It’s our big spring membership drive and we don’t have any tote bags for you. Sorry. We do have shirts, stickers, badges, discounts, and the prospect of David Tracy living in a damn Pontiac Aztek. Like normal people. Also, you’re gonna want to read this post to find out how David’s girlfriend found out this was happening and what you can do if you’re already a member.
Most importantly, this place runs on membership so please become a member at our two-year anniversary rate of 20% off (on annual plans). If you’re already a member we’ll also count an upgrade in our tally because, at 200 new members/upgrades in April, David buys a Pontiac Aztek with a tent, daily drives it for a month, and lives in it for a week. You can also gift a membership by clicking any of the gift membership links here and we’ll count that as well.
Our current tally is:Â 52/200!!!!
This means we’re already 25% of the way there in just one day. Let’s keep this going and maybe we can be purchasing this Aztek this weekend.
Why is membership important? Our goal is to use membership to keep ourselves honest and stay connected to our audience while also trying to shield ourselves from the ups and downs of algorithms and ad markets. Yes, we have some ads (you’ll see fewer of them if you become a member), but we have fewer than almost all of our competition and we’d like to keep it that way.
So, become a member to get a bunch of stuff, make David sleep in an Aztek, and help keep this community thriving.
How David’s Girlfriend Found Out
David has a girlfriend and his girlfriend is pretty fantastic. She’s a smart, successful, elegant adult. [Ed Note: You forgot the “and” before “fantastic.” -DT]. You wouldn’t instinctively guess that this would pair so well with David, but she also has the benefit of having a great sense of humor and a laid-back California way of rolling with whatever shenanigans that come with knowing David.
Of course, David is pretty fantastic, too, or else there would be little reason to continue to deal with his harebrained ideas and impossible schemes. At least we all work with him so there’s no trying to explain him to, like, normal people. David’s partner, though, has a real job, so things like this happen:
Lolololol. Become a member because there’s at least a 15% chance that this won’t be the last time David has to live in his car.
David had his chance to play off the post as an April fool’s post that got too real too quickly, and well dangit, it was all in good fun but the public support was so overwhelming that now he has to honor it! He could have played it like that. But I’m not his communications coordinator.
Also David, charge your phone and zero out your inbox! Your phone gives me heartburn.
SURPRISE
Alrighty. I’ve upgraded from cloth to vinyl. I’m ready to burn my thighs on those seats!
Hey! The headline seems to imply that he’s going to live in it for a month! It doesn’t exactly specify that, but that’s the only unit of time in the headline, so it’s a natural inference to draw.
Maybe that’s the prize if we hit the stretch goal of 500 signups.
I just joined up as well! David in an Aztek is what put me over the edge!! (i’d been meaning to join for the past year)