On Wednesday, I booked my driving test. The lady at the centre who answered said she would send me an invoice and a date for it in the post.
They arrived today.
It was on 16th July 2008.
My 18th birthday.
As I was opening the envelope, I had a feeling it was going to be.. but it was actually beyond belief to see that out of all of the dates they could have picked, they chose that one. I mean, why? Surely they have my birthdate on record, anyway. They should really check these things.
So I rang them (straight away, for once) and told them that was my birthday. They did not have a problem with me changing it. Which is a bloody good job really.
So yes. That was BSM. Twits.
As for the government.. well, I'm thinking of a specific area of government. Namely the one related to education, and indeed, the one pushing the Extended Project forward.
This project was a pilot scheme a few people at my college got involved in about this time last year. Basically, we did LOADS of research on a topic of our choice over the summer, then wrote a 5000 word essay on it and gave it in in November. And did a presentation on it as well.
Basically, someone 'evaluating' the Extended Project came into Hills Rd. today to talk to us about it. As I said to Eric, he would be beardy, suit-wearing and probably bespectacled, and he would have a red tie. Well, I got it half right - he was beardy and suited. But his tie was green, and rather shockingly tied at that. But hey ho, you can't win them all.
So he just talked to us about that for a bit. Wasn't that fun. Basically, we told him that it was good but it shouldn't go the same way as other government initiatives on education - ie down the pan. I think he may have listened to us. So that's good, at least.
And in other news - interesting things that have happened today
1. English, always good for a laugh
2. Extreme snap at lunch
3. bay parking in the village, having never been taught to do so (oh yes! get in!)
4. David Tennant on the Derren Brown program, time travelling and 'mind reading' and such the like 
(and also in a wetsuit - mmm)
And despite feeling a bit chubby, today has been a rather more positive kind of day than the last few. Not sure why though..
