life in the fast lane

doesn't get you anything but over $1,000 thrown toward the gov't b/c you have a lead foot and are an easy target.

Tonight I got my 3rd speeding ticket (2nd in the past 2 months, 3rd in a little over a year). The officer this time (unlike the dick on my birthday) was very nice and understanding and respected that I was a grad student (perhaps he's a Husky fan) and bumped it down from 81 in a 65 to 71. I then started sobbing with thanks... when I came home, I continued to cry, then went into full blown panic mode when researching online on the NYS DMV website when I saw that the DMV must automatically revoke your license if you get 3 speeding tickets in an 18 month period.... THANKFULLY, the first ticket I got last October got knocked down to disobeying a traffice device so I technically currently have not been convicted of any speeding tickets. After my court date this Tuesday for the ticket I got on my birthday I will decide the best way to handle tonight's ticket (go to court or just pay). I was calculating what these tickets will end up costing me and it's over $1,000. I'm a complete asshole.

So this week has started off horribly. Yesterday I had to drive home to LI for a doctor appt, and AS USUAL was treated like the scum of the earth for having Medicaid, sent on wild goose chases and demeaned by the woman at the front desk, they lost my appt, changed office locations, etc and no one told me. Finally, I just broke down and started crying and this wonderful woman appeared and snuck away, explained my situation to the doctor and he saw me. After that the ogre at the front desk then treated me with respect, it only took breaking me down to tears. Fucking people...

AND when visiting with my fam yesterday my sister gave me a lovely package my dad left at Brian's mom's house with my prom and kindergarten pics, random awards from elementary school, a refrigerator manual (Yes you read that right), and a letter from Social Security informing me that since they "haven't heard from me" about the $10,576 debt I have they will soon report me to the credit bureaus, withhold my tax refund, etc. FANFUCKINGTASTIC. I've tried contacting them in the few breaks I actually ever get during the day for over a month regarding the waiver I filled out and as usual I'm on hold for like 30 minutes then get disconnected or sent to a voicemail that no one returns. I fucking hate Social Security and this whole situation. Thanks yet again Mike Noonan for being a scumbag who stole from the gov't to fund your marijuana addiction in my name and now I'm suffering for it. (Sorry for all of those of you who read this who are unsettled by that but this is what I'm dealing with and that's what I have to say about it.)

I also might be moving? Dunno nothing is in stone yet but Crissy is condo hunting b/c yanno I'm graduating in May and she needs a permanent place to live and clearly doesn't want to settle down in our lovely area here haha. Soooo I might be living in the living room of her future condo. Who knows. It will all work out, w/e, there are bigger fish to fry currently.

There were some happy things, like seeing my family yesterday, (pics to come later I have to read a book for an interview on Thursday and prep for 2 group presentations now), TX in 10 days, umm yea I actually can't think of anything else.

Is it Friday yet? FUCK THIS WEEK


OH the biggest bestest news of all. I <3 Keith Olbermann
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