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Friday, October 14, 2005

Well, I've always thought of myself as being a pretty law abiding guy. I generally paid my bills and kept my nose clean and all the rest. That is until yesterday. Last month we were pulled over for an out of date tag. It was something we kept meaning to do and kept forgetting. The officer gave me a ticket for an expired tag and for attempting to conceal the identity of a vehicle. The tag had been on our Outback and in not updating the tag the query came back as the tag belonging to the Outback. It was a big violation. $712 worth. I thought it was a little excessive so I went to court to ask that the charge be dropped.

I lost.

Not only do I have to cough up the dinero, the judge suspended my license for six months. It could have been worse; the sentence is usually for twelve. Since I couldn't pay the ticket I'm now in probation.

Nice.

If I was going to have this happen maybe I should have done the DUI thing or something. That's what I feel like right now, the same sort of societal bottom feeder that recklessly endangers good, decent people who happen to have the misfortune of driving on the same road they do.

This really sucks and it's my own darn fault. Now my wife gets to be my personal chauffer and I have to try not to become too burdensome with my requests. How often is she going to want to go to Dauset Trails on a weekend day so I can ride my mountain bike? Maybe she won't mind getting to be on a first name basis with the zoo critters there. Riiiiigggghhhhtttt.

I hope that whatever bad karma I'm paying for is done now. I didn't kick babies or anything...really. On the bright side I get to ride my bike a lot more often. You'll see me riding along with all of the other reprobates and derelicts who lost their licenses.

Crap.

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