No Driving!

Lately Aonghas (my younger brother) has been driving all around the place with my parents on his learners license and has gotten a lot better (so they say!) while my mum criticised me for not driving much because I'm not that interested. I told her that I never get the chance to, and she said that's because I never ask! So today after doing a bit of work in the library, my mum came to pick me up and I asked her if I could drive her home, and she says to me

"NO! I don't want to die!"

I'm honestly not that bad! My parents just think I drive too erratically and too rough! Well we got home and I begged my mum if I could just reverse it maybe 5-6 metres and then go forwards a teeny weeny bit to park it again, and she reluctantly agreed to let me. So there she was holding on to the car making sure I didn't drive too fast (this just makes it worse because I don't want to squash her!) and as I reversed slightly she tells me I'm going too fast!

We then get a phone call from someone and so I sit there in the car waiting a few minutes while she answers the phone. Finally she's off and I'm about to go. I've reversed enough so I'm about to go forwards and then there's another phone call! So after she's off the phone again I'm about to go forwards to park the car in the right place, but my mum's not happy because she's afraid I might hit my dad's car, so she tells me to get out and she parks it herself!

While my mum doesn't trust me driving a few metres at least my dad has let me drive to Avondale and back, and even managed to fit through a tight gap! (although he thinks that was luck and not skill!)

I asked someone if a guy driving an automatic and not a manual makes you a poof, and he replies

"No it just means you're incompetent"

I found out that I actually sat my learners test in July last year but only got it in December, so it took me half a year to pass my eyesight test, and I think it might just take even longer for me to get my restricted...

Tomorrow I'm going into the city with Hamish. He's going to buy his university books while I'm going in for my Smales Farm technology careers thing industry visit at this interllectual property law firm AJ Park. I don't really know what to expect. I have to spend three hours there, and there are only two students going - me and this Asian girl from Westlake. I don't think quite a lot will go on in an office building so I guess we'll just be watching some people doing paperwork and typing on computers...Hopefully the girl will be a bit more entertaining!

RANDOMS

A recently published book features the Top Ten Best Oneliners (don't ask me whether they're the most successful, or most used or what?) and number one is...

Was your father a thief? Because he stole the stars from the sky and put them in your eyes.

Other chat-up lines that feature in the Top Ten include

"Didn't it hurt when you fell from heaven?"

"You must be tired because you've been running through my mind all day."

and at Number 10:

"The only things your eyes haven't told me is your name."

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YouTube is so fun! It's amazing that you can just watch videos of ordinary people do ordinary stuff on the other side of the world! I watched this video of this Korean guy in the States preparing for his big date with his girlfriend, and these American teens mucking about in class.

One of the most interesting was this sorta-documentary/comedy made on Why Asian Guys Can't Score White Chicks. If you want to find out why, check out the video here.

Is it really true in order to score girls you've got to be an a$$?

Insignificant Little Things

I've now finished my chemistry homework, just got to start and complete my history assessment and my physics assignment. Yip I'm still in physics class despite not having turned up to classes that often last term! I will come to EVERY SINGLE physics class this term though! I think my dean's on my tail a bit about that...

I've been finding 5c coins all over the place recently! In the last week of school I found 6 5c coins around school to make myself a total of wait for it...30c! (I feel bad I'm stealing someone else's 5c coins) and lately these holidays I've been finding loose coins around the house as well as on the streets! Yay!! Too bad it'll all be worthless next month. I was listening to talkback as you do, and they were talking about old pre-1930s coins and how much they'd be worth, which got me thinking, I wonder how long it will be before 5c coins are worth more than 5c? Maybe I should save a few?

My dad's been accidentally repainting the bathroom walls (after my mum told him to repaint the ceiling and not the walls since she's going to tile them one day) and so there's been this strong smell of paint around the house tonight. I think that's what has been giving me a headache...

I tried talking my friend out of something this evening but nothing I said really seemed to make much of a difference. Don't think anything I say does to anyone! Maybe I just don't give out the best advice lol

RANDOMS

This was in the news a little while back so some will have already heard of this but for those who haven't, check this out. It's this high-pitched sound (don't worry it ain't painful and it won't damage your ears!) that only people under 20 years old can hear. Try it with your parents. My dad couldn't hear it while my brothers and I could! Apparently this high pitched sound has been used as a way of getting rid of youths from shops while not disturbing the older customers, while some teens have adopted it as their ringtone so that they (and not their teachers) can hear it in class. Of course we already have vibration and the off button, but this I suppose gives people another option.

Money Saving

My friends went to the movies today and ...well I think I was kinda invited (still have my doubts). Anyway they went to see Pirates of the Carribean II, and so they had originally asked me to ask my parents if I was allowed to go last night, but I didn't have the courage because my mama was a teeny bit annoyed with me since I had been on the computer for most of the day.

Anyway this morning she was a lot happier, what with ITALY'S WIN and everything, I tried asking her, and got the response I was expecting. No Calum. Crash and burn...

OK so usually when teens go to the movies they don't really care what they see (as in blockbuster movie or not) and then they see it, whereas with my parents it must be cheap or else you're going to have to have a very convincing argument as to why you should go see that movie! Let's see...blockbuster movies cost $12.50 for a secondary student, and on most days cost between $11.50-$12.50, while Tuesdays only cost $8.50. Cheap Tuesdays swing in our favour. Unfortunately today was a Monday, and it was a blockbuster movie, so $4 couldn't be spared. We're a pretty cheap family.

This morning we were just watching Good Morning where they had that movie reviewer guy who doubles as Women's Day editor, and coincidentally he was reviewing Pirates of the Carribean II, going on about how there was nothing new about this movie, giving it a 6/10. My mum saw this and told me that it probably wouldn't be worth watching anyway!

So yeah, just trying to study all day, catching up on schoolwork and stuff. Knowing what my parents are like, I probably won't be invited out by friends again, eventually drift apart from them and lose them. Byebye social life... but hey there's a bright side to every story. At least my family saved $12.50! :)

Just a Joke

(Excuse the poor Photoshop skills but) Joon and his 'girlfriend'

I'd like to take back what I just posted about a friend getting together with a friend. It was only JOON JOKING WITH ME AGAIN! Apparently the girl in the photo he showed me is some famous girl. So there were some things pointing towards it not being true:
-He didn't mention it to me earlier on the phone
-He told me not to tell anyone just yet
-He wasn't even excited about it
-The girl even looked a bit too young for him

Stupid me should've recognised this a lot earlier! That's it! No more believing him! I've put a picture of his 'girlfriend' for all of those who want to see hehehe there you go Joon! ;)

Happy Days...for Some

I spent nearly half the day at church today, since they asked us to stay for this half hour prayer session in which we had to pray for other people. Actually time went by a lot faster then than during the service!

Congrats to a friend who is now with another friend! Yay!! So that's one less in the single population! I'm not entitled to mention any names but yeah good on them! Hope they last a loooooong time!

I found this website which can scan a picture of your face and let you know which celebrity's face is similar to yours. Hamish's face matched Mike Tyson's, Aonghas's matched Beyonce Knowles (woo go Aonghas) while mine matched...Engelbert Humperdink!!! Yeah you know that guy who sings what the world needs now, is love, sweet love.... I tried with a few other photos and came up also with Ashton Kutcher and Renee Zelleweger...interestingly enough each time I tried Michelle Rodriguez (actress who played Anna-Lucia in Lost) appeared in each set of results :S