I live… mostly. April 30, 2009
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Just an update, I finished my last final exam today. Thus far I have 2 A’s! Wahooo! I was really worried about my linguistics test because it is far from my strong point, now I just have to get all my papers written and manage to pass another semester and be halfway to ABD. (All But Dissertation).
In other news, an amusing observation. Houston doesn’t apparently have a lot of need for parallel parking. How do I know this? Well one, as J can attest, I can’t parallel park. I’ve tried to figure out the physics of it, tried to draw it, reason it, and tried it on occasion with the theory that I should be able to “figure it out” through observation and trial. I cannot.
I submit to you Exhibet B of “why obviously parallel parking is an unnecesary skill”, there are four parallel parking spots in the prime parking zone at my apartment. Three of the slots inevitably get filled, leaving one open… that stays open, even when every other spot is full. Why is this? Well that is when it is required to parallel park, because now you can’t simply drive into the space and “fake it” because there are 2 or 3 open spaces. This space is almost always open, which leads me to conclude that in Houston parallel parking isn’t a common skill.
Exhibet C: When I took my Texas driver’s test, parallel parking was not a required component.
So on one hand this means I should really learn how, so I can take that inevitably open parking spot. On the other hand? If so many people avoid it, it MUST simply be “Just That Hard.”
So there it is.
