Friday
Ok, finally getting around to posting.
Friday night, went to Necto. Saw faeriedebutante, faeriemutt, rocklikeatree, medievalmacabre skuggiulfur, Barbie and Shaker, and others. Mary wasn't feeling good; something about low blood sugar, so we left early, went to NYPD, and then we all left. I was driving home on M-14 and there was a cop on the right side with his lights on, so I merged into the right lane to give him plenty of space. I didn't notice, until it was too late, but I had just merged onto US-23 North instead of staying on M-14. Oh well, it's not much farther to take that home. So I'm driving along doing my usual 78MPH and this cop merges onto the freeway about a half-mile behind me. I saw him and slowed down to 75ish so I wouldn't look suspicious. After a mile or two, he caught up to me and ran my plate. I'm like 'shit', 'cause my license is suspended right now. So I slow down to about 70 and get scared. Eventually he pulls me over (about 1:40am). I asked him why, and he says "I'll explain everything once I can verify your license and registration." I hand everything over to him, he goes back to his car and plays on the computer for a minute. He came back and asked me to step out of the car. I did, we go through a field sobriety test, and then he wanted me to blow for him. After about 6 blows, the machine registered 0.00 blood alcohol level. Yay. So he arrests me, searches me, and puts me in the back of his car. He searches my car, and of course doesn't find anything illegal. He did question why I had so many rubbers in the center console lol. I asked him if I was "going in" and he says no, but we do have to impound your car. Apparently it's a local ordinance. He fills out the paperwork and a tow truck shows up pretty quickly. He asked what I wanted from the car, I said my laptop, winter coat, flashlight, and house keys. He gave me a ticket for DWLS, and a warning for improper lane use, cause he said I crossed the line 3 times. He offered to drop me off at the next exit. I then got the idea that maybe I could ride with the tow truck driver to the impound lot and get my car back asap. He said he'd talk to the driver, and the driver said fine. I thanked the officer for being respectful, and he left.
I'm riding in the tow truck now. He says that the office is closed until 8am, but he can drop me off at Meijer until then, and the office is only 2 blocks away. I walk into Meijer at 2:20am, drop my stuff into a cart, and proceed to waste 5.5 hours (until 8am). I looked at almost everything there, except for the food. Found an Xbox 360 demo and played "Call of Duty® 2" a few times. I also sat around in the furniture department for a while. Looked at the clothing. At 8am, I used the payphone to call the office. He wanted to call me back. I told him I'd call him back in 5. Then he told me to come down there. I started walking, got there, paid the $145, and they dropped me off at my car. Apparently someone had left my dome light on, so my battery was almost dead. I got the tow truck driver to give me a jump, and then I drove home.
Friday night, went to Necto. Saw faeriedebutante, faeriemutt, rocklikeatree, medievalmacabre skuggiulfur, Barbie and Shaker, and others. Mary wasn't feeling good; something about low blood sugar, so we left early, went to NYPD, and then we all left. I was driving home on M-14 and there was a cop on the right side with his lights on, so I merged into the right lane to give him plenty of space. I didn't notice, until it was too late, but I had just merged onto US-23 North instead of staying on M-14. Oh well, it's not much farther to take that home. So I'm driving along doing my usual 78MPH and this cop merges onto the freeway about a half-mile behind me. I saw him and slowed down to 75ish so I wouldn't look suspicious. After a mile or two, he caught up to me and ran my plate. I'm like 'shit', 'cause my license is suspended right now. So I slow down to about 70 and get scared. Eventually he pulls me over (about 1:40am). I asked him why, and he says "I'll explain everything once I can verify your license and registration." I hand everything over to him, he goes back to his car and plays on the computer for a minute. He came back and asked me to step out of the car. I did, we go through a field sobriety test, and then he wanted me to blow for him. After about 6 blows, the machine registered 0.00 blood alcohol level. Yay. So he arrests me, searches me, and puts me in the back of his car. He searches my car, and of course doesn't find anything illegal. He did question why I had so many rubbers in the center console lol. I asked him if I was "going in" and he says no, but we do have to impound your car. Apparently it's a local ordinance. He fills out the paperwork and a tow truck shows up pretty quickly. He asked what I wanted from the car, I said my laptop, winter coat, flashlight, and house keys. He gave me a ticket for DWLS, and a warning for improper lane use, cause he said I crossed the line 3 times. He offered to drop me off at the next exit. I then got the idea that maybe I could ride with the tow truck driver to the impound lot and get my car back asap. He said he'd talk to the driver, and the driver said fine. I thanked the officer for being respectful, and he left.
I'm riding in the tow truck now. He says that the office is closed until 8am, but he can drop me off at Meijer until then, and the office is only 2 blocks away. I walk into Meijer at 2:20am, drop my stuff into a cart, and proceed to waste 5.5 hours (until 8am). I looked at almost everything there, except for the food. Found an Xbox 360 demo and played "Call of Duty® 2" a few times. I also sat around in the furniture department for a while. Looked at the clothing. At 8am, I used the payphone to call the office. He wanted to call me back. I told him I'd call him back in 5. Then he told me to come down there. I started walking, got there, paid the $145, and they dropped me off at my car. Apparently someone had left my dome light on, so my battery was almost dead. I got the tow truck driver to give me a jump, and then I drove home.