annoyances

well I just had my very first day in court.  it was crappy.  Back in December I received a ticket which was considered "impeding traffic" for parking crooked in a parking space... WITHIN THE PAINTED LINES.  Granted, it was not the most beautiful park job in the world, I was crooked in the space, but I was IN THE SPACE.  When I called to find out how much the fine was for, they told me $55 because it was impeding traffic.  I immediately requested a court date, because I was WITHIN THE PAINTED LINES...!!!!  The judge was willing to reduce the fine to $30 but wouldn't let me off completely because the officer stated he had to change lanes in order to get around the vehicle.  I do not think the officer lied, I fully believe he changed lanes.  I know factually it was not necessary to do so in order to avoid hitting my car.  Ridiculous.

No real point to this post other than to vent, because I need to move past it so I can focus on my stupid paper that's due tomorrow... I've finished reading ONE of our 20 reading assignments and the paper calls for focus on 5... meaning I still have a whole lot of reading to do before I can even start writing.  Grrrrrr...

ok, time to purge and restart.