Saturday, November 19, 2005
Probation plates are expensive
I am now a qualified driver. Yay.
I realise it has been something like two months since I last updated - in part due to my total computer reformat, and in part due to sheer laziness in two aspects, the first being that I can't even be bothered to reinstall Office, and the second, being that I'm just too lazy to update, really.
Had my driving test yesterday. What fun. I didn't tell anyone about the details of my test. Heck, even my parents didn't know when my test date was - simply because I am not overly fond of getting unnecessary attention over things which I am not actually comfortable with. Last thing I need is to fail my test and get something twelve messages asking, 'So how was it...' and soon after, 'ROFLS U NUB, U FAILD!!!!! *GUFFAW*!!'.
So anyway, interesting test. I mounted the kerb twice in - get this - the first five minutes. No lie. First course was the S-course. Let's face it, nobody ever screws that up. I have never screwed it up. In fact, when I struck the kerb, my mind didn't even rationalise it. All I thought was: 'hmm... did I... nah, impossible.' Such that I wasn't even aware of what to do next. So anyway, moving on, I struck the kerb on the next event - vertical parking. Once again, who the heck strikes a kerb during vertical parking?! At this point of time I was ready to bang my head repeatedly on the center of the steering wheel in the hope that the combination of the siren and airbag inflating simultaneously would knock me out so hard that I would fly back into yesterday. With four demerits left to spare, I had to complete the second half of the circuit, and the road section flawlessly, a feat so ridiculous that I should have given up then and there and laughed my way back home.
But somehow, I managed to pull it off. Or the invigilator was being merciful for some reason. Either way - Yay.
Not that I have a car to drive. My father has hinted that I might get a chance to touch the BM once in awhile, but I was not to go anywhere near the contraption my brother drives. Not as though I want to. In fact, I have no desire to go near either car, seeing that they probably have numerical values that are worth more than several of my lives ($12). Anyway, that is a burden I am glad to get off my back.
What else has been happening - aside from the usual irritation at work which I have no desire to talk about - what else, what else. Ah, I watched Harry Potter with the gang. Good movie, a bit rushed, but I don't envy having the task of compressing one of the most celebrated novels in the series into a two-and-a-half hour feature. It is best to watch the show with real potter-scholars, as I have discovered. My knowledge of the subject, admittedly, is none too shabby, but not to the depth to which Weibin understands the series. Nevertheless, the reason I love watching movies with these guys is undoubtedly the post-movie segment; the supremely elitist and geeky part where we dissect the movie like rabid wolverines, tearing it apart and devouring it hungrily. We are not the controversial kinds who seek to be anti-establishment whenever we can - we are the truthful philosophers who always see things in the larger scheme of things, and question the purpose of the presentation as a whole. Quite simply, we are snobs who read too deeply into things that probably never had the intention of having that sort of depth. And we love it. Or at least, I do.
I also think that I may be a pedophile. Don't quote me on that.
Jamie Cullum is brilliant. I love most of his new album, I dislike a little bit of it, specifically the slow songs. Jem is pretty good stuff, charming, simple, and she has a pretty awesome voice. Some of it is a little abstract, though. And WB is right about Jewel - what's up with her? All I can say is, Intuition can be a bad thing.
I have literally spent days learning the basic formula of jazz from the many resources I have gathered over the past weeks, under the influence of the drum legend LC himself. I am thankful for the exposure, and sorry that I have reached a point that only talent can take me past. And that, I have a total drought of. However, it has been good fun, and I will continue working on it, simply because I pride myself in being different. In being a musician who understands what I'm doing, and wanting to do something because I love the subject, and not because I'm a poser. Even if I can't do it, I will continue to persevere.
I have bought tickets to the Dream Theater concert. Yay. I am not a rocker by nature, but I have an appreciation for the technical arts. And that, they have in abundance, to be sure. The fact that they are not one of those 'WOO! THROW UP THE DEVIL HORNS!' bands makes it that much sweeter.
I am presently reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, having bought a few more of his books recently at some place having a 3 for 2 offer. Charming, very charming. He is a fascinating writer who writes with more flair and wit than most of his peers. Brilliantly creative, clashing, innovative, daring. Developed and vivid imagery, fused with unlikely elements that are, at once, totally absurd in it's contrast, and yet totally startling in it's spontaneity. A brilliant writer who deserves a lot more attention than some of the media-whoring writers of today.
That is all, I think! I really need a pensieve. That would be an awesome Christmas present.
Paranoia out.
# posted by Paranoia Incarnate @ 9:11 AM 
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