Hey everybody…Happy Monday.
June 16, 2008
Man. First off, Bakerton Group show was great on Friday night. It was also amazingly wonderful to meet J Robbins, after hearing for years from Dan about what a special guy he is. It’s all true.
I bought the Caverns CD, which J recorded, and Hammer No More The Fingers, which I will be checking out next car trip. I didn’t catch Deleted Scenes, but I can tell you they had killer T-shirts.:)
The fundraiser brought $1200 to help the Robbins family directly for expenses towards Callum’s needs, and $300 to Fight SMA to accelerate research for a cure. God willing in time to help that precious little man. To read more about Callum, check out J’s blog:
http://callumrobbins.blogspot.com/
Thanks to all of you who came out, it was lovely to see so many familiar faces.
In other, much more petty and sucky news, I got pulled over this morning. AND it was my fault. AND I had my husband in the car to point it out.
Here’s the scene. We cleaned out the basement- kids at grandparents, so we cranked it out. Minivan full of castoffs, we’re on our way to our favorite dumpster and Salvation Army. I make a left hand turn, then see lights in my mirror. SO I pull over. The police lady comes to the window- seems very nice, has triple pierced ears, for what that’s worth.
Her: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: (Pointing) Because HE’S not wearing his seatbelt.
Her: Ummmm, no.
(Husband bangs head on dashboard.)
Her: It’s actually because you made a left hand turn with a red arrow.
Me: REALLY??!!!??! (This is what happens when you drive on autopilot. Hey, at least I wasn’t on my cell phone!)
Her: So, can I just see your license and registration, please?
Me: Ummmmm, yeah…my license is actually on my dresser…
So here’s the good news: We’re not in jail, and they didn’t tow my minivan!
Here’s the bad news: Turning on arrow, $140 + 1 point. Driving with suspended tags (yes, apparently Montgomery County is serious about their emissions program) an additional $140. Seatbelt and driver’s license, she let us slide, because I guess she thought our moment was bad enough. So that was nice of her.
Dan is getting emissions tested as we speak, and hopefully doesn’t get pulled over on the way, cause she said a state trooper would so have towed us and made us walk.
The moral is: NEVER CLEAN YOUR BASEMENT!
Theme song for today: I wanna be sedated, Ramones
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June 16th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Did he really bang his head on the dashboard ???? Do you have any Pictures????
June 16th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
oh man. I went through a terrible (read: irresponsible) time period after moving to Maryland when I didn’t update my tags. I became this skulker, always paranoid a cop would see my tags and catch me. Well, of course, they did. And whomever says that you won’t get a ticket for the same thing twice in one day is dreadfully wrong. When I showed the second cop the ticket from earlier in the day, he shook his head and called a tow truck. $200 for the towing, on top of the ticket! Sheesh. Thankfully, I am (mostly) on the up and up now.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Whoa!!! Megan, that was my worst fear today. Thankfully, he is now back and we are properly emissioned, legit again.
Binks: It was more of a figurative dashboard bang. It bobbed, but he stopped himself.
June 16th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
So, ummm, I should get my tags updated to MD then? They’re good til November and I was really trying to hold out until then.
What do you think of Bakerton Group making the Impromptu & Totally Unofficial Reunion into a Robbins fundraiser?
June 16th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
That would be very fun, but I think many of them are heading up on Friday for the 8/2 Clutch show…def. update those tags!
June 18th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
That kind of reminds me of the old joke about the couple pulled over for speeding. “Oh, he always speeds when he’s drunk!” the wife tells the police officer.
Thanks for the warning — I promise to never, ever clean out my basement. I’m scared to go down there anyways.