This is all very apropos, as my niece is taking her SIXTH try to pass her driver's test today. She can do everything except parallel park.
I don't really have a security blanket... unless you count Mr. Pointy.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Scrappy - Jul 24, 2012 12:51:31 pm PDT #15277 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Jul 24, 2012 12:55:25 pm PDT #15278 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, this [link] is sweet.
Connie Neil - Jul 24, 2012 12:56:45 pm PDT #15279 of 30001
brillig
I do not parallel park. So far I've managed to get everywhere I need to without doing so.
Scrappy - Jul 24, 2012 12:59:48 pm PDT #15280 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's lovely, ita. Good on him.
Jesse - Jul 24, 2012 1:08:24 pm PDT #15281 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He's A-OK.
I didn't have to parallel park for my driver's test, but it was one of the things I was generally good at, when I did drive -- me and flea! Non-driving parkers unite! I think for me it's because you're the only one moving, more or less.
askye - Jul 24, 2012 1:12:38 pm PDT #15282 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I don't parallel park. My parents tried to teach me to drive stick (they failed) , Mom's best friend tried to teach me (she failed) I can't drive stick. I also really didn't want to drive so I did the bare minimum in lessons, managed to pass my driver's test when I was 17 or 18 because my parents made me. And I was a lousy driver for a long time, but I'm better now.
flea - Jul 24, 2012 1:30:25 pm PDT #15283 of 30001
information libertarian
Exactly, Jesse! I feel that I would be an excellent driver, if I were permitted to be the only person driving within a several mile radius. As long as nobody else moves, I can handle it. (I mean, I *have* successfully merged on the New Jersey Turnpike, but I frankly hope never to have to do that again. Two lanes met three lanes and became four lanes, if I recall correctly. If I believed in Hell, it would be sort of like that. Possibly with my mother in the car.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2012 1:32:31 pm PDT #15284 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Mom taught me to drive in a graveyard near our house when I was 15. Basically worked out, but an early attempt at turning in reverse resulted in us veering down an incline and nearly taking out a headstone.
$1,000 does seem like a lot for a straightforward tooth removal. My out-of-pocket was less than that for 4 wisdom teeth, and one of those was impacted.
aurelia - Jul 24, 2012 1:42:07 pm PDT #15285 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
TV critics are being funny on Twitter today. 3 consecutive tweets in my feed:
Mo Ryan @moryan
The mood for the imminent #AnimalPractice panel -- if the monkey is not here, I think the room's going to turn ugly. #tcas12
Joe Adalian @TVMoJoe
Animal Practice about to begin at #TCAs12. I don't see a monkey on stage. This is unacceptable.
nprmonkeysee @nprmonkeysee
WE HAVE NO MONKEY ON THIS PANEL. THERE WAS A MONKEY ON THE LIST. THIS WILL NOT STAND. #tcas12
Sheryl - Jul 24, 2012 1:49:30 pm PDT #15286 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Nova is meowing up a storm. I guess she wants her food NOW!