Not a sucky day after all.

[saffronhare]

I know, I should give the day a chance to be sucky before I proclaim it to be not sucky, but hey. Give a Cancerian a break on a sunshiney solstice day. My FreeWill horoscope instructs me to demand some slack, folks. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

My driver's license renewal this morning was so much easier than it was in Rhode Island, which system is forever my high-water mark for Gormenghastian bureaucracy. I remain the darling of government officials everywhere and therefore continually useful to the revolution. My new picture doesn't even look like it'll be frightful, once they mail me the real one to replace the weird receipt-style one that's my temporary replacement. Trouble is, the camera height was different than I'd expected...at least relative to my own height. And the cropping was much closer in on my face. So the habitual tilting up of my chin to look taller (you'd have to be a short person to understand this) has me looking like a mildly attractive thug. The photo seems to say, "You got something to say about my license?" (shrug)

Also, I got a call from Princess Boredom this morning. She's filled with stories about her adventures, cultural commentary, and the like. I'm so happy she's back in the country. I missed her a lot.

Comments

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Given that it has been six years since your last Kansas License, and likely more than a decade since RI, I would point out the advances in technology since you last renewed... from Ipods that work on real computers as well as Macs, plastic SCA swords, and the ability to get 51% of the populace to vote for a guy that only 40% had confidence in.

Kansas is still a decade behind where Colorado was 8 years ago. Out there, if your insurance lapsed, your tags automatically expired in five days despite what the sticker said (so no one steals registration stickers out there). The cops can also 'read' your license plate with an automated scanner/checker, so you can be pulled over for expired tags (even if they're good for another year) and then double-ticketed for the lapsed insurance too, even if you have an unexpired card, the state database knows if you've lost your insurance due to non-payment. They also do not allow you to double your fine and wipe the record of your offence clear.

It IS worth noting that there were a considerably larger number of middle-class people with bus passes and commuting on bikes out there. 8-)

Oh, AND, the cops had no qualms about parking across the street from a bar and watching for erratic driving coming out of there. In some states this is not allowed.

[womanofsalt.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear Princess Boredom is safely stateside again. Life is goood. And, of course, its lovely when the mundane such as drivers lisc. is tolerable vs some nightmare to survive. Its a marvelous day then.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Plus, there is dark chocolate. :)

It was good to talk with you today. Three cheers for sexay wrath!