Aug 12, 2010

I made the choice and paid the price

Now some of you may think that the title is alluding to something bad or negative that happened to me, but actually I was using that play on words to explain something amazing that has come to pass in my boring life. Some of you may already know about this event, and I would be impressed if you could guess what I was talking about just by the title. As for the rest of you here is the good news:

I finally bought my own car!!!!!!!!
  
I consider this a big milestone in my life because it will be the first time I will have purchased my very own car. It is in my name! I am so excited and I can't wait to continue driving it. It is stick shift and so I am learning how to drive it but it should be fine, and I am actually excited to learn to drive one. Everyone I talk to says it is fun to drive a clutch and keeps them a little more alert on the road. It is in pretty good condition  and seems to drive well. The brake light is on, and also the airbag light flashes, along with the battery and oil lights. I don't the extent of the problems but I don't think it can be too bad if it runs well and nothings is shaking or dripping from it. 


It passed inspection and they cleaned the oil tank and that light went off, not sure why the other lights are still on. I am driving it now though and loving it. Here are some pictures (before and after cleaning):

Before Cleaning
After cleaning (you can now clearly see the scrapes and bad paint areas, haha)
Hooray for my new car!!!

Aug 11, 2010

My true colors

So today at work I was bored because the system wasn't working and I couldn't work (and wasn't getting paid) and so I was chatting with a friend who told me to tell a story. I didn't have a good story on the top of my head and so I was told to make one up and this is what came out:

once upon a time....   
there was a young man sitting at a desk at his work   
he is usually pretty cheerful and happy to people   
but not today   
no. he is not very happy today   
because he came into work ready to do great and make success happen   
but when the system wasn't working his dreams for the day were shot down   
he slowly by the minute lost patience   
and the ending result was an angry young lad who is ready to punch his boss   
except that he really wouldn't ever punch his boss for fear of consequence, but he can still think about it   
and then of course he would probably forgive him later   
that is the epitome of this man's life, he will always get over it    
but sometimes he can get frustrated   
but even so he is very good at hiding it and people can't always tell that he is frustrated.
but when he is frustrated, he can't control his emotions for the time being, and that is what is happening to him this day   
It is sunny outside and a nice day in general, and if it weren't for this man's job he wouldn't be mad at all   
and that is what got him thinking that maybe his job isn't right for him   
These thoughts usually only come when his frustration is a result of his job, which is the main contributor to his anger in general anyway, so these thoughts come frequently
now he is going to go hide in a corner and cry until his emotions calm down and he can just relax. That is all it would take for him to relax, a good crying session, but he is too manly to even do that   
but apparently he is not manly enough to punch someone, because in his head that is what he sees a real man doing   
no, he will just wait and wait until his anger subsides, and then just move one, forgetting that he was even mad   
maybe one day he will build up the courage to punch someone, although it would probably only happen if that person really were deserving   
and so he sits, waiting for things to turn and for things to go his way   
sad really that he doesn't take more initiative but he is okay with that for the time being   
he will just hold out the storm like always, and pretend not to be mad, like always, and things will turn out as they always do   
...   
THE END   

This was very revealing to me and actually kind of relieving to get out. It is good to get stress out, and not let it sit and boil up inside. Punching may not be the answer but I still wonder if it would be satisfying.... ;) I advise everyone to share their true feelings and write them down, even if no one else sees them it is good to get them out. If you don't like writing then find some way to express them. But just remember that violence is probably not the answer.