Damned and Divine

Ok subheading time because i have a number of things to update you all on! First off:

Driving Test

Well i did everything perfectly, all the maneuvers and all, with only 1 of the 9 non-critical errors you’re allowed, then on the way back to the testing centre, i slightly rolled through a stop sign (i treated it like a give way sign, checked and all) and that’s counted as a critical driving error so its an instant fail. Its pretty annoying because it was totally safe for me to do, and 90% of people do it all the time, but rules are rules and apparently as far as they’re concerned i may as well have gone through it at 60km/h without looking >.> So there went $200. I booked again for next Friday, which will cost me another $200 then $50 when i actually get my license, there goes all the money i was saving for a new computer/travelling next year/a CD player for my car to replace the tape player…

Sorting out this Depression

Well i told Mum, she understood eventually, this was on Friday and she booked me into the Doctor for Tuesday. On Saturday i called in sick to work so she got me into the Doctor that day. So yea, i said she didnt have to come in but she did, so i talked it out with the Doctor, then when he asked me why i waited so long to tell anyone, i said it was because i didnt want to burden anyone with my troubles (which is true, except for you guys of course =P) and mum started crying saying she didnt care and i should always tell her things. So the doctor prescribe me the middle strength of the anti-depressants i had last time and said i should come back in 2 weeks and see about getting a referral to a psychologist, which i think ill do when i go back to uni whenever i do to get help dealing with uni work loads. We came to the conclusion that it was stress induced physiological depression, so when im under alot of constant pressure for months on end, it happens. They are definitely working, the first night i took them i passed out, couldn’t even walk to the toilet, which i remember happening last time, its getting a bit less intense though, but it helps me sleep alot. About half an hour after i take them i cant keep my eyes open so i can get to bed earlier. Im also abnormally happy, despite my failing university and being desperate for companionship, but fake happiness is better than what i had, right?

University Issues

So when i was at the Doctor he wrote a note to accompany my appeal for no academic penalty for withdrawing from courses, hopefully ill get accepted for it, i dont see why not, it substantially effects concentration, memory retention, class attendance and consequently assignment and exam performance so. Ill be more relieved when i find out if i was successful or not but its a small relief for now that there is a possible escape. Im going to hand in the form tomorrow.

Dragon Age: Origins

I’ve been playing it since it came out, im not very far yet haha, its taking ages to get through. Im playing a Rogue, no specialization yet but im contemplating Assassin or Duelist, ive found trap making and lock picking skills to be quite useless so far, they’re so situational and in order to be useful you have to put tons of points into them to keep them at the level of the game you’re at, and really theres just so much more of a demand for putting those points into combat skills. So far ive detected no traps in advance, ive had to step on them then reload after i know they’re there, then when i know they’re there and get so close that i can just see them, i cant even atempt to disarm them for some reason, and i only get to unlock 1 out of every 6 chests i come across, or less. At the moment i chose to go see the Dalish elves first to add them to the army, and im in the ruins where the werewolf den is, and i just killed my first Dragon which wasn’t too hard, took about 4 tries though and getting tactics worked out. The combat situations are getting pretty complex to figure out how to be successful, and im only playing on Normal so i’d hate to see Hard or Nightmare. I quit tonight though because im at a part where i get ambushed by like 10 skeletons when i enter this big room and they slaughter me really quickly, will have to figure out something tomorrow night. I wish i had a better PC, i have to play it on Low settings, so theres no blood splatter or anything =(