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My "job" allows me lots of time to think about things. Although im usually listening to my walkmen i usually drift off and think about different things (while most of the others sit around, smoke or talk about league). Today i realised i have a "serious" problem. Whenever i drive in the rain i always look at what speed other drivers have their wipers set at. It's like i have to bow to the peer pressure of what everyone else is doing in terms of wiper speed. I only realised i did this today after so many years of driving, and i found it quite shocking. I always thought i was somewhat unique and never felt any pressure to buckle to many social norms. But it seems i am a slave to the wipers.
On an associated topic i think there should be a dial in cars so you can adjust the wipers to the speed you want. I often find myself stuck between two settings, finding the one below doesnt wipe enough, while the higher setting wipes too much and makes me look like some rain jerk.
On saturday night i went to a concert in Sydney featuring a guy from my dads work (i used to babysit his kids when i was in highschool). The band hadnt played together in 32 years and this was their final concert. A friend of theirs had made a short film about the band with lots of funny photos and stories from their youth. They even had tshirts made up saying world tour with this one show written on the back. The band were actually really good, playing lots of old rock covers and getting all the oldies out on the dance floor. I knew most of the songs and had a pretty good time. Theres something about seeing lots of people having a really good time and not caring if they look like idiots that makes me feel really happy. Communal joy or something along those lines i guess. It was great to see the band having such a good time and i thought it was cool that they were all still friends after prohably 40 plus years of knowing each other. Two of the members then played in a second band with the guitarists son and others. It was more of the same and pretty good as well. For the encore they played long way to the top by AC/DC, while the lead singer ran all around the audience singing and hugging random people. All this for ten dollars! I had to drive home at about 1:30 am as my parents had been drinking. It was raining so much and we drove through an area that was blacked out. It was very eerie with all the street lights out, like the world was ending. I also realised something while watching younger kids at this concert (eg 18 years and under), who seemed to be super bored and just sat down or walked around. There is some age in everyones life when you stop caring what other people think (mostly anyway) and when you feel like dancing like an idiot you just do it. I think im almost there ( i didnt actually go on the dance floor but i was jumping around).
Ps email ranom people on the internet, its funny.
On an associated topic i think there should be a dial in cars so you can adjust the wipers to the speed you want. I often find myself stuck between two settings, finding the one below doesnt wipe enough, while the higher setting wipes too much and makes me look like some rain jerk.
On saturday night i went to a concert in Sydney featuring a guy from my dads work (i used to babysit his kids when i was in highschool). The band hadnt played together in 32 years and this was their final concert. A friend of theirs had made a short film about the band with lots of funny photos and stories from their youth. They even had tshirts made up saying world tour with this one show written on the back. The band were actually really good, playing lots of old rock covers and getting all the oldies out on the dance floor. I knew most of the songs and had a pretty good time. Theres something about seeing lots of people having a really good time and not caring if they look like idiots that makes me feel really happy. Communal joy or something along those lines i guess. It was great to see the band having such a good time and i thought it was cool that they were all still friends after prohably 40 plus years of knowing each other. Two of the members then played in a second band with the guitarists son and others. It was more of the same and pretty good as well. For the encore they played long way to the top by AC/DC, while the lead singer ran all around the audience singing and hugging random people. All this for ten dollars! I had to drive home at about 1:30 am as my parents had been drinking. It was raining so much and we drove through an area that was blacked out. It was very eerie with all the street lights out, like the world was ending. I also realised something while watching younger kids at this concert (eg 18 years and under), who seemed to be super bored and just sat down or walked around. There is some age in everyones life when you stop caring what other people think (mostly anyway) and when you feel like dancing like an idiot you just do it. I think im almost there ( i didnt actually go on the dance floor but i was jumping around).
Ps email ranom people on the internet, its funny.