.... random rants and rambles. no agenda. yet.

I can't believe I've just broken my Must Try To Blog At Least Once A Week rule, quite by accident. I also can't believe that I can't believe it... I mean, how did I manage to NOT break that rule for like, 2 years?! That's a lot of blogging. I'm pleased with myself.

Anyway, the reason I haven't blogged for over a week is because I've been away, and when I haven't been away, I've been bogged down by many things that fill my brain (that's also why I'm not on MSN right now - nothing against anyone; it's just that my brain is too full of random items to be able to cope with the spontaneous nature of MSN; I need order, with a capital O.) All will be revealed soon, but right now, I like being mysterious.

Enough crap talk. Time for some news with a capital N!

Today, I had a secret, and I kind of liked having it. Made a change(!) Yes, I secretly went along to a secret building and signed in, showed my ID, gave up my mobile phone for security reasons, and sat at a wonky computer (Windows 98!?) and took my driving theory test. I was convinced I'd fail, but thought I'd go along anyway because I was actually meant to do it 2 weeks ago, but bottled it at the last minute cos I was having a hard week. Whatever.

I don't actually mind failing things. It's just that I'm impatient and don't have time to fail, because failing would mean I would have to revise all over again, then be nervous, and have to take time off work to go into town to a secret building, where I'd have to show my ID, give up my mobile phone and sit at a wonky computer and answer questions, all over again. Gah.

But I'm useless at some things and driving theory is one of them, so I was prepared for the worst.

And, as you can imagine, I was rather flabbergasted when it was all over and the nice man at the desk smiled and said "You've passed!" ... so flabbergasted, in fact, that I asked him to repeat it, just in case I'd misunderstood. Nope - he looked pleased all over again and said "You've passed!" then gave me a funny look and told me to go and get my mobile phone out of the security locker before I fell over in surprise.

So there you have it, I am now a half-qualified driver. And, as people keep saying, the easy part is next..!

I can't believe it either.

On another note, I will post some recent photos here soon, and over at Flickr, as an attempt to share things and stop being so lazy.

But now, The Apprentice is on, and I want to watch other people being shouted at. So, bye.