Friday, July 9, 2004

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
Sup, gringos. How's it hanging?

Heh. Last day of driving school. Last two tests.

In all I made the following on the chapter tests. 86, 72, 96, 92, 92, 88, 92, 96. The unit tests were. *Thinks* Four of them. 88, 85, 91, 90.

This is with the only studying I had done being in class- literally. Going over my notes minutes before the actual test.

I'm not bragging, but all you people who are younger than me don't fret- it's that easy. You just need to skim over your notes at best. The only problems are that the questions try to throw you off- use logic, reason. Think- the most obvious answer might be a little *too* good to be true. Note the sentence structure. You'll do fine.

Actual driving isn't that nerve wracking. Just execute your decisons smoothly- don't startle other people and they won't have to react as radically.

Also, you can take a nap during the drug/alcohol lectures. Those warnings are so mundane now- I'm tired of hearing it. You already know about it, so you might as well get some sleep in. --;

I thank whatever God exists for the chance to sleep in a bit beyond 9. [Actually, today I woke up at 9:20. I had to be there at 10- I managed to take a shower, get dressed, everything- it was kinda amusing.]

Ah man. The drive was alright. The guy I was observing was kinda freaking me out. He had a problem that alot of new drivers have- he had tunnel vision, I think. He was focusing ahead, not glancing over his shoulder to check his blind spot as he turned- stuff like that. It was a bit nervewracking since there were a few times when I thought there was going to be a minor collision. Mr. Lacey [the instructor] was constantly lecturing him about how he was driving.

*After the drive*
Cody: *walks into the empty driving school, only the young, cute secretary being there*
Ken: *walks in afterwards*
Ashley *sec*: How'd it go?
Ken: ... Great. You know it was *looks Ashley in the eye* err.. great. >_>;
Cody: Um, yeah. *walks down the hall away from the office, headed for the bathroom* *calls back* It went fine. I just have some.. things to improve on.
Ken: *loudly* No comment.
Ash + Cody: *laugh*
Ken: <_<;

When my turn came, I didn't get lectured at all. Not to brag, but the whole time Mr. Lacey had a chance to just talk about himself and stuff. I didn't get lectured at all. It was a pretty near perfect drive for me. Heh.

I talked to him about desert driving [great..] and he said it was a breeze. He said stuff wasn't that expensive in Cali- just gas.

I keep forgetting I live in a oil state. Prices here are among the lowest in the nation, since Texas has alot of oil [alot of which no one has touched]. *spreads the oil love around* Come on people, lower your prices for Ken.

Yeah, it should be doable. I wish that truck had a cd player though.

... And I wish the radio worked.

... And the tape deck player too.

... Yeah.

He told me that stuff in Las Vegas wasn't that expensive- I always assumed that, as a tourist trap, it was prolly super expensive. I might stop by there sometime, now.

I dunno where all I'd like to travel state-wise. Everywhere, I guess.

Louisiana sounds especially interesting. Food, chickas, cool locales.

Um. Swamps.

Heh. One thing about Texas alot of people skip is the natural splendor. There are alot of beautiful areas in Texas. Especially the coast, man. It's awesome to be on the beach and just look out across the massive expanse of water. Waking up to the sound of waves, nothing like it.

Welp, in conclusion. Driving a breeze. Having to leave new friends behind = not a breeze. Driving in a desert = more annoying than bad. Cali = expensive gas. North Carolina = has nice forests, apparently. [I want to see them o.o;]. Lousiana = "You can't miss it."- Mr. Lacey. Ken = tired. Has a sleep debt. Is passing out at 2:34. Will sleep alot tomorrow.

Texas = has alot of to offer tourist wise. Just.. don't come to south Texas in the summer.

You were warned.

I think that's about it. Oh yeah. I'll post in your RPG sometime Shinmaru.

Sometime between now and uh. Well, you know. Somewhere around here. *waves hand in the air* ... Yeah.

Sayonara, chickas, dudes, heads of state and otherwise.

PS. The drive was perfect, ignoring the fact that I ran a red light.

*puts finger to lips* Shhhh.
Comments (2)