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I’ve decided I won’t actually get a new car.

Mostly due to the large amount of money that would be required, and the fact that I don’t actually need a new car. Although I am going to do a few things to my current one…definitely remote central locking, new stereo, etc, but I’m also thinking of things like a new (read: better) air filter, and a better carburettor too, to see if I can get a few more kilowatts out of it. Although there’s nothing wrong with it, it definitely is lacking in the power department. 😉

And Dad’s booked the car in for a service tomorrow! So no having to go for several weeks needing to remember to unplug the battery when I get out. 😉

Well, that sucked. I jumped into my car this morning, turned the key… and nothing happened. The battery was dead.

We got the NRMA dude out here, he measured the battery with his voltmeter, and the charge was going down even as we watched. We jump-started my car to get it going, then the guy got me to press and release the brake a few times. As it turns out, my brake light switch is faulty… apparently it keeps turning itself on, which is how the battery was draining. And come to think of it, which is probably why occasionally when I get out of the car, the brake lights are still on. I thought it was just a sticky brake pedal or something. Oh well, looks like I’ll need to book it into a mechanics soon.

Heh, and after we’d got the car going, the NRMA guy said to leave it going for about ten minutes, and that when I got to work, to disconnect the negative lead from the battery. Hopefully when I go home this afternoon my car will start… 😉

Oh, and I ought to be getting those New Jedi Order series books today. I /was/ going to go down to the Mall to get them myself after work, but I don’t think I’ll bother, with the battery as it is. My mum and dad are probably going down there today, so I’ll them to get the books. 🙂

My crap-load of CDs have arrived. 😀 I’m sitting here at work ripping them all now. 😉

As it turns out, I didn’t play /any/ KoTOR until this afternoon. Friday night I went over to a friend’s place for a few hours and just chilled there.

Midday Saturday we headed down to the Mall to pick up various things. I received a $50 gift voucher for Mall Music from my aunt and uncle, so I picked up Meshuggah’s Destroy Erase Improve and Ulver’s Nattens Madrigal. Also got a Mother’s Day card (my parents don’t believe in giving gifts for mother’s and father’s day, which is fine by me. :D) and a felt/rubber full-head/face mask of Satan (my friend’s 21st said to wear your most outrageous hat/wig). It quite rocked, but I couldn’t drink my alcohol with it on, so I only wore it for like the first five minutes. 😉

The party itself was quite good, although I didn’t drink that much. I had extremely little to eat that day, so I wasn’t especially feeling like drinking lots. It was in Castle Hill, so we crashed there the night and got the requisite not-enough-sleep that you get when you’r’e sleeping at someone else’s house. 😉 Had deliciously greasy bacon and eggs for breakfast, which was good. I ended up having a nice two hour nap this afternoon (which I had while Meshuggah was playing nice and loudly on my stereo.) So yeah! Quite a good weekend.

Hahah.

What kind of metalhead are you?

Ooooh. I just remembered I have three-quarters of a case of Bundy Dry & Limes sitting in my room. 😀 Might have to have a few drinks while playing KoTOR. 🙂

Hmmm. We’ve got a friend’s 21st tomorrow night, so there won’t be much doing tonight. I feel like staying up all night and playing Knights Of The Old Republic. 🙂

Hehehe, got a link to that Southpark character generator. 🙂 I hate Southpark, but the character generator is amusing.

Dammit. I woke up a bit earlier than normal today, so I could go down to Dymocks at the Mall to see if I could get that missing book (and the rest of them besides), but they didn’t have any. They’re going to get the books in for me, but said it’ll be 7-10 days. 🙁 Oh well, back to the Liveship Traders series for the time being. 🙂

And my stomach is feeling better. Still tender, but not horribly sore like it was yesterday.

Argh! I got a bunch of the New Jedi Order books for my birthday (which have to be read in order to them to make sense), but mum missed out on one in the middle (Rebel Stand, by Aaron Allston, who wrote the Wraith Squadron series and who is an excellent writer), and I’ve just finished the one before it and now can’t continue! Annoyance++!

Also, I had to go home early today, due to severe stomach pain. 🙁