yerevan is super small. on my way home from work i ran into my guests from australia, ran into lena, got to introduce them, ran into old friends from LA and literally this was all done in about a 1/2 mile walk of fifteen minutes.
it was our anniversary yesterday so i went to the new swatch store and bought arthur a really cool swatch. i came home to find a nice chicken with pineapple dinner that he had watched made on TV earlier that day. the day was mine, to be decided by me... i opted we stay home. cute
so i took my first driving lesson on monday. now this is a funny story. in the morning i had my html website building class and i reminded my instructor as well as my colleagues to stay off the street between 5-6 pm. so the instructor picks me up in a 06 (now power steering... nothing about this car is electrical... i feel like fred flinstone...and he constantly has his foot on his brake and clutch... as if i am not trusted here. so we start driving... and i felt as if i was driving for the first time in my life. mind you i have been driving since i was 16 (a long time ago)... and i have driven a lot... i mean hours and hours a day in los angeles... a few times to mexico and san diego and vegas... all over... but this REALLY is different. mini buses doing whatever they want, trolley buses that take up a lot of space and go slow... no rules, lights that you can hardly see, rich people that think they own the road... and in essence actually do, pedestrians who apparently care less about their lives, yerevan construction that is at random spots with no cautionary signs, unbuilt sidewalks leaving the masses on the street with you... wow, i don't think they have made a driving video game this intense... maybe they should. maybe they can call it animal planet.
i am at the tail end of my driving experience and am driving slow because of all the afformentioned... and the white niva behind me is honking and honking and i curse in english and apparently my instructor understans and is amused... so he is not paying attention and the car is still honking.. and finally it pulls up besides me... and it is my html instructor... telling me that i drive just like i learn html... am i really this useless? it is the salt that i needed on the big gash of an experience... but of course i took it all in laughter and have been trying to drive arthur's car since my class convincing him i have mastered the stick shift...hmmmm.
ara, i am so proud of you. congrats on graduating the school of hard core karabagh understanding in martuni. i am sure you are going to do amazing. just always remember us little people and always remember to log.
i spoke with atom egoyan last night and he is coming. so excited to see the movie that i can hardly wait the nine days.
it was our anniversary yesterday so i went to the new swatch store and bought arthur a really cool swatch. i came home to find a nice chicken with pineapple dinner that he had watched made on TV earlier that day. the day was mine, to be decided by me... i opted we stay home. cute
so i took my first driving lesson on monday. now this is a funny story. in the morning i had my html website building class and i reminded my instructor as well as my colleagues to stay off the street between 5-6 pm. so the instructor picks me up in a 06 (now power steering... nothing about this car is electrical... i feel like fred flinstone...and he constantly has his foot on his brake and clutch... as if i am not trusted here. so we start driving... and i felt as if i was driving for the first time in my life. mind you i have been driving since i was 16 (a long time ago)... and i have driven a lot... i mean hours and hours a day in los angeles... a few times to mexico and san diego and vegas... all over... but this REALLY is different. mini buses doing whatever they want, trolley buses that take up a lot of space and go slow... no rules, lights that you can hardly see, rich people that think they own the road... and in essence actually do, pedestrians who apparently care less about their lives, yerevan construction that is at random spots with no cautionary signs, unbuilt sidewalks leaving the masses on the street with you... wow, i don't think they have made a driving video game this intense... maybe they should. maybe they can call it animal planet.
i am at the tail end of my driving experience and am driving slow because of all the afformentioned... and the white niva behind me is honking and honking and i curse in english and apparently my instructor understans and is amused... so he is not paying attention and the car is still honking.. and finally it pulls up besides me... and it is my html instructor... telling me that i drive just like i learn html... am i really this useless? it is the salt that i needed on the big gash of an experience... but of course i took it all in laughter and have been trying to drive arthur's car since my class convincing him i have mastered the stick shift...hmmmm.
ara, i am so proud of you. congrats on graduating the school of hard core karabagh understanding in martuni. i am sure you are going to do amazing. just always remember us little people and always remember to log.
i spoke with atom egoyan last night and he is coming. so excited to see the movie that i can hardly wait the nine days.
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