Sunday, June 10, 2007

Anyone want an extra birthday this year?

I have to say - I'm not so fussy about birthdays. No that's not true; I like it when my friends have birthdays. I'm just not so thrilled about my own. Aside from the fact that you feel that much older, it's the time of the year where you have to renew everything that has to do with your car. I took my car in for repairs last week and I found out when I presented my ownership that I'd been driving around for a year with an invalid one, owing to the fact that the address on it didn't match my licence. Just after blowing through a speed trap with a heavy foot.
But aside from having to deal with the MTO lineups, historically I've had some pretty bad days. Last year I was sick. Two years ago, my car was dying but otherwise I avoided mishap. It landed instead on some lady who got hit by a car right in front of me. Three years ago, my alternator seized up on my car and I couldn't go anywhere and had to shell out loads of time and money to get it fixed. Before that, I remember studying for and writing a rigorous midterm. In fact, the best birthday I can remember in the past eight years was when I went to someone else's graduation and spent ages listening to speeches that were in a language I couldn't understand.
So anyone near me on Tuesday, watch out for falling rocks! I'm going to go down to the Adam House volunteering for Alpha that day which seems safe enough, but you never know...

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