The World Doesn't Take Visa

I was at my local neighborhood DMV, getting my license and I found that the DMV doesn't take Visa. It became part of the 21st century when it started taking Credit Cards in 2008, but for now, they still don't take Visa. When I asked why, I was met with "it's company policy". What kind of BS is that? The average American takes around a Visa, because "more people go with Visa."

However, in 2007, Visa launched a campaign, and had ads that said, "Life Takes Visa". It seems like the DMV is looking to make Visa look like a liar, because most of the people in America drive and so have to go to the DMV, which would make DMV a part of life. With the DMV being the cause of frustration of many Americans, this just adds to the stress of having to have cash, which not a lot of people carry around any more, to write a check, which the world doesn't take anymore.

So why make it so difficult? Are they doing this on purpose because they have nothing better to do that make restrictions that leave you angry and bitter? Who decided that the public sector can be issued Visas and then those same cards can't be used in a government office?

I'm at a loss. 

Random Fact about Me

I don't have a driver's license. My own family jokes about my competence, because of that fact, in fact, they are embarrassed to tell anyone that I don't have a driver's license. So much so that I have begun to feel ashamed about it too, so I thought that I would get it this summer. Not to get them off my back, but so that if there was a problem, I could actually do something about it, i.e., mother needing to be driven to the E.R.

I started driving around in parking lots about two weeks ago, and I'm progressing to roads, but I have this fear about speed, but I'm out of control if I go too fast (fast being like 20 MPH). I know it is pathetic because I'm eighteen and supposed to have been driving for almost three years now, however, I was busy. I thought that there wasn't a point. When my brother got to the age when he was supposed to be driving, there was already a car waiting for him. When I got to the age, that was when the recession hit and even if they wanted to, my parents couldn't afford another car, not even a used one.

So I didn't learn to drive because I didn't see the point. I was focusing on my schoolwork and taking Driver's Ed wasn't an option because it's been eradicated from most public schools, including mine. Which, by the way is a travesty. People complain about the amount of accidents involving teens and instead of going back to what works, making driving something which was taught in the schools, something practical, they make it so you have to wait longer for your license.

One problem that I am having is that my significant other is teaching me how to drive. He is very patient with me, but I get upset really easily so it doesn't matter what he says or what I do, I get upset.

I bet you are wondering what the point is, and there isn't one. I'm really close to achieving one of the goals that I set for myself before summer began and I wanted to share that with you.

Happy day or night.

Books vs. Movies: Part Deux

Recently I watched It's Kind of a Funny Story, which is a movie adaptation of an amazing book by Ned Vizzini, who is a phenomenal writer. This movie, starring Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, and Emma Roberts, was overall a good movie. IMDB gives it a 7.2 out of 10. This movie, even though it was released in theatres, is very indie.
There are three reasons as to why I say that: 1) It's about a very taboo subject, teen depression and suicide, which a lot of films are afraid to address because it's not a happy subject and happy subjects make money, 2) a fifteen year old says the f-word, which is actually quite normal but in the movie world, it's not, because that word usually makes the movie rated R, but this movie got away with a PG-13 rating, and 3) it takes place in a hospital, just like Girl, Interrupted, this movie will gain a following, who will then read the book and decide that the book is better.
There was a lot of casting against type, like Zack Galifianakis, who plays Bobby. I think because of his work in the Hangovers and Due Date and most of the projects that he has attached his name to that this role wasn't one of his normal ones. Bobby isn't meant to be funny, but Zach does a good job of taking the role seriously, which is something that we have literally never seen before. Jim Gaffagan, who is again known for comedy, such as TBS comedy series,My Boys. To see him as a father who is wound up too tightly, is not very believable. As for Keir Gilchrist, he was a let down, everything that I had hoped for in Craig's performance was sad and mildly ridiculous. He seems fine in the United States of Tara, however, in this, I felt that literally anyone would have been better. I didn't like who played Noelle (Emma Roberts) because she's not a very good actress, but I see how they could want to have her name attached to the project, because she is relatively well known and her aunt is Julia Roberts. Nia was played by Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz. The dialogue was great because most of it was taken straight from the book, but the actors were lacking. It seems like in casting it was just about whoever would take the work. The only one that I was happy with was Bernard White, who played Muqtada, Craig's Egyptian roommate and he's not even really Egyptian, he's from Sri Lanka. Overall, there is no contest. The book is better, but there is a scene near the end in which Muqtada is present; I will not ruin it because it is near the end. However this is an okay movie and if you really want to watch something interesting, watch it. 

Elopement

When one hears the word "elopement", they think about the extreme, they think Las Vegas. When I hear it now, all I can think about the recent elopement of two people from my church. When the pastor went up the altar/ podium and announced their union, there was a hush over the congregation. Not to get into too much detail, but here is the problem.

I am eighteen years old and the new bride is only a year older than I am. So the people around the church were drawing very negative conclusions as to why they, who still live with their perspective parents, would do such a thing.

I'm not going to make this about them, but let's talk about young marriage as a whole. People don't get married for the same reasons that they used to. There has been a trend in certain private religious universities that students will get married just to have sex because their religion says that sex can only occur in a holy union.

So I want to know what you think about marrying young and how young is too young? When you get married, what will be your reasons?