{"id":1558,"date":"2009-07-01T08:57:53","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2009-07-01T00:58:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T22:58:21","slug":"licenses-responsibility-and-prerogatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monocultured.com\/blog\/licenses-responsibility-and-prerogatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Licenses: Responsibility and prerogatives."},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today I got a PADI open water diver licence and hugs from my instructors. I can now rent scuba equipment and make an ass out of myself as far down as 18 meters. The diving course has been a blast so far, and with only one dive left I’m thinking about how I could apply myself to use these new skills I’ve aquired. If life was an RPG this would be the point where I tame a seahorse and find treasures, but I guess I’ll have to settle with something more pedestrian.<\/p>\n

I usually don’t do things because they’re “fun,” so it’s an odd feeling spending a whole day wrestling wetsuits for no better reason than that you’ll get fifty minutes playtime with a school of jellyfish. But jellyfish are awesome<\/em> and even the bewildered fish were adorable. How often are you hovering above your lawn thinking about the texture of grass? Without drugs? Having fun is proving to be entertaining; I’ll try harder to find some more.<\/p>\n

The fact that I haven’t become fanatic about this might be a something good; Perhaps one can enjoy diving recreationally instead of smothering a baby hobby with nerd obsession?<\/p>\n

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Even though I’ve had my drivers licence for eight months, I still tell people that I’ve just gotten it. It’s true enough relative to my age, and it certainly feels like just the other day that I fooled the instructor long enough for him to approve me as a driver. By now I have more hours behind me and feel more confident on the road, but there’s still a sensation of newness that makes me volounteer to drive drunk friends around town.<\/p>\n

The first time anything<\/em> drive related is something to remember; First tank filling, changing a broken bulb, switching tires, running a red light, overtaking another car. I cherish these experiences because they are attributes of modern man that I’ve had no part of except as a spectator; It’s what YLNT are discussing in their Man School<\/a> episode (well, they’re “poking fun at” more than “discussing”) and each such thing that I do is yet another childish testicle dropping.<\/p>\n

The reason I bring this up is because I got a parking ticket earlier today. I had borrowed Petters car to drive myself to the diving school, and misread the roadsigns. A parking attendent was up at 3 am just to ticket me. Yesterday I would never have thought that I’d actually get a parking ticket, and thought that parking attendents were doing a good job in providing incentive for alternative means of transportation. At seven in the morning I was less appreciative and swore over the peglegged fucktard who was robbing me.<\/p>\n

Barely audible over my swearing was the squishy sound of another testicle settling into its’ adult position.<\/p>\n

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