So.

It’s been a while since I wrote, a fact for which I must apologize, but I had to take a bit of a hiatus to see how everything was going to pan out.  Three weeks later, inertia has settled over me, and I feel like I’m getting too far behind.  I do have other things I want to write about, too, but I feel I should  wrap up this story first.

The DUI was dropped, which was an obvious choice since I wasn’t even impaired.  The related charge of reckless driving was also dropped, but they did decide to charge me with careless driving, which amounts to about the same thing as a speeding ticket.  They cited me for a wide turn onto Lloyd Boulevard, which seems ridiculously trumped up, but they also agreed to lower the price of the ticket from six hundred dollars to two hundred since I had a clean record.  I decided to plead guilty and quit while I was ahead.

A friend took the liberty of finding me in one of those newspapers that publishes mug shots, which I thought was humiliating but also kinda funny.  At least they don’t publish peoples’ names.  I thought it was funny until yesterday, when it occurred to me that while I may not care too much about ephemeral newspapers, I should probably see what’s out there online.  I typed my name, and the first two results featured my mug shot.  My blood turned to ice.  Fucking hell, I thought, that’s the last thing I need. I e-mailed both of the web sites to have them remove the offending pages.  It’s insult to injury, if you ask me.

Let’s hope that’s the end of the story.  I’ll be quite happy when this stupid incident is nothing but a distant memory.