31.03.06
Posted in Driving, Education, Life at 17:37 by krikkert
Unfortunately, it also brought painful stuff. I wake up, and I immediatly found out that I had misplaced my law book — so I couldn’t take my law endterm today. It’ll have to be taken on collection day, on the other side of Easter. Didn’t particularly like telling my parents that, but they were surprisingly nice about it.
I got myself a driving lesson mid-day, so as not to waste the entire day. Was told I had a few more faults to work on before I can pass my test (basically only had two serious faults — too fast in a roundabout and almost mowed down a pedestrian biking into the road). My course in driving on slippery road will most likely be taken the week after Easter. I’m so close to my licence that I can smell it. Next lesson is on Monday.
I got my new passport today. I have mailed my application to the Canadian High Commission in London. Of course I forgot to include the bank draft, so I had to hurriedly write an email to them explaining the situation and saying that the bank draft is post haste being mailed in a separate envelope. I expect it’ll take two or three days before my reply is back, once they receive the bank draft.
It’s beginning to dawn on me that I’m beginning to fulfill all my life’s current goals: My driver’s licence is within sight. My application to the University of Lethbridge has been accepted. The SELF (State Educational Loan Fund) has promised me conditional educational scholarship (based on whether I graduate or not from Upper Secondary School). I’m graduating Upper Secondary School and as such finishing all mandatory education. Those were, and are, my goals in life. The only one unlisted in the “near-fulfilled” list is actually “find nice girl and settle down”.
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30.03.06
Posted in Education, Life at 06:16 by krikkert
The teachers are on strike. This year, it’s because the state has decided to force “office hours” into schools. Basically, teachers have to spend 8-4 at school like other state functionaries. So the teachers are on strike.
If they keep striking, I won’t get any exams. This is Not Good. I’m not sure if I’ll be allowed to graduate without any, and I doubt University of Lethbridge will take me in without any.
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28.03.06
Posted in Education, Life at 16:22 by krikkert
In school, I was recently informed that because I missed a crucial English lesson, my oral grade will drop. There’s nothing I could possibly have done about it, but it still sucks. Am currently trying to use my high charisma score to convince the English teacher to let me keep the grade as it stands. Why oh why didn’t I take ranks in Diplomacy…
Driving was a bit of a success, but I still have a long way to go — part three is the largest of the four parts. My goal was to finish for Senior’s Celebration in May, but I doubt I’ll manage it. My driving teacher says I’ll probably be able to succeed if I take the test *in* May though. I hope I’ll be able to push it as early as possible.
The last, and most major, reason why life sucks is because I’ve lost my hope of ever achieving my one-time dream of becoming a diplomat. It requires top-notch English grades, and (as mentioned above), mine won’t be.
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Posted in Driving, Life at 15:35 by krikkert
Started out in the city, then drove through a multitude of roundabouts and out on a freeway. Drove a bit around. Was fun.
My driving teacher had the following complaints on me:
- Too aggressive a driver
– Foot *off* the accelerator, *over* the brake pedal
- Too narrow a view
– Turn head a little more
- Too focused on signalling by way of lights
– Position and speed is more important
However, I scored a near-perfect on technical proficiency with a near-unknown vehicle. I guess all the hours of drilling uphill start and slow navigation with Father really helped, in the end.
Result: I am now on Part Three — Driving in Traffic (having completed Part One (traffic basics) and Part Two (technical proficiency)). Hooray. I’m told to get another lesson next week, and then we’ll see how well I do in traffic and how I can navigate.
General yayness ensues now. 
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19.03.06
Posted in Life at 12:55 by krikkert
Server appears to have most gracefully allowed itself to rise up again. Apologies for those who felt stabbed in the back. You know who you are.
As another public service announcement, I /detest/ being reminded six times in one hour that the Anph-Mod forums are down. Not questions about when it’ll be back up — just pointless reminding. Often by the same people. Hello, people, I know very well that it’s down.
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11.03.06
Posted in Life at 21:59 by krikkert
Introduced my new character today, Hrulf. He was introduced as a paladin, member of the Flaming Fist, and the parole officer of a member of the group (who had just been let out of jail). I expect this could be fun.
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10.03.06
Posted in Life at 20:10 by krikkert
Obiter Dicta (singular: Obiter dictum) are remarks made ‘off the record’. In law terms, this means that an obiter dictum is a remark made by a judge which has no bearing on the judicial decision.
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
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09.03.06
Posted in Life, Roleplay at 21:07 by krikkert
This is krikkert, signing in at three in the morning. Today, Thursday the 10th, was rather uneventful on the whole. The University’s Open Day, where people get to visit the big, scary university of Oslo and poke at its students, was on the whole rather boring. Why? Because I stayed at home. I know where I’m going to university, and it sure isn’t here.
We progress further, and reach four in the afternoon. Work. Unfortunately, my kids, as I so lovingly call them, failed to show up. So I effectively got paid for two hours’ worth of sitting in front of the TV discussing NWN with my colleagues, most of whom are avid players. Today’s topic of discussion was the spell of Flesh to Stone, and whether one should be allowed to hack people apart while they are stoned(sic). There seems to be a general consensus, both on the server forums and amongst my DM group, that they have the God-given (that is, krikkert-given) right to hack people apart. So I guess I’ll have to implement that. Sooner or later. Preferably later.. It’s going to be some hairy coding on my part.
Another topic of discussion was the Dominate route of spells. I introduced my idea of actually letting you control the PC you Dominate — effectively, in game terms, copying the PC object and making an NPC, then setting that NPC as a henchman of the dominating player. That is going to scare people away from playing low-Will fighters. I love it. Even better, it’s going to scare teams into buffing up their fighters. A Hold Monster spell isn’t scary — sure, the fighter won’t be fighting, who cares? Now, if the fighter is suddenly fighting against them, that’s a whole other kettle of fish.
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