The Story so Far...

Right, as was stipulated in a recent post the Ute has been involved in some unplanned structural modifications. The good new is that they were 'only' structural and none of the mechanical functions of the good ol' Ute have been interrupted. I would post pictures but I don't have any. Suffice to say the front of the car is pretty banged up, particularly the right hand side guard and right hand headlight/indicator assembly. One of the wheels has also been replaced by the muddy, rusty and otherwise ugly spare.

I know now that you are all wondering (all? Like, three people read this. I guess if it were less it would have to be 'both') how this happened. Well, on the night of Origin one I decided to go for a drive about one third of the way through the game. Ultimately I think this is what caused the crash - I should know better than to abandon an Origin game. On this drive I went around several round-abouts, one of which was out to get me. As I was exiting the round-about water on the road caused my rear wheels to loose grip and begin to spin sending me off course and into a traffic island. I counter steered to evade the island and (once again) managed to over do it. This sent me towards the left-hand side of the road. Over the gutter I went. Though the fence I went. Against the the shed I hit. This is where the car stopped so I switched him off and got out. The rest is pretty standard. Cops came, Mum was worried, Dad was angry, car was fucked.

Now I feel bad every time I look at the Ute. I feel like I've let the old boy down. As much as I want him repaired and back together I don't think our relationship would ever be the same. The spooty crash-repairer wants to spend thousands of dollars and a couple of months repairing him but, and I don't mean to sound disloyal, but I would like it if the Ute were written off. Then we would have the garage space and a little bit of cash (probably not more than $2K) for my car and Mum could trade the Astina for a little Bravo or something.

Maybe if I get under the hood and really wreck the Ute they'll decide to write him off... Talk about disloyal...

We Have the Technology; We Can Rebuild Him

A member of my family has been grievously injured tonight and while he still lives his condition is unstable. It is up to a few persons to decide if the arduous path of reviving him and returning him to full health will be taken or if euthanasia is administered.

I am talking, of course, about the Ute.

Watch this space as a later post will reveal the extent of his injuries and how they were obtained.

Peace.

Heres to the Next Step!

Today marks a turning point in my life. I now have something I can focus. Gone are the days of doing the chicken dance at KFC and 'broadening my horizons' at uni. I now have a CAREER.

I an now a mechanic.

Don't confuse me with a good mechanic though. I still very green. I'm so green that if charlie gets one whiff of me I'll be cannibal food before you can say 'pass me that rattle gun'. Today was my first day and I am conscience of the fact that there is A LOT for me to learn. That being said I did more than sweep the floors and there is some really hardcore stuff going on around me that I keep sticking my nose in.

In other news my family has taken in an intern from America for six weeks. Kristy is 22 and she's wanting to get to know some people here so if anyone would like to meet her let me know.

Two seconds ago a wave of tiredness hit me so I think that's enough for tonight. Its a good thing I only watched the start of Spawn last night... -)

Be Even More Affraid!

We all know that the most dangerous daily activity you can do is go some place in a car, unless its to your mail box - that should be OK. Well, I've got news for you: Going out on the road just got a whole lot more dangerous since I now have my licence!

It took me two goes and surprisingly little hard work but I can now pretty much go where I want, when I want. I often have a choice of vehicles too.

Now the best and worst things about being able to drive:

Best things:
Not having to get lifts
Not being late
Choosing the music
No back-seat drivers
Ute-drifting (hellz yeah!)
Speeding
Taking the long way home
Not having to pedal

Worst things:
Not having an excuse when I am late
Petrol
Having no-one to talk to on the way home from work
Ute-drifting (Oh god...!)

I think the one most worth explaining is the Ute drifting. I guess with bugger-all weight in the back, near-bald tyres and a green driver some skididge in the wet was to be expected but I'm learning a little to fast I think. With a bit of moisture on the road I can now get the rear wheels out whenever I want but I had bad experience on my way home tonight. Last corner before my house I gave it as much as I was comfortable giving it. Slid around the corner than DISASTER! The back wheels gripped up at 5000 rpm and I'm heading straight for the gutter at about 45Km (OK, so its not like warp speed 7 or anything but it wasn't good) so I counter-steer to pull out and manage to turn like 90 degrees on the spot so I'm heading for the other gutter now, and the back of some dude's falcon! Luckily by this stage I've had the sense to back off the throttle and I can get the beast back on its leash but there were a couple seconds there where I thought I was in trouble. Of course, I laughed afterwards.

Have I mentioned I want to be a Drifter?

Do I Watch to Many Cartoons?

Bellow is a vague list of the TV shows I watch:

1) Danny Phantom
2) The Simpsons
3) Family Guy
4) Scrubs
5) American Hot Rod
6) Ben 10
7) Gundam Seed
8) Naruto
9) Top Gear/5th Gear
10) Overhaulin'
11) Kim Possible
12) The Weekenders
13) Recess
14) StandUp Australia
15) South Park
16) Rugrats All Grown Up
17) Fairly Odd Parents
18) The Angry Beavers

So there are eighteen shows listed there. Of the 18, 13 of them are cartoons, three are about cars, one is a sitcom and the last is a stand up show.

So what do you think?

Why Even Blogger?

To be honest not much has happened to me recently. Basically I spend my days either working or waiting for my night shift to start. Kind of a shame really, once you see my payslip. But all of this time not going on adventures has let my noggin mull on a couple of things.

I found myself considering the Bee Gees. The lead sing has an insanely high falsetto voice. What if he had a really deep, Barry White-like voice? It would inject huge doses of cool, especially to lines like "Oh you can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a lady's man; no time to talk". Just slow it down a bit and BAM.

I've decided I want to go to Japan. I don't mean like fly in, two nights in Tokyo, fly out. I'm talking three, four months, maybe even longer than that. I want to come home fluent in Japanese and really sick of Sushi and Soy. Maybe I've watched Tokyo Drift a few times to many... It'll have to be a working holiday because, hell, I can't afford to stay in another country for months - I probably can't even afford the air fairs.

There are a few other things I've had on my mind but I'm pretty sure making them public to the Internet having public is a bad idea. You'll just have to ask me :-P.

Peace Out, Y'al

Express Your Expression of Interest

Would anyone be interested in coming with me to Ipswich/Brisbane on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of August (possibly/probably with a day or so either side for whatever) to see Round Four of Drift Australia?

I can guarantee a high level of awesome.