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Not all that long ago, it really came home to me in a big way that the life I'm currently leading is not the life I want to be leading. I made a list of Things About My Life Which Suck, and luckily, it turns out that most of the things on that list are more or less fixable by me. So this past weekend I adapted that list into a list of Things to Do to Make My Life Suck Less.

The first thing on the list was building a time machine finally getting my driver's license. I've been putting this off for years and years now for a number of reasons, which mostly come down to finances and nerves. I dismissed the first concern with the thought that even if I can't get a car right away, I should at least be able to drive it in theory, just in case Oprah wants to give me one someday.

The nerves are a little harder to deal with. I'm 28, and I've driven around a parking lot exactly once, and at no time did I feel like I had control of the gigantic metal *thing* I was in. I can't imagine feeling in control of that. Combine that with my natural absentmindedness, and deep inside I'm convinced that I would be a completely unfit driver. I can see it now: I'll be toodling along the highway and my mind will start drifting into pleasant thoughts of House and Wilson making out or Jack and Daniel snarking (and making out) and suddenly there will be another car and there will be a telephone pole and there will be me in a crumpled, flaming wreck on the side of the road and that is how I am doomed to die.

*deep breath*

But you know, it really can't be as hard as that, right? I can figure this driving thing out. Because there are a ton of people who are out there driving around in this country, and I have to think that an enormous number of them are not as smart as me. In fact, a rather significant percent of them are absolute idiots. I know this, because when I go somewhere with friends who drive, they always spend a great deal of the time loudly telling other drivers how stupid they are. So if they can do it, surely I can.

So I went back to the MVA this morning to get my learner's permit for the third time. They did not mock me the way they did the second time, which I appreciated, and I have to say, I'm really impressed with how they've streamlined the entire license-or-permit-getting process over there. I look highly unimpressed in my picture, but hey, I can totally tell that I've lost weight, at least. The weight is the same on this one as on the last one, but that's because I was *really* lying last time.

I've gotten this far before. The next step is to actually call driving schools, find one, learn to drive, and then get the freaking license. Then I'll get to cross something off my long-term to do list, and life will suck a little less. The other things won't be this easy, so I'll take this as practice.

(no subject)

Not all that long ago, it really came home to me in a big way that the life I'm currently leading is not the life I want to be leading. I made a list of Things About My Life Which Suck, and luckily, it turns out that most of the things on that list are more or less fixable by me. So this past weekend I adapted that list into a list of Things to Do to Make My Life Suck Less.

The first thing on the list was building a time machine finally getting my driver's license. I've been putting this off for years and years now for a number of reasons, which mostly come down to finances and nerves. I dismissed the first concern with the thought that even if I can't get a car right away, I should at least be able to drive it in theory, just in case Oprah wants to give me one someday.

The nerves are a little harder to deal with. I'm 28, and I've driven around a parking lot exactly once, and at no time did I feel like I had control of the gigantic metal *thing* I was in. I can't imagine feeling in control of that. Combine that with my natural absentmindedness, and deep inside I'm convinced that I would be a completely unfit driver. I can see it now: I'll be toodling along the highway and my mind will start drifting into pleasant thoughts of House and Wilson making out or Jack and Daniel snarking (and making out) and suddenly there will be another car and there will be a telephone pole and there will be me in a crumpled, flaming wreck on the side of the road and that is how I am doomed to die.

*deep breath*

But you know, it really can't be as hard as that, right? I can figure this driving thing out. Because there are a ton of people who are out there driving around in this country, and I have to think that an enormous number of them are not as smart as me. In fact, a rather significant percent of them are absolute idiots. I know this, because when I go somewhere with friends who drive, they always spend a great deal of the time loudly telling other drivers how stupid they are. So if they can do it, surely I can.

So I went back to the MVA this morning to get my learner's permit for the third time. They did not mock me the way they did the second time, which I appreciated, and I have to say, I'm really impressed with how they've streamlined the entire license-or-permit-getting process over there. I look highly unimpressed in my picture, but hey, I can totally tell that I've lost weight, at least. The weight is the same on this one as on the last one, but that's because I was *really* lying last time.

I've gotten this far before. The next step is to actually call driving schools, find one, learn to drive, and then get the freaking license. Then I'll get to cross something off my long-term to do list, and life will suck a little less. The other things won't be this easy, so I'll take this as practice.