the manner in which i received my first driving infraction.

what is up, cake cups.

i want to relate a story to you all.

hmmmmmmmm. what shall it be.

I got my first ticket in the year of two naught naught eight. After being stopped by three cops since getting my license and smooth talking my way out of a ticket each time (ask about me son) I was finally done in by a video camera?

It was at a beach in Rhode Island. My sister was on a visit during a med school break and her, me, and my cousins all decided to go on a little road trip and have some fun in the sun.

Parking was a hassle at this particular beach and we had a lot of stuff to bring with us. We decided that my sister and my cousin Swetha would unload near the entrance to the actual beach and go find a spot while the rest of us went to park. There were signs that said no loading/unloading but we did a really quick scramble and got them out without beach security yelling at us.

In any case, a month or so later my dad calls me up and tells me he had just received a ticket in the mail for 62 dollars. Dag, a video camera perched on a telephone pole (im guessing) had done me in.

that is really all there is to say. you can't smooth talk an automated system.

at least, not yet. i'm getting there...