I've been learning to drive which is weird

April 12, 2018 - 8:40pm - by Alyson Shane

And if you didn't know that - surprise! - I've never taken a road test to receive my full license.

But since I'm 30 and it's a useful skill to have I figured I should probably start pulling my weight and learn to drive so I can pay people back for all the times they've dd'ed my around.

(Thanks fam.)

And if I'm being totally honest with you I really don't get the hype.

But I've never been a "car person" if I'm being honest.

One time when I was 17 or so my friend Nat and I took the bus to Polo Park which was was over two hours away from our house in the dumb suburbs on the bus.

(Probably still is, too, given at the rate our transit has improved. Geez.)

And we took the bus and went to the mall and had what I thought was a good time hanging out to and from the mall. But when we got off the bus back in our suburb she told me

"That was the worst experience. I'm never taking the bus to the mall again. From now I'm only going to drive to the mall."

And I remember thinking girl we just spent the last several hours hanging out and you're saying they sucked because you had to sit on the bus? And that made me feel like trash, because I'd thought we'd had a good time hanging out and not having to pay attention to the road or other drivers. We'd actually hung out with each other.

It was around then I decided that driving turns a lot of people into assholes.

It was also around then that I decided that I didn't want to risk becoming one of those assholes so I moved downtown and never got around to getting my license as a result. It's a surprisingly easy thing to put off doing when you can walk, bike, or take public transit anywhere you need to go.

Besides once you hit 21 or 22 everyone else around you has their license, so even if you moved downtown and didn't actually need a car like I did, I still knew someone with access to one in case I ever needed a ride or help getting something from IKEA.

But it's prudent to have yr license in the event of an emergency, and if I ever have kids I'm sure I'd want to have a car around and not wait on a cab or Uber or whatever if we need to get to a hospital asap.

So I've been driving here and there and everywhere and while it's not the worst thing it's still not this omg thing that people seem to love.

People tell me that it'll get better when handling the car is just muscle memory but

I don't want to start feeling like driving a car is routine and boring because that's how accidents happen. I've never been in a car accident and I'd prefer to keep it that way thank you very much.

Gotta stay sharp af behind that wheel.

Wish me luck, folks!

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been busy learnin'

September 29, 2011 - 4:11am - by admin

we went on a Winnipeg General Strike Tour with my History of Winnipeg class which was fun and hilarious but required that we shuttle around the city and poor Hayley was driving and Eva was giving directions and I sat in the backseat on my phone being useless and probably annoying and we were late to all our destinations but one and I realized at the end of it that
wow
shuttling around places in 30 degree weather in a black leather and shorts and tights stresses me out more than I thought it would
(also printing on campus is expensive)
but today in my other class we talked about Ptolemy and also Spirograph (or something like it)

and since I've been busy learning here's some learning for you, too
(because I wouldn't want you to miss out because ILU)

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