the world is an unfriendly place.

So I pretty much have the gayest haircut in all of central auckland. Perhaps even greater auckland, I dunno, I'm not travelled enough to know.


I just had my third/second-to-last exam on writing and culture. My hand hurts from writing about Myspace and the multiple, fragmentated, decentralized 'self' for two hours. (I hope I did at least, I can never tell if I managed to write what I was meaning to write after an exam). Well... 1.5 hours really, .5 hours was spent 'planning,' scribbling, picking at my chipped nail polish, drumming on the desk annoying people around me, deciding how to make use of the next 1.5 hours, and mentally portioning my water so it would last me the two hours (not that it worked... I started to feel the effects of nature about 20 minutes into the exam, the last 100 minutes were sheer torture), and then looking around to see if other people had started writing yet - they had, so i panicked and started writing too.


I now have about 12 hours to study 10 chapters for my next exam, which I haven't even touched yet. I'm wondering why it didn't cross my mind to break up the 10 chapters over the past 4 days of doing nothing. That's not true, what have I been doing the last few days? Important things I think... such as planning the next 4 years of my life. Yup. I have the next 4 years of my life mapped out. I think. That's only coz I realized I will be studying for another 4 years... Minimum. I think. Let's say 'I think' just once more for good measure. I think. Pondering this is eating into my 12 hours.. but I can't seem to sit still without tapping or spasming... I guess that's the triple shot mocha kicking in.


12 hours. 10 chapters. So what is that... like 1 hour and 12 minutes on each chapter? Maths was never my best subject. Right, getting on it.



In the mean time, check out the Vatican's 10 Commandments for drivers. Keeping people on the 'road to salvation' - pretty serious business that.

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

Getting on it...