brats back?

driving into work today (i know, but it's gonna rain, and i hafta run some errands afterwards and and and), i passed what appeared to be the comeback of the Subaru Brat.

if you don't know what those are, imagine an el camino or even a pickup truck, only squash it down to car size.

back in high school, freshman year, my drum captain (yeah yeah, you know, once when i was in band camp) had an old skool brat and would drive us all crazy like around the parking lot to and from the band room to the field with all our crap. it had a shell over the bed of the thing (if they're still called beds) and two seats bolted in, facing backwards. cheap plastic seats with two joystick like handles just at the ends of each armrest. they seemed to provide enough leverage to keep you in your seat and allow you to use your legs/feet to keep various heavy drums and harnesses from colliding with your body.

they're an interesting breed between station wagons, el caminos, and maybe suvs. here's to ya, subie.