I spoke to Draco! And Driving!

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Today, you are entitled to two of semi-important things I feel like talking about tonight. As always, choose which topic you'd rather deal with at the moment. :)

Draco on LJ

All this time I've been watching hp_dungeons, which is a HP RPG, and I didn't know I could actually post comments. Well, I couldn't; I have to go to their personal journals and *then* post. Checked out persuade_me's LJ and, er, commented. *blush* I want to friend him, but I feel so shy, and dammit, it's only an RPG! (Yeah, I'm playing the fangirl. *rolls eyes*) At least darth_stitch plays the elder sister, I am simply just smitten.

Friended quidditch_prat and journal_me (guess who) as well, after telling quidditch_prat something akin to "I told you so" (only I didn't actually tell him prior to the actual event happening) when he got a snarky apology back from Draco.

Now I know why darth_stitch is hooked.

Driving

I realized I needed to talk about what happened in driving school, which I had recently enrolled in after putting off learning it for years.

I didn't actually know what I was supposed to do. I thought there would be lectures first, and tips on basic road courtesy, and all those things. That they would ease me into the task of driving.

What happened is as follows: (dialogue with * are the ones I actually said out loud)

INSTRUCTOR: Alright, get in the car.
ME: What? Where's the classroom? The lecture hall? I brought a pretty notebook to take down notes with. Can't I use it?
INSTRUCTOR: Refresher or beginner?
*ME: Beginner.
INSTRUCTOR: Alright. This is the clutch, the brake, and the gas. Step on the clutch to use the gears. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Reverse. Step on the gas lightly. Then release clutch halfway. Alright, put on your seatbelt. Start.
ME: Clutch, brake, where? Huh? What? Start? Now? There's a highway behind me. Are you MAD?

*practicing stop and start*
INSTRUCTOR: Alright. Gas... Brake... Gas... Brake..
ME: *fuming* Make up your mind! Gaah! My thigh hurts!

INSTRUCTOR: Loosen up on the wheel. Relax.
ME: This is not a death grip, you git.

INSTRUCTOR: Turn left... put on the signal. Okay, then right, keep going...
ME: Into the freaking highway?!?

Well, I wasn't as panicky as that, really. Just, freaked out we had to go to the road all at once. Er, yeah.