Bleh

There was a Coast Guard chopper flying very, very low circles over the downtown area last night for what seemed like hours (but probably wasn't!). At one in the morning. Now, it probably had a very good reason for doing so, but I can't help wishing it hadn't.

And then I woke up at 4 AM.

Sleep is a good thing. It would have been nice to get some uninterrupted time getting some.

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Dear Miss F.,

We are pleased to advise that your Application for Re-Admission to Memorial University for the 2008-2009 Winter semester has been accepted. A letter giving you permission to register together with a copy of our Registration Procedures Booklet and Class Schedule will be forwarded to you under seperate cover.

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Oh, and I have a new default user icon, drawn for me (of me!) by the lovely scrunchions.

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I'm reading car reviews to see what other people have been saying about the cars I'm looking at. One, I test-drove this afternoon, and while it was in great shape and fun, it turned out to not have air conditioning after all (they did call me before I left to let me know about this and to ask if I was still interested - there had been a mixup with the sticker), but did have a sunroof. I took it for a ride, but I'm not a huge fan of sunroofs to begin with, and I really disliked the wind noise this one had. It wouldn't have been so bad if it had been noise in just one ear, but lopsided noise drives me absolutely nuts.

I've got an appointment to test a Mazda3 on Wednesday, which DOES have air conditioning, and is a manual rather than an automatic. On paper, I like it much better. The only paper problem I have with it is that it's silver. Not that silver cars are bad. It's just that they're everywhere, and boring. I also want to know a lot more about service plans and such, but I don't imagine they'll have a problem answering my questions about that. It's a 4-door, which should be easier to steer.

Dad says 3s are relatively easy to steal, as well, which is a bit of a concern as if St. John's has a sketchy neighbourhood (debatable), it's mine. I'll wind up getting one of those steering-wheel doohickeys and theft insurance if I buy the Mazda.

I'm curious. All the consumer reviews which mention trunk room measure it in terms of how many bags of golf clubs they could fit in the back. (Between 0 and 2, depending on the review.) When did golf clubs become the standard measure? It's like people who measure distance in football fields. It doesn't make SENSE. Golf-clubs vary in length, and so do football fields (I can think of three different definitions of the term "football field"). It's like saying "you can fit three pumpkins in the trunk". One guy measured it in IKEA furniture, and gave dimensions. THAT is useful to me. I don't play golf. I have no idea how much room golf clubs need. Why golf clubs?