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Evanescence song: STOP OVERPLAYING IT!! I heard it 3 times (on different stations) on my way home from the supermarket Friday, and twice on the 10-minute trip to the bank that afternoon.

Liz Phair single: Not a bad song, but pretty bland. Sounds just like every other pop-rock song on the radio, and it's no wonder why: she worked with the Matrix (songwriters who did some of Avril Lavigne's tracks, including, I think, "Complicated"). She's even said she did it just to get airplay and sell records. If a more pop record had simply been an artistic move, I'd have no problem with it. I like a good pop tune. But not only is this crassly commercial, it's not very good music. The Matrix are very good at writing hit singles, because they know what gets airplay, but it's not very original or exciting.

Jewel single: I don't hate it as much as I did on the first few listens, and the video is quite clever with the way it manipulates her image. I'm not sure the dance/electronic style really suits Jewel, though. Again, I have no problem with artistic development, but I don't think this works.

Jason Mraz single ("The Remedy"). Whenever I hear this on the radio, I think my mobile's ringing (even though my mobile's ringtone is actually "Take on Me").

My license expires on Wednesday and I have to renew it. I can't do it by mail because I need an eye test (you can get one from an optometrist and mail in the results but I don't want to pay for it ;) Plus I want a new photo because the one on my current license is the same one they took for my learner's permit when I was 16. I had a new photo taken a few years later, but the idiots put the old one on anyway!)

But halfway through running it the water went completely cold :-( I'll have to wait 20 minutes for the hot water tank to refill now...

And I can't find my razor. Hmm. Wonder if Carly took it? (She went to Connecticut)

I ate an entire 250g packet of digestives yesterday...

I mentioned to Rob that I had to renew my driver's license and he said the fee was up to like $125 because they're now valid for 10 years.

Panicked, I trawled the DMV website for fee information. I found it under "Services by Mail". The fee for a Class A, B, or C CDL license is indeed now up to $125 with a 10-year validity, but a class D (standard) license is only $45, valid for 8 years. Rob probably heard it from one of his drivers--they've got CDL licenses.

I was having a heart attack at the thought of having to pay $125 to renew my license!