The most bad-ass thing I've ever done

Yesterday I took my slightly hungover* ass downtown to the Municipal Court of Seattle for a mitigation hearing that I requested for a parking ticket that I received. Before you scoff at the silliness of such a thing, please know that parking tickets in my neighborhood are $44, and this was the second one I had received. The mitigating circumstances that I went to explain relate to the construction happening at the end of my block and the way that the construction company has just casually started putting up those no parking sandwich boards so that the construction workers have somewhere to park. (PS, none of these workers are doing anything to fulfill my cliche fantasies hard hats and neon). This is in addition to the spots that no longer exist because of the construction itself or the spots that have been taken by the signs alerting us to the construction. So I took some photos, wrote a nasty yet articulate letter and put on my biggest earrings. I read my letter to the judge, showed the photos the way the lawyers do on Law and Order and then I presented the coup de grace: I showed the judge the mitigation hearing notice that the court had sent me that had TWO SPELLING ERRORS. In a motherfuckin' court document. She was astonished and waived my fine. I spent the rest of the day with the biggest shit eating grin on my face that Seattle has seen since the days of Ken Griffey, Jr. Cue the Ice Cube. *Don't go getting any ideas about my hangover...at my age these things happen if I simply think about drinking or walk past one of those Pabst Blue Ribbon delivery trucks. Instant hangover.

Oh man.

Of the approximately four people who (intentionally) read my blog, all of you have probably thought at one point: "I would read this blog more if I didn't have to look at a pile of vomit while doing so." Well, I've thought a lot about that, and have considered changing the photo to this: If you look closely, that's the hair my brother pulled out of his shower drain. I got that charming photo via text message while I was trying to eat. HGUUUAH (vomit sound). You're welcome.