The Escapades of a New Driver.

So the 8th August was the day I passed my driving test. It's been 2 weeks since then, so I thought I'd let you know how that was going.

1.  I nearly ran a group of people over on a zebra crossing (Note to self: avoid rush hours. always.)

2.  I almost pulled out on a car when overtaking on the way to Anglesey on Monday.

3.  I starting going round a roundabout but it turns out the person on the right was a lot closer to me. I got a beep which lasted about 5 seconds. I looked in my rear-view mirror and the poor angry lady was shouting and throwing her hands around. 

Woops.

Those are only a few, but probably the worst that I can remember right now.

But, hey! They're all just experiences to learn from. As long as I don't die or kill someone in the process, it's a beneficial mistake.

Right?

Sure.

Definitely.

Oh yeah, I should also mention that my car is a faded red (so, basically pink) Fiat Cinquecento. Don't know what one is? It's this:

That's it. It's the Inbetweeners' car.

I was driving around Bangor (in Wales)  in it the other day and I can't even count how many people turned and pointed, or laughed, or gawped at the car.

Did I mention it has four yellow stars stuck on the boot too? No? well yeah - it does.

Summer Boredom.

So it's summer, and summer means one thing and one thing only, for me at least: 

Boredom. 

I don't belong to the sort of family that goes on some annual unforgettable trip for several weeks to an exotic destination of which changes each year. Nope. We do the casual at home thing, and it is very very boring.

So boring, even, that I went shopping today. I bought some necessities and a couple of books and come 9pm and one of those books has been read from cover to cover.

Yeah, that kind of boredom. 

I'm not going to lie, it was a pretty good book. Very intellectually challenging and incredibly thought-provoking...

Uhh... not really, but it was worth the read! 

I also bought one of her books under the name 'Madeleine Wickham', and I started reading it but its in a different style to the others, so I didn't get very far... yet.

Every summer I tell myself that in the six weeks I have away from school, I'm going to do something productive. ne summer I was going to learn Spanish. Speak to me in Spanish and all I'll manage is 'Hola' and 'Manzana', from that Rosetta Stone advert. (That means apple, by the way). One year I was going to start and finish a colourful crochet afghan. It's now sat in a box under my bed, half finished. There's another one under there too that's still got the ball of yarn and crochet hook attached to it.

The list goes on. Funny thing is, this summer I'm actually supposed to be doing productive things, such as wider reading (about computers not fictional relationships - funnily enough), re-drafting my personal statement and researching for my EPQ, I just haven't got round to it yet.

So that's good. 

5 Things: Favourite Disney Songs

Weird post, way less serious than the last one, I know. But what's life without a little variety?

I won't be explaining these like I did in my last '5 things' post, because what is there to explain? They're songs that I like, and I like them because they either mean something to me or just have that 'moving' effect on me.

1.  You'll Be In My Heart - Tarzan

2. Colours of the Wind - Pocahontas

3. Circle of Life - The Lion King

4. Reflection - Mulan

5. Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid 

(Yeah, I saved the most pathetic one for last, but don't you just love Flounder?!)

I'm pretty sure that the one or two times I saw Anastasia there was a song that really got me, but I have no idea what it is. I'm that bored this holiday though I might watch it again (even though I can't even recite the too-long list of movies I've already watched this week alone...), and I'll let you know if I find the song.

I'm a 90's kid through-and-through, disney films were and still are my life And I don't mean those Disney Channel original movies (I didn't discover Disney Channel until I was 9 or 10), I mean the old cartoony classics. Minor weakness of mine.

What are your 5 favourite Disney songs? Or even movies?