Back in Season:

Wooo! So, I've been sick for a couple days and felt pretty crappy, the typical no energy, sleeping all the time type of stuff. But today was the first day I started feeling better and, despite the coughing and such, I felt really good. I dunno why I'm so excited. Could it be that I'm stoked about starting my last semester of college? That I can see the light at the end of the sewer tunnel?

Perhaps I'm excited because it's time to break out my "Budweiser Lizards Essay-Writing Whiskey Mixed-drinks Mug"? Nothing is soothing in quite the same fashion as pouring a nice double-shot of smooth and golden Yukon Jack into my mug and settling comfortably into my fake-leather office chair to pump out some academic wishitty-wash. Yeah, always a nice feeling.

Oh, right, I forgot!

I got pulled over tonight. I was pulling out of a Jack-in-the-Box drive thru and crossed some double yellows, debated going straight through a green light but changed my mind instead and drifted lazily into a left-turn lane. I watched in my rear-view mirror as a cop driving in the opposite direction flipped a u-turn, followed me through the left turn, and then turned on his lights and pulled me over to the side of the road.

Naturally, I was worried. The last cop I'd had to deal with was a total dick. But this cop was different: he didn't give me any shit, didn't play any weird guessing games. He was simply kind and straightforward. He said he'd pulled me over because my headlights were off. I told him I'd turned them off when I was in the Jack-in-the-Box drive-thru, and he nodded and said he does that too. He asked if I had any weed in the car, or if it was just the Jack-in-the-Box that he smelled, and I told him I didn't smoke. He smiled, checked my license and registration, then returned, told me to "Drive safe, Mr. *Johnson*" and to have a goodnight. The cop was courteous, understanding, and rational. Combining my two first-hand encounters with cops, I have now determined that only roughly %50 of cops are total dicks.

Thanks for not arresting me, Mr. Awesome Cop. : D

Sorry that this post is kinda random. I'm watching that awesome episode of SouthPark where they play cops and take down a bunch of drug lords.

Night folks! Have an awesome tomorrow!

=WJ=


(jeez, is awesome the word of the day or what? I'd better get a thesaurus...an awesome one)

Posted by Whiskey Johnson on Monday, January 21, 2008 at 11:35 PM
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