The Name

Stuart driving Rihanna

A good friend of mine, Stuart Thompson, encouraged me to find a name for my car a few years back. I quickly chose Bertha. He immediately informed me how lame that name was. He wanted me to think about it and come up with a name that fit the character of the car. A few weeks later, as I was driving down the road, a song came on the radio. Rihanna performed this song. As I was listening, I began to think.

My project car has been hit about seven different times. I was not in the car on any of these occasions. When attending a college with many of young drivers, you often come out to the parking lot to find dents, dings and even a doughnut rub where people had damaged it. Another one of my friends, Jonathon Blanks, was pulling out of an ally as I was riding shotgun. He took out a 2-foot concrete wall. Luckily, the only damage done to my car was a scratched undercarriage, but the wall was down for the count. I started to see a similarity between my car and Rihanna. Some things in life will just always take the whooping and bounce back better and stronger.