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Oct. 18th, 2005 06:10 pm...and 30% of my yearly vacation down the drain later:
I went in for the test last Friday morning after about three hours of sleep. The test was preempted right as we were set to begin for several hours by the farm equipment test; my period started early, necessitating frequent trips to the restroom for TP (sanitary supplies being unavailable in the DMV); and I made an ass of myself thinking the drink machine had shortchanged me when it hadn't. By the time I actually got into the car to drive, I couldn't have cared less about the test, which had a nice, Zen function. I went in and did it. ( And then it was over. )
It was like my birthday and Christmas all rolled into one. I had not been that happy in months. I remember just walking around in a daze for minutes with a massive dopey grin on my face.
I passed the test in TWO GOES. NOBODY has ever passed the test in TWO GOES, but I did. I nearly had a heart attack every time they took my paperwork back into an office while making the actual license thinking that someone was going come back out: お客様、we have no excuse for this, but there's been a terrible mistake... But five hours later I had my license in my hands. What makes this all the more amazing is that I failed my first test because not enough of my back made contact with the seat while I drove. ("Don't feel too bad," my tester told me. "You're a foreigner taking the test for the first time, so it's a fact that you won't pass.") But let's ignore the casual racism for the moment, because in case you missed it,
I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Two times, motherfuckers! PWNED.
That will be all.
I NOW HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
I went in for the test last Friday morning after about three hours of sleep. The test was preempted right as we were set to begin for several hours by the farm equipment test; my period started early, necessitating frequent trips to the restroom for TP (sanitary supplies being unavailable in the DMV); and I made an ass of myself thinking the drink machine had shortchanged me when it hadn't. By the time I actually got into the car to drive, I couldn't have cared less about the test, which had a nice, Zen function. I went in and did it. ( And then it was over. )
It was like my birthday and Christmas all rolled into one. I had not been that happy in months. I remember just walking around in a daze for minutes with a massive dopey grin on my face.
I passed the test in TWO GOES. NOBODY has ever passed the test in TWO GOES, but I did. I nearly had a heart attack every time they took my paperwork back into an office while making the actual license thinking that someone was going come back out: お客様、we have no excuse for this, but there's been a terrible mistake... But five hours later I had my license in my hands. What makes this all the more amazing is that I failed my first test because not enough of my back made contact with the seat while I drove. ("Don't feel too bad," my tester told me. "You're a foreigner taking the test for the first time, so it's a fact that you won't pass.") But let's ignore the casual racism for the moment, because in case you missed it,
I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE. I HAVE A JAPANESE DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Two times, motherfuckers! PWNED.
That will be all.