I'm suppose to be doing h/w right now. But it's been such an action packed night.

While my sister Amy was driving home from uni tonight, she was smacked by a car.
Now accidents do occur and in some instances anger would not be appropriate, but this instance screams pitch forks and fire!! (maybe not as dramatic and as obsolete it is you should get the picture)

I openly and honestly admit I have anger management issues when driving or as Kevin puts it "aggressive driving" and it's something I'm not proud of and am working on but who doesnt these days? People do the most craziest things on the road that it's not funny. As angry as I will get I still know the difference between right and wrong, I still know my responsibilites as a driver and that driving is something that is to be taken seriously. Unfortunately and obviously this does not apply to the majority of p-platers in this area.

This is breifly how the situation went down...

Driving home, there were four cars on this suburban street with speed humps - which indicates slow down obviously. Amy's car was second (if we were to visualise them driving in a line or down a street) and they had just gone over a speed bump. Then out of the blue, the idiot who drove a really really old ford laser with the really round hatch back decides he wants to overtake three cars...the car in front of Amy, Amy's car and the car behind her (mind you they were fourth in line - overtake = a big no no). While attempting this act of negligence and absolute stupidity, the p-plater see's another car heading in the opposite direction and swirves back into the lane he was trying to overtake - smacking Amys car in the process. What a bloody idiot!!!

To make matters worse, once the car in the opposite direction had passed, the car at fault sped up and did a runner. Prick. Coward. Cunt. P-plater.

So stereotypical. Young drivers who can too easily obtain a permit and claim they're the king of the road even with shit box cars. WRONG. Driving comes with responsibilites such as being a safe driver, knowing the road rules and accountability, especially accountability.

One of the most frustrating things is that such spineless p-platers give us alllllllllllllllllllllll a bad name!!!

I dont think government millions invested in all driving ads especially targeting young drivers are being effective. The mentality of "it'll never happen to me" is ingrained in their minds. Perhaps the only way to learn is the hard way. Pity in most of those instances, it's the casuality who suffers the more.

I'm have soooo much more respect for the civic after tonight and am thankful that it absorbed the impact and shielded Amy from any injuries.

Medieval Madness

I'm currently watching the end of the movie Role Models.

Yes it was full of tacky dirty jokes (some funny).

But now, as a result of watching this movie...

I want to go to a Medieval Battle where I can be part of a clan/country, dress up in a knightly costume with a fake sword and shield and fight with others.
(Fake fight of course with fake deaths and everything!)
There's even rankings with Kings and Queens. I want to be a knight with an awesome sword, shield and logo lol


But I dont think I'm going to match the die hard medieval enthusiasts who live and breathe history.

(Hello possible theme for a future party???) =]

Vaccination

While at work today I was able to grab a few moments to think...
Amongst the chaos of repeatedly telling people what our operating hours were and that the stock on the floor in the clearance bins was all we had left, I decided to finish what I had started and get the second cervical cancer vaccine.

See, early last year, I thought I'd be pro-active and go get it "while it was free" but after the first one, I missed the second and only realised after wards that if you miss one dosage then you have to start ALL OVER AGAIN.

Whats shit about this is... I have a morbid fear of needles.
Since birth, I have only ever gotten a needle if compulsory ie. travel vaccination, flu shot (because my mum went got mega paranoid and insisted everyone get one in her presence), tetanus shot at school (because they ticked you off a list) etc.

I did earlier this month, make an appointment to get the vaccine, but when I got there, after waiting over 30mins for a nurse and psyching myself I was finally informed of the fact that, that nurse was not fully qualified to administer vaccines on the weekend. The full time nurse who worked super restricted hours during the week was the one to see. What a waste of time!!

Despite all this I decided to book a super quick appointment with the nurse today to get the second dosage of the cervical cancer vaccine. The funny thing is, while making the appointment I had to clarify who I was twice - me, the 19 year old May, not the 50-something they also had on file (because they always seem to get us mixed up). To make matters even more interesting, the nurse who was on duty was the same nurse that I my original appointment with that weekend. I guess she finally finished whatever it was she had to obtain in order to be able to administer the vaccine. I tried to lighten the mood up by breathing deeply (perhaps freakishly too heavy lol) and trying to crack a lame joke "ohh...im back..ha...ha" - the nurse didnt reply. Nothing.

Everything was textbook right down to the "please lift your sleeve".
She didnt even ask me to stay for at least 5mins just in case there were any side effects.

So at the end I felt mega proud of myself...no tears shed at all lol
But to those whose future careers lie in such industries that require some form of physical care ie. nurses - please make an effort to show some form of humanity no matter how stupid, ignorant, obnoxious a lot of people may be. Good word of mouth is priceless.

For the sake of having one

Bloody oaaaaaaaathhhh!!

Made one so I could comment without having to chuck anonymous with my initials or in alex's case...nothing coz i did even have an id.


May.