life, oooooh life.
It has been a busy time for me, from being to an amazing festival in Leeds, the first I'd ever been to, in which I got to experience the delightful toilet facilities (not that bad, but I have the excellent adavantage of being a man, which probably helps), and the over priced food. Still, for a set that included the Eels, the Zutons, the Flaming Lips (who started with the lead singer climbing onto the audience in a large bubble....) and finally the Who. It rocked, and some bad elements in the crowd did nothing to discourage my enjoyment (although it might have been different if the thrown beer can had hit me rathe than someone to my right). Of course the train journey home was less than fun due to various shennanigans leaving us a delightful two hour wait. But then we got free tea, so that probably makes it worth it.Additionally, I have had my first driving lessons, in which I have pushed the boat right out of the harbour and gone all the way to second gear, zooming through the countryside at shockingly fast speeds of twenty miles an hour, only stopping when told. And stalling at junctions. Because stalling at a junction is what all the cool kids do. My instructor is a slightly scary man who seems to get a little angry if you do something wrong, which, considering I have now driven for approximately 50 minutes in my whole life, happens reasonably frequently, from not steering properly t not steering at all. Still it's a necessary part of life unfortunately, the whole technology that inserts stuff into your brain from the matrix still not being very common.
Finally today I gave blood, having finally recovered from the ignomity of fainting before I gave blood, so now a pint of my fine and, I imagine, excellent blood is going off to save someone's life. I imagine that for people as excellent as me they save my blood for emergencies, as in all probability it is twice as good as normal blood, and increases the chance of your life being saved by three. And that's a big number in medical terms.
posted by Mr K @ 7:56 pm
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You really think they'll save that for an emergency? I think your blood will probably just go to hollywood for film effects.
Congratulations on your initiation into the world of motorism, I'm thinking about taking an advanced driving course to get money off my horrendously expensive insurance. Though I guess that won't help with navigation, I think i'll buy myself one of dem gps navigation thingumywotsits.
yeah that won't help you Ben, because when given the direction "take the third exit" you will take the second!
I love giving blood ... I get a donut! And last time I gave blood, I broke the record that day for giving blood ... I'm the fastest bleeder in Saskatoon.
Ooh ooh what car are you learning to drive in?
I had a Rover 25
Enjoy the learning to drive experience, have fun with your slightly scary instructor.
Good for you about giving blood, here in Quebec we are permitted to do so with 56 day intervals, and for the past three years I've been giving blood regularly in about 60 day intervals. I hope you commit to the same, especially considering how valuable you think your blood is.
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