I'm a bit dumb...

[flyinbutrs]

Ok, so last weekend I went up to the Hamptons. My old roommate Josh is the manager of a "hotel" for jewish twenty somethings out there, so when the place isn't mostly full, his friends can come up and stay for the cost of food, say... $50. It seemed like a great idea for a cheap weekend getaway, since I'm kinda broke this month. It turned out to cost a bit more than I thought. Knowing from experience that everyone up there was going to be smoking, and that I would want to smoke too, I was going to go downtown and see if I could find some cloves before I left (Oh, I quit smoking about two months ago).

So, the place I (used to) buy smokes is on 15th and sansom. I was heading down chestnut, and got to 15th and realized that you can't make a right onto 15th from chestnut. Now, before I tell you what happened (though you could probably guess), I must tell you that my license is expired, and I have the renewal card, but not an actual license. So I was thinking when I left that it would suck if I got pulled over since I didn't really have a valid license. Now... back to reality... I made that illegal right turn. And of course... there was a cop watching. He pulled me over. I didn't do a very good job selling the "I didn't notice the three no turns signs or the straight ahead green arrow light" line... my cheap weekend instantly shot up by a cool $115. Fun.

The hamptons were fun though. Josh and Lyle were there, so we spent saturday building things and playing guitar and eating and I installed my car MP3 player at long last. It was a good time. Except that when I woke up on sunday, after a saturday full of smoking and drinking, I couldn't remember where my phone was. I looked all over for a few hours, but it never turned up. I left without it. And without one of my shirts. And my deodorant. And (I thought) my iPod.

I spent the next day or two feeling dumb and iPodless. Then I found it in my laptop bag in a pocket I don't normally use. I'm dumb. Oh, and Josh found my phone and is (hopefully) shipping it back.

Comments

[desh]

Left on 18th, right on Ludlow, right on 17th. Sucks, but it's the best way to get to Locust, I think. The same thing might work on 16th and 15th for your purposes; not sure. Sorry about the ticket, but hey, we can be ticket buddies!

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

lame, but I think you're right... you have to go left at 16th, right on market, right on 15th to get down there. oh well... I forgot to mention the kicker, which was that the cig store was closed. I took the whole incident as a sign that I shouldn't start smoking again.

And as far as the ticket goes, I'm not fighting it. I knew it was wrong, it doesn't have points associated with it, and frankly, it's not worth the time or effort to maybe possibly save $115.

[dredpiraterober.livejournal.com]

You also have to keep in mind, challenging the ticket would most likely mean going to court, and going to court means taking a day off work, so you have to factor that in to the cost. ANd then factor in laziness, and do the math and...I am too lazy

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

yeah... such a pain in the ass to go to court and all that...

[kalalau.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that, and you actually did what you got the ticket for.

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

minor details... and since when has guilt had anything to do with pleading not guilty?

[jox.livejournal.com]

wasn't Avril 50 being closed also a sign that you shouldn't start smoking again? How many signs do you need?

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

I need one verified miracle, and two possible miracles.

[jox.livejournal.com]

that's high standards. let us know if lightning strikes you as you're trying to light up...

[flyinbutrs.livejournal.com]

I think that job will be left to my next-of-kin.

[kalalau.livejournal.com]

Smoking is gross. Or, rather, kissing smokers is gross.