I go by the library first to use a nice fast computer to get a map and directions, as well as to pick up my reserved copy of 'Breaking Dawn'   (My god...the woman writes about nothng...NOTHING...for 75% of each book with a heroine I want to strangle and a love interest that isn't close to realistic yet I still keep reading.)

Sorry, tagent struck again.

Back to the story.  I hit up the sheriff first, and get told that they can only sign off on mechanical citations and it would cost $15 for that.   But, they think CHIP can do it.   I already know there's no way in hell CHIP was involved because the ticket was on a tiny street in the heart of a residental neighborhood.

So, I thank her.  Head to the closest library and look up the closes Police office and Marshall.  Police is closer so I head there.  After waiting around about 15minutes, I get told they can only sign off on criminal and that I need to contact the DOT because police is criminal and parking is DOT.   *twitch*  DOT isn't even listed as an option, but I take the number she gives me and head out again.

I make the mistake of thinking I know where the closest DOT is and that it's close to home.  It's late, I'm aggravated, but I'll give it a go since it's only a mile from home.   I get there and realize...oops, this is the DMV not DOT...crap.   My screw up, but it's not quite the end of the buisness day so let me call the number I was given.

Short wait time, thank god, but this is the wrong DOT, they don't handle my city and they don't have the number for the DOT in my area.   I explain that the number was given to me by the Police with the intention of explaining that perhaps they should improve the line of communication, but the woman is so buisy insiting that they don't handle it and she doesn't have the number despite what I'm saying that I give up, thank her and hang up.

So, I'm only a hair from spitting mad and decide to call the number on my original ticket to ask them precisely who I should go to.  Only to be told it was the sheriff.   *twitch, twitch*  Must control fist of death!!!   I tell the operator I already tried that and am told to just send in proof of registration and no, no fee, my kind of ticket has no fee.

...C.O. is not a happy camper.  I'm pretty certain that I've already wasted $10 in gas alone but tommorow I will try again.  Hopefully it will go better.

It's official...I've hit the point in the test cycle where I want to beat my head against a wall because I'm just sick of seeing the same damned game 8 hours a day 5 days a week.
 

WOOOO  HOOOO!!!   OBAMA WON!

Sorry to my Republican friends but I....AM....HAPPY!!!  I'm hopeful he can get a good start on the road to change.  Far more needs to be done than one man can accomplish in just four years time, but laying the groundwork is the important thing.

On the negative side though.  I'm upset that Prop 8 and Prop 9 managed to pass.  I really wanted gay marriage to remain legal, not because I'm a yaoi fangirl (though that helps), but because I feel it IS discrimination and discrimination is wrong.  So many American's forget that part of what's precious about our freedom is the fact you can, or at least should, be free to think and act however you feel so long as it's not causing any major harm to others.  And having your delicate morals offended by what the neighbors are doing is NOT major harm.  Having your kids learn that some people marry people of the same gender is NOT major harm.  Having a child raised by two loving parents that happen to be of the same gender is NOT major harm.

I understand and agree that children do best with a mother and a father, but having two genders raising you is no gurantee.  My own life is proof of that.  Limiting possibilities only to the ideal isn't right.  This is my way or the highway thinking.  Not equality.  I'd think most people could agree two gay/lesbian parents is better than a single parent and sure as hell better than no parents at all.  I daresay I think same sex couples have a better chance of getting it right since most had to fight for the right to be married in the first place.  There are no Vegas impulse weddings here.  Most of these couples were together for years on end, much longer than the average 'normal' marriage lasts these days.

But that is my personal rant.  I cast my vote, signed the petitions, and donated when I could.  All I can do now is wait for the next opportunity to help out.

All in all though I'm still pretty damned happy.  Here's hoping it lasts. ^_^
 

I don't have a ton to say but I thought I'd post just for the sake of being able to look back.  Crunch time in my job of choice resulted in a first for me.  A 24 hour shift...or rather it would have been 24 hours if I hadn't been late to work due to a doctor's appointment (another rant on that soon).  I know some ER physicians pull that kind of a shift, but it was my first time doing so and dear gods I was out of it.  Thankfully I was just testing a video game, not making life or death decisions.  I was great for the first 12 hours, then I started going downhill.  Around  18 I was delirious enough for everything to turn funny.  Then I finally made it home and got a damned second wind....so I got a bit of auto work I'd been putting off done and came home.  I know I went to sleep at some point, woke up in the bed after all, but damned if I can recall how I got there.

As for the doctor's appointment....that was a colossal waste of time.  Being the broke thing that I am I do paid medical studies whenever I can just to get the free checkups.  Costs me time and money at first, but by the end of the study I would be well ahead.  This time it was on breast pain...so I was sent to a small radiology lab for a mammogram.   

I should have known the day was going to be weird when I woke up to find my tire flat.  I had slept in as much as possible so this guaranteed I was going to be late to the doctor.  I called ahead to let them know, but they said as long as I was in by 11 they'd still see me.  Okay, no problem.  I get down in the dirt, change the tire, and book it to the doctor now dingy shirt and all.  

I get to the place, and find the closest spot I can...right next to a spot that smelled like a toilet...UGH!  No worries, I don't have to stay here any longer than it takes to get in and out of the car.  The it's upstairs to the tiniest office I've ever seen.  I think it was only a little bigger than my place and my place used to be a garage.  Not looking so nice...but it's free so I'll stick to it.

Around ten minutes later I'm told their office has some kind of billing dispute with the place that's doing the clinical trials and the man who handles the contracts won't be in until noon.  Which is past 11 so they can't see me.  Great....I just lost 3 hours for no good reason.  Whatever.  I'll head to work and make the best of it.  Which leads us full circle.

Man oh man what a day. ><

"I love my job.  I love my job." - Emily: The Devil Wears Prada
 

I really should have an anti-valentine up here considering I don't have a siggy, but I do have a Valentine and he's enough reason to smile.  Behold my attempts to play around with his image and a return of the creepiest Valentine ever compliments of VGCats.

I don't know about you guys, but for me it can be hard to find a good story in the sea of information flooding the internet.  Especially when it comes to original works.  While I'm a bit biased in what I'm about to recommend, I can say without a doubt that I enjoyed this sample of my friend Raven's original work.  No yaoi here, so sorry, but I think she did a great job so hop on over and give a read.  We authors thrive on feedback.

http://lady-ravenlocke.livejournal.com/50051.html?#cutid1

Ah, yes.  One last meme/list before we roll over to the new year.  This one yoinked from

n1k1ta

You're Lolita!

by Vladimir Nabokov

Considered by most to be depraved and immoral, you are obsessed with
sex. What really tantalizes you is that which deviates from societal standards in every
way, though you admit that this probably isn't the best and you're not sure what causes
this desire. Nonetheless, you've done some pretty nefarious things in your life, and
probably gotten caught for them. The names have been changed, but the problems are real.
Please stay away from children.


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